Woman interrupts Wendell Pierce during his performance of “Death of A Salesman”

This isn’t the “showstopper” they were talking about.
An unidentified Black woman’s disruption stopped Tuesday’s showing of Death of a Salesman on Broadway. Act two was disrupted at the beginning, according to Deadline.
Wendell Pierce, who plays Willy Loman, remained on stage when the cast was directed off stage and tried to calm the woman down. This is Pierce’s first Broadway performance in over 30 years. That was made known by Pierce, an Olivier Award nominee. ”
“Hold on,” he said to the woman and audience. I’ve been waiting for this for too long.
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“They told us we had to leave,” the woman said to Pierce, while walking to the front of the theatre with no security in sight. I didn’t do anything.” Pierce reasoned with the woman and a Black man who followed her to the front of the theatre. “I will guarantee your money back if you would like your money back,” he said.
Audience member Robert Stein captured the moment on camera when some audience members shouted, “Go home,” and shared it on Twitter.
The woman was eventually escorted out by police. “Pierce was praised by Instagram user, @rubinbooty, for addressing the woman calmly and heroically despite her insistence that she should be carried out forcefully (she was eventually escorted out by police).”
“We’re grateful to the entire team at the Hudson Theatre for working together to resolve the situation and resume the performance as quickly as possible,” said the play’s producers, according to Broadway World.
“The show must go on,” as they say in show business.
Death of a Salesman will be showing at the Hudson Theatre from now until January 15.