Overview
- Briones, who posted a sharp Instagram warning Saturday, said someone yelled “When are you going to finish your charts?” before her song “Who’s Sorry Now?” and called it disrespectful to artists and fellow patrons.
- The shouted line refers to her character’s paperwork storyline on HBO’s The Pitt, which some audience members have started bringing into the theater.
- She had already cautioned attendees in mid-April not to address her as “Dr. Santos” during the show, reminding them she is performing a role and asking them to watch in silence.
- Briones joined the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time at Circle in the Square on April 1 as Connie Francis, with Jeremy Jordan starring as Darin.
- The coverage places the incidents within a wider slide in live-event manners and parasocial behavior, as some fans blur the line between screen characters and real people on stage.