TWITTER: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Cleverly Strikes Back at AT&T Ad

As reported earlier on BroadwayWorld, this morning AT&T posted an ad on Twitter encouraging customers to watch football on their phones while attending theatre. The theatre community has been responding with outrage, and at least one Broadway show, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, has responded with wit.

AT&T's original ad:

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A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER features a book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. Darko Tresnjak directs and Peggy Hickey choreographs.

The design team for A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER includes Alexander Dodge(Scenic Design), Linda Cho (Costume Design),Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound Design), Aaron Rhyne (Projections Design), and Charles LaPointe (Wig Design). Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick and Vocal Arrangements are by Dianne Adams McDowell andSteven Lutvak. Paul Staroba serves as Music Director.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is produced on Broadway by Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, 50 Church Street Productions, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Catherine & Fred Adler,Rhoda Herrick, Kathleen K. Johnson, Megan Savage, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Ron Simons, True Love Productions, Jamie deRoy, Four Ladies & One Gent, John Arthur Pinckard, Greg Nobile, Stewart Lane & Bonnie Comley, Exeter Capital/Ted Snowdon, Ryan Hugh Mackey, Cricket-CTM Media/Mano-Horn Productions, Dennis Grimaldi/Margot Astrachan, Hello Entertainment/Jamie Bendell, Michael T. Cohen/Joe Sirola, Joseph & Carson Gleberman/William Megevick and Robert Greenblatt, in association with The Hartford Stage and the Old Globe Theatre.