{"id":91048,"date":"2023-01-01T21:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T05:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91048"},"modified":"2023-01-01T21:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T05:44:50","slug":"death-of-a-salesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/01\/01\/death-of-a-salesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of a Salesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last days of 2022 were harrowing for a number of <em>Broadway <\/em>shows.&nbsp; Despite some final bits of resuscitation, <strong><em>Ain\u2019t No Mo\u2019<\/em><\/strong> shuttered with a whimper.&nbsp; In fact, one headline exclaimed that 16 <em>Broadway <\/em>shows will be closing in the next month.&nbsp; The shocking truth is I am not entirely sure I could name 16.&nbsp; And, after perusing the list of those closing, there are only two I\u2019m sorry to have missed.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a woman was being \u201cdisruptive\u201d during the first act of the <em>Broadway <\/em>revival of <strong><em>Death of a Salesman<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; She spent much of the time rummaging in her bag and talking back to the actors onstage.&nbsp; Many around her were relieved when she seemed to leave during intermission.&nbsp; As with most good plays, there was a twist \u2013 she returned to her seat for the second act.&nbsp; And that\u2019s when things turned from disruptive to downright crazy.&nbsp; People in her vicinity believe her shouts and exclamations were fueled by alcohol.&nbsp; Eventually, the show had to be suspended, the house lights came on, and <strong>Wendell Pierce <\/strong>(playing Willy Loman) strode to the footlights and asked her to leave the venue.&nbsp; The gal refused to leave, saying if she couldn\u2019t see the rest of the show, nobody else would \u2013 unless she got her money back.&nbsp; \u201cAlright, here\u2019s the deal,\u201d said Wendell.&nbsp; \u201cIf you would like your money back, I will guarantee your money back\u201d (you can see the video on <strong><u>BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong>).&nbsp; The lady, wearing a large fur coat, stood by the stage while Pierce allegedly asked an usher to \u201cgrab some cash\u201d.&nbsp; As if on cue, that\u2019s when police showed up.&nbsp; But the <em>d\u00e9nouement <\/em>was less than spectacular.&nbsp; The lady left and the show went on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last days of 2022 were harrowing for a number of Broadway shows.&nbsp; Despite some final bits of resuscitation, Ain\u2019t No Mo\u2019 shuttered with a whimper.&nbsp; In fact, one headline exclaimed that 16 Broadway shows will be closing in the next month.&nbsp; The shocking truth is I am not entirely sure I could name 16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91049,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91048\/revisions\/91049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}