The Broadway theater where Jesse Williams’s nude scene was leaked is stepping up security.
PEOPLE can confirm that the Helen Hayes Theater, home to the Take Me Out revival, has installed a new infrared camera system facing the audience so that the venue’s security team can monitor any would-be phone users during the show.
Jesse Williams‘ Broadway show is making a big change.
Earlier this week, an illegal recording of the 40-year-old actor’s full frontal nude scene from his Broadway show Take Me Out was posted online.
The Second Stage Theater – the company behind Take Me Out – recently released a statement condemning the audience member for taking and leaking the video, but they are now taking extra measures to make sure something like this never happens again.
The update comes after an attendee illicitly recorded and posted nude footage of Williams, 40, to Twitter on Monday, the same day the Grey’s Anatomy alum was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as gay baseball player in the Richard Greenberg play. Much of the Tony Award-winning piece is set in a locker room, and the actors go full-frontal during a shower scene.
The New York Times reported that the detection system was installed Wednesday, and violators may be asked to leave the theater or delete any surreptitious footage. Peter Dean, director of production for Second Stage, said organizers were considering whether or not the show should be stopped if a phone is detected in the crowd.
“This will allow us to focus on an audience member who looks like they’re doing something suspicious, and assess whether they’re just going through a purse to get a breath mint or pulling out a phone,” Dean told the paper.
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