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LLL: Were Performances affected by Election?

posted 8 years ago by jaydall
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I did wonder if the actors would be so upset by Trump's victory that they found it difficult to perform or if people who had booked tickets just didn't turn up. I've heard no news of smaller audiences, so perhaps they still turned up to take their minds off things. But, something odd did happen in one of the shows which might have indicated that Ryan's and RA's minds were not quite on the job in hand: Ryan broke one of her cigarettes when she tried to light it and RA broke off the stem of his wineglass as he placed it on a table.

According to Veloce, his Korean fan who produces some lovely gifs and who was there, both actors coped with these accidents very smoothly. Don't know what Ryan did but RA drank the remaining wine in the glass and then upended it on the table: he got a laugh and a round of applause.

https://twitter.com/UltraVeloce/status/797300553084760064

And I'm sure it cheered them up that Ethan Hawke and his wife were in the audience. I wonder if the audience feel that the play speaks to them more under the current circumstances? After all, Trump is a baby-boomer.

And it looks as though RA was also cheered up greatly at the SD when he received another pair of painted trainers from the same Chicago fan who did those LLL shoes for him. This time they were decorated with a Berlin Station motif:

https://twitter.com/UltraVeloce/status/797305156757024769

I'm sure that friends have pushed her to market them because of the interest and copies of both are now on Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/477145528/painted-shoes-of-richard-armitages-new?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share

However, he thought that a beautiful plate offered by another fan was a present but, when he went to take it, she grabbed it back and said she just wanted it signing, LOL:

https://twitter.com/kudzugirl/status/797285853332729856

[–] Piripilla 8 years ago

Those shoes are not fan made. This person makes shoes with different subjects (as with t-shirt).

https://www.etsy.com/it/shop/RooniesCorner/items

That fan just bought them... They cost 142 Euro. So... well, nothing special, since it's not homemade.

There have many been empty seats in theatre around Halloween, and again around election days. And there will be an half empty theatre during Thanksgiving week. But these exceptions apart, the play is selling pretty well.

[–] jaydall 8 years ago

Thanks for that, Piripilla.

[–] jaydall 8 years ago

Just noticed a tweet from someone who has just seen the play: Love Love Love is amazing and depressing and got WAY MORE REAL this week. I think it's the anxiety of the young millennials who see Rose as their champion and the baby-boomers as the enemy.

[–] laura1-07 8 years ago

I did wonder if the actors would be so upset by Trump's victory that they found it difficult to perform or if people who had booked tickets just didn't turn up.

I know RA was worried that people might not come after the election result but they did.