Video cameras Jackman chiding phone offenders

NEW YORK - Hugh Jackman knows how to stop it. He did it recently in a mobile phone preview performance of "A Steady Rain," call interrupted the Broadway play that stars Jackman and Daniel Craig. At the moment shown on an amateur video from the Web site TMZ.com caught seems to have been recorded by someone in the audience. It shows Jackman break character to tell the owner of the mobile phone ring tone, "You want to do that?" as the audience burst into cheers. When the ringing is still advocating Jackman: "Come on, then turn it off." He steps to the stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, wait about a minute for the ringing to stop and play resumes. The producers of "A Steady Rain" declined comment. The interruption occurred during an intense moment in the game when Jackman character, Chicago, a cop shows haunting memories. A conventional loudspeaker announcement reminds theatergoers to turn off their cell phones. Since the incident, ushers, seating patrons and pass out playbills in Schonfeld also need patrons to silence their cell phones. "A Steady Rain, opens" a drama about the strained relations between the two police officers Tuesday for a limited engagement of the 6th December. The play by Keith Huff has already demonstrated that a potent box-office winner, the ability of the public to play, since it began previews on 10 September. Jackman won a Tony Award in 2004 for his role as Peter Allen in the musical "The Boy from Oz". Craig, filmdom latest James Bond makes his Broadway debut. ___ On the Net: http://www.tmz.com