Blit said she didn’t want to cause a scene, so she agreed to move to the back, but suggested to the general manager that they begin offering sensory-friendly performances., a non-profit organization for the performing arts, hosts autism-friendly Broadway performances of shows including"The Lion King" and"Wicked."
The following day, Blit spoke on the phone with John Ioris, president of the White Plains Performing Arts Center. She recounted their conversation in her Facebook post. “He asked me what I wanted to get out of this call and I told him I had hoped for a sincere apology and for them to do better in the future and/or do autism or sensory friendly performances,” Blit shared. “He said that wasn’t going to happen, that it wasn’t his audience.”
In her Facebook post she wrote,"Isn’t it ironic that a theater putting on a performance encouraging someone to come out of the closet, was trying to push us into one."in an interview that he has two special needs children in his family so he is not “unfamiliar nor unsympathetic to the situation.”
How absurd
If the kid can’t shut up during the show they shouldn’t be there. The theater said the kid was distracting the actors. Can’t be easy but the world doesn’t revolve around you and your kid.
National News Story? We are only selling outrage now.
😂