Stage A theatre critic’s view on cellphones in the audience Not everyone is put off by the prospect of smartphones mixing with live performance.

The first to take up this challenge was Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who had already conducted some (unsuccessful) tests on this subject but now believes he has the holy grail in his hands: the chatbot ...

Theater-owners ponder fireflies of cellphones28 June 2011 LOS ANGELES, California: It seems like such a quaint notion: Folks would go to the movie theater, buy their tickets at the box office, then ...

I don’t want to see your phone’s glowing screen in the corner of my eye. I just want to watch a movie in a dark, quiet room on a giant screen for like three hours, and I paid money to do so.

Natalie Crandall, left, as Jean and Ryan Hamlin, right, as Gordon perform at a dress rehearsal of "Dead Man's Cell Phone," directed by Piet Knetsch, at Theatre Lawrence on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.