Actor Wendell Pierce Stops Show To Address Loud-Mouth Ratchet In Audience

At the December 27 performance of Death of a Salesman, an audience member rushed to the front of the auditorium to yell at Wendell Pierce, currently starring in the seminal Arthur Miller play. To his credit, Pierce did his best to defuse the situation, reasoning with the patron while attempting to direct them to the lobby of the theatre, so the performance could continue. The patron and their theatregoing partner refused, and were eventually escorted out by law enforcement. Reasoning for the patron's outburst is unclear.

Said Pierce to the audience member, seemingly channeling Willy Loman in speech and stance, "Hold on! Talk to me, talk to me. I'll make a deal with you. I'll make a deal with you. I'm going to ask them to let you stay. Hold on, hold on, I'll make a deal with you. Ma'am, I'll make a deal with you, alright? You can stay, but we have a show to do."

Later in the video, Pierce offers to personally give the patron their money back, but the patron appears to disregard him completely. Other audience members soon began to yell at the patron as the stage manager urged the cast to leave the stage.