Profile for AprilWheeler

I feel badly saying/thinking this because it would mean people lose jobs but I’m kind of  hoping this show closes in early August. I have a cousin’s trip to NYC the weekend of 8/19 and this was the chosen show and tickets were purchased months before opening—big mistake.  I wanted to bail out for a refund since they were giving them until 5/1 but was out voted (I’m by far the pickier one in the group).  I’ll go if I have to because I want to see fa

I met Tony Shalhoub after The Price last year and he couldn’t have been nicer.

“The whole stage door thing has become just plain creepy.“

Unfortunately, after my experience at Lobby Hero, I agree with this. What used to be a fun way to talk to other people who had seen the show and possibly have a brief moment with an actor has become mass entitled hysteria based on what I experienced that night. We were barricaded in on all sides for crowd control purp

Funny the mention of picking this because the guy doesn't like theater--because that's exactly why I picked it. Not a date night for me but I'm headed into the city in April with someone who primarily wants to go to the auto show. I cannot be in NYC and not see something so I picked this because he loved Arrested Development and Superbad. I figured that was my selling point. I however do love Lonergan and have never seen one of his plays performed so I'm looking forward t

When the lead singer of that band was in Kinky Boots, the stage door was so out of control that it basically became a safety issue for all involved. He tried to go out for a substantial part of his run but one night it got so awful, he and his security team said he would no longer be coming out. It has seemed to me that since this (which was in Summer of 2017) more people are making similar decisions. I have enjoyed stage dooring  in the past but I have noticed recently that pe

Pithyaspromised said: "This was on social media last night, after an announcement event with a full theater of people in attendance. Not sure how they thought making the announcement a full day before "the announcement" would fare. I heard this year's event is half the spectacle of last year's with the Hamilton announcement."

Yeah that makes zero sense. I'm not going to the launch party but if I had planned to leave work early to go dow

JBroadway said: "In light of Nycat63's "generations" comment, I feel I should point out that this was tweeted by a grown woman with children. While the rabid young fans definitely contribute to the hysterical atmosphere, 90% of the COMPLAINTS I've heard while stage-dooring ("he's taking forever to come out!" "If she really appreciated her fans she'd sign autographs" etc.) have been from autograph hounds and middle-aged

Wooooooow. That story is ridiculous and exactly what gives stage dooring (even though I know it didn't happen at the official door) a bad name. I love doing it and would have loved to have met Mark but if he was getting this kind of nonsense regularly I can understand avoiding it. You did the right thing. The story wouldn't have been as cool for you if Mark took the selfie while clearly not wanting to do so. I tell people all the time that the stage door is fun and I've

Mark Ruffalo seems to be pretty inconsistent when it comes to the stage door. If you are going specifically for him, I would try really hard to temper your expectations. A woman who was out at the door when I was got really upset when the announcement was made about MR having left out the front door and started mouthing off to security. The stage door appearances are a bonus and never guaranteed, which is something this person didn't seem to grasp. I went on Saturday and only Tony came ou