re: When did Stagedooring become a necessity?
Sep 11
2008, 10:52:38 PM
I've onlt stage-doored a half dozen time in 59 years of theatre-going in New York, but it is definitely not a new phenomonon. Even if the figure of 300 people outside Wicked is correct, it pales beside of the spectacle of 46th Street between 7th and 8th avenue entirely full of people, no room for vehicles, when Richard Burton was appearing at the Lunt-Fontanne in Hamlet or a large percentage of Times Square full of spectators before Judy Garland's opening night at The Palace in the Fall of 1956. The only performers I waited at the stage door for were Katharine Hepburn in Coco and A Matter of Gravity, Savion Glover in Bring in'Da Noise Bring in 'Da Funk, MAry MArtin and Helen Hayes in The Skin of Our Teeth, Elaine Stritch in At Liberty and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl (who always snuck out another door 
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re: Anyone see any Bway stars perform before they 'made it'...?
Jun 28
2008, 11:28:51 PM
Shirley MacLaine in the chorus of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ME AND JULIET
John Travolta and Ann Reinking in minor roles in OVER HERE
Gwen Verdon in CAN-CAN
Julie Andrews in THE BOY FRIEND
Bea Arthur in THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Maggie Smith in NEW FACES OF 1956
Carol Lawrence in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
James Earl Jones playing a butler in SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO
William Shatner in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG
Diane Keaton and Melba Moore in HAIR
Jill Clayburgh in PIPPIN
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re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Jun 28
2008, 10:56:54 PM
Mr. President (Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray)
Come On Strong (Van Johnson and Carroll Baker)
Tchin-Tchin (Anthony Quinn and Margaret Leighton)
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Hermione Baddeley)
Photo Finish (Peter Ustinov)
Tovarich (Vivian Leigh and Jean Pierre Aumont)
My Mother, My Father, and Me (Rith Gordon and Walter Matthau)
Rattle of a Simple Man(Tammy Grimes and Edward Woodward)
Jennie (Mary Martin)
110 in the Shade (Inga Swenson and Robert
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re: That's one hella boring EQUUS ad
Jun 27
2008, 02:57:12 PM
Griffiths has the leading role so shy shouldn't he be given first billing? Radcliffe should give his agent a bonus for getting him equal billing. The role doesn't deserve it.
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re: Is Mamma Mia appropriate for a 10 year old girl?
Jun 27
2008, 02:52:56 PM
Have your friend stand outside the Winter Garden and if they feel they relate to the types of people holding tickets, then it's okay. Personally, I think the show is a big piece of crap :)
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re: Why is 'Rent' closing?
Jun 26
2008, 10:33:02 AM
Where can I get some really good Huevos Ranchers in Manhattan? Private me.
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re: Gypsy - 6/20 Review
Jun 24
2008, 09:49:13 AM
Tim, "she" seems to be male
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re: Why is Sean Palmer out for two weeks?
Jun 24
2008, 09:44:05 AM
LOL@WannaBeAFoster.
Who is Sean Palmer anyway?
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re: What Bway show is the most romantic of all time?
Jun 22
2008, 10:49:15 AM
I agree with FolkyBoy
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re: Which was the first Broadway show you saw?
Jun 22
2008, 10:46:20 AM
MISS LIBERTY starring Eddie Albert, Allyn McLerie and Mary McCarty, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by Robert E. Sherwood and choreography by Jerome Robbins. At the Imperial Theatre.
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re: Do you keep your Playbills?
Jun 19
2008, 02:30:23 PM
I have several hundred Playbills. Most of them are bound in volumes by the season. See my profile for the list :)
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re: LuPone's Memoir to be released in 2010
Jun 17
2008, 09:52:57 PM
"Patti LuPone is the Sun, the Moon and the Stars! "
Who threw the fairy dust on DollyPop?
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re: Patti did fine, but it's inarguable: Bernadette is the Diva of our day
Jun 17
2008, 03:26:02 PM
Peters: Bigger Hair
LuPone: Bigger Mouth
Peters: Bigger Breasts
LuPone: Bigger Bum
Peters: Big Talent
LuPone: Big Talent
Suellen, you forgot Bigger Ego
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re: Michael Riedel's Views on the Tony Awards
Jun 17
2008, 03:22:35 PM
Thinking someone is a dick is not always an insult
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re: GYPSY ticket for sale for tonight
Jun 17
2008, 03:16:12 PM
You couldn't pay me to see this production again
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re: Others roles you could see Lupone in...
Jun 9
2008, 10:44:26 PM
I would like to see LuPone and Bernadette Peters retired to the Actor's Home in New Jersey
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re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Jun 9
2008, 11:37:25 AM
Ethel Merman and Mary Martin at the opening night of PIPE DREAM
I sat next to Joan Blondell at the opening night of ME AND JULIE
I sat next to Kaye Ballard at THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET
I sat behind Meredith Willson at a City Center revival of THE MUSIC MAN
Elizabeth Taylor sat across the aisle from me at the original Broadway production of A CHORUS LINE. Audrey Hepburn was sitting behind her.
Lena Horne at Jerome Robbins' BALLETS USA
Liza Minnelli at the concert versio
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re: My Tony Debate: Boyd or Breaker
Jun 5
2008, 01:59:55 PM
Gaines is so over-rated. Like Esparza was last year
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re: Where is William Finn?
May 27
2008, 11:51:06 AM
I have an interview that he recently did in a London pub. But, if you don't know, be NEVER diuscusses future projects.
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M. McLoughney
May 27
2008, 11:48:04 AM
Did you get the package I sent you?
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