It was like a scene straight out of a Broadway play.
After receiving a 911 call about a “disorderly person” at the W. 44th St. Hudson Theatre on Tuesday night around 9 p.m., the NYPD went to the scene, a department spokesperson tells PEOPLE. The police escorted the woman from the theater, and no arrests where made.
“We’re grateful to the entire team at the Hudson Theatre for working together to resolve the situation and resume the performance as quickly as possible,” the producers of the show tell PEOPLE in a statement about the incident.
Wendell Pierce.Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
Video of the interruption went viral on Wednesday with different videos of the event shared acrossInstagram,Twitter,TikTok, and Reddit.
An Instagram user that was present at the show shared their thoughts about howgracefully star Wendell Pierce handled the incidentalongside video taken of the interruption.
Death of a Salesman cast.Joan Marcus
“Tonight, in the middle of his electrifying performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, he was forced to break character when an irate, seemingly inebriated audience member disrupted the play’s second act so intensely that the action had to be suspended,” the user wrote.
Afour-minute videoof the entire interruption and its aftermath was posted to TikTok and showsPierceactively talking to the audience member and attempting to diffuse the unsettling situation.
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Once the disruptive person was removed from the theater, the cast and play resumed and finished with no further interruptions.
The revival ofDeath of a Salesmancontinues its limited engagement through Jan. 15 at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.
source: people.com
