Now, I understand that sometimes you just have to go. I've sat through things that, if I wasn't getting paid to sit there, I would have been on the bricks.

But if you've got to go, go unobtrusively.

I must have counted six or seven people departing mid performance at last night's productions of "Clay" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. I'd call them a bunch of philistines, but I do get that a salty language-d, one person Hip Hop musical may not be to everyone's taste. Particularly if you happen to be in your dotage as, it appeared, many of these walkers were.

However...

"Clay" is a one man show, 80 minutes, no intermission. That's not a long time to endure.

And if you have to go, use the exits at the BACK of the theater, so the performers on stage (or in this case, performer) don't have to watch you leaving.

As far as I'm concerned, the leavers left a very interesting show. My review of "Clay" appears tomorrow in the Daily News.