Twitter Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Patti LuPone Beg Theatre-Goers to Turn Off Their Phones

By: Aug. 17, 2015
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What do HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Patti LuPone have in common (other than their Broadway star status, of course)? Both actors have had no problem calling out audience members for cell phone use during their performances. Earlier this spring, Miranda banned Madonna from coming backstage after she spent most of HAMILTON on her phone. Months later, LuPone snatched a phone from an audience member who was texting during SHOWS FOR DAYS. On Twitter, Lin-Manuel Miranda had this to say @lin_manuel:

We're so grateful when you turn your phone off during the show. It could always be like this, world.

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