Updated: A few scenes into Wednesday night’s performance of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Tom Hanks had to go off script. Attempting to entertain the audience while a crowd-member fell ill, the Oscar-winning actor projected, “No intermission brew for you!”
“An audience member became dehydrated and had to be taken out,” Heath Harper, Hanks’ theatrical dialect coach, told Variety.
According to a representative from the production, a patron was reported unconscious and sweating. The play was halted and 911 was called. One of the crew members with medical training assisted the audience member until they regained consciousness and the paramedics arrived. The medics performed tests on the guest in the crossover under the seats. Because this is the actor crossover as well, the show could not restart.
“An ambulance was called, so we had to stop the show for about 20 minutes. As the minutes ticked by, the audience became a little restless,...
“An audience member became dehydrated and had to be taken out,” Heath Harper, Hanks’ theatrical dialect coach, told Variety.
According to a representative from the production, a patron was reported unconscious and sweating. The play was halted and 911 was called. One of the crew members with medical training assisted the audience member until they regained consciousness and the paramedics arrived. The medics performed tests on the guest in the crossover under the seats. Because this is the actor crossover as well, the show could not restart.
“An ambulance was called, so we had to stop the show for about 20 minutes. As the minutes ticked by, the audience became a little restless,...
- 6/15/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
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