Richard Johnson

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Stage star Jim Dale belts out his own cell phone warning

Jim Dale isn’t taking any chances with errant cellphones at his new one-man show. Before off-Broadway’s “Just Jim Dale” gets going each night at the Laura Pels Theatre, we hear the star of “Barnum” (and all seven Harry Potter audiobooks) sing out a warning from the wings.

His lyrics include:

“If you’ve brought along a pager/now’s the time to switch it off/If your iPhone’s up and running, do the same/We’ll have spotlight’s shining on you/We’ll have stage hands in your face … So just take ’em out of your pocket or your purse and switch ’em off/or you’ll wish you left the f–king things at home.”