The theater I attend most often has wonderful trick: about five minutes before curtain, when everyone's seated, they play a single typical cellphone ring going off--it's over the loudspeaker system, but they have it set just right so it really sounds like some poor schmuck's phone is ringing in the audience.
While everyone is checking their own phone (nervously, or self-righteously, as the case may be) they play a few different ringtones, building to a crescendo, and then backing off. It gets laughs every time, and I have NEVER heard a phone ring during a performance there.
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The theater I attend most often has wonderful trick: about five minutes before curtain, when everyone's seated, they play a single typical cellphone ring going off--it's over the loudspeaker system, but they have it set just right so it really sounds like some poor schmuck's phone is ringing in the audience.
While everyone is checking their own phone (nervously, or self-righteously, as the case may be) they play a few different ringtones, building to a crescendo, and then backing off. It gets laughs every time, and I have NEVER heard a phone ring during a performance there.