Only in America: Man climbs on Broadway stage to charge his phone

A scene from the Broadway play "Hand to God"
(Image credit: Joan Marcus/O&M Co. via AP)

An audience member at the Broadway show Hand to God climbed up on stage last week and tried to charge his cellphone by plugging it into a prop outlet. Crew members escorted the man off the stage and informed the startled crowd that the outlets on set are not there "for you to charge your iPhone."

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