Boys in the Band Stagedoor — Page 3

Did the stage door tonight. Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Robin DeJeus, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington all came out and signed. That was it. They all did pics. Matt Bomer would only do quick selfies while signing. It was extremely humid and pretty crowded but everyone was respectful. Michael and Robin took the most time with people. Robin called me 'Papi' which I thought was sweet. Lol

Updated On: 8/9/18 at 12:39 AM

^Ditto:)

Nice to hear that nearly everyone in the cast stage-doored. Not that they owe anybody anything other than their performances, but with their closing in sight, maybe they're just savoring the enthusiasm of this last week. It was recently shot for the Theater of Film and Tape Archive at Lincoln Center, but I wish ''Boys'' were turned into a Netflix movie or filmed for Fathom Events.

Updated On: 8/10/18 at 11:35 PM

A hobbled Jim Parsons helped a highly devout theater fan complete her summer-long 'The Boys in the Band' mission days before the show is set to close

She actually traveled 21 days. It stated every day for three weeks. She "only" has bought a ticket and seen the show 9 times, going to be 10. So she was (sshh) stagedooring many times without seeing the show. Not that I care. It's her time and money.

I went to see the show recently and had a good time at the stage door. I don't normally post when I see people acting weirdly at the stage door but this has to be one of the weirdest experiences I've had so I thought I would share.

When I went to the stage door there was this fan behind me, and it was very clear she had seen the show, and been, to the stage door plenty of times (she remembered the security guards by name and they remembered her too) but was here again tonight. She was pressed up against my back, as it was pretty crowded, and was literally shaking. She had several bags she was digging through to find whatever she had and was dropping things everywhere.

When each actor came out she gave them a photograph of her and the actor, that she had personally signed for them, and asked if they could sign a larger photo of the two of them. Then she had her Playbill from this particular night and another pride playbill for them to sign. Additionally, she would ask everyone if they remembered her and then recount some story of her previous encounters with them, some stayed and listened but others quickly moved past to get to other fans. And she was screaming the entire time.

I've seen people do this sort of thing for one individual actor at shows but she did this to literally everyone. It was upsetting because I wanted to just say something quickly to a few of those who came out but she took the time away from everyone around us. No one else got time to talk because of her. But the show was fantastic and I'm happy that while the stage door experience wasn't my favorite thing in the world, the show definitely was!



EDIT: And in case anyone was wondering everyone but Jim Parsons and Charlie Carver came out. They all signed Playbills. Only Robin de Jesús, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Tuc Watkins took photos with people. There were about 250 people there.

Updated On: 8/10/18 at 10:36 PM

Re: multiple trips to NYC on NJ transit can be relatively cheap for a senior. You also missed that she only did this because the Broadway Cares signed posters were not available. From what I understand, many folks kept going back repeatedly because they needed Parsons and Quinto.

I agree with "thegamesIplay" that the SD line is always vendors, BBT fans, obsessives. The same vendors appeared more frequently in last couple of weeks. Those folks make it bad for everyone else. Sorry to see the show go.

Natashalost wrote in part, "When each actor came out she gave them a photograph of her and the actor, that she had personally signed for them, and asked if they could sign a larger photo of the two of them."

That sounds like the obsessive stalker. She's been there several days/week for the run of the show. Once she gets a photo of them, she prints it out and brings it back for them to sign. She freaked out Tuc when she brought a photo of him in the 6th grade. You should've looked at his face. Total creep out. There is another who is Aisan who flew in from China. Totally obsessed over Bomer. He finally told her to stop giving him gifts. I wish they'd set ground rules for these stage doors. I like that Garfield refused to sign stuff that wasn't Angels.

No one should be making money off of someone else's image. Actually I heard it wasn't even legal if the actor filed a complaint with Ebay to have it removed. Never happen; just like we can't get rid of the vendors and stalkers.

Natashalost wrote in part, "When each actor came out she gave them a photograph of her and the actor, that she had personally signed for them, and asked if they could sign a larger photo of the two of them."

That sounds like the obsessive stalker. She's been there several days/week for the run of the show. Once she gets a photo of them, she prints it out and brings it back for them to sign. She freaked out Tuc when she brought a photo of him in the 6th grade. You should've looked at his face. Total creep out. There is another who is Aisan who flew in from China. Totally obsessed over Bomer. He finally told her to stop giving him gifts. I wish they'd set ground rules for these stage doors. I like that Garfield refused to sign stuff that wasn't Angels.

No one should be making money off of someone else's image. Actually I heard it wasn't even legal if the actor filed a complaint with Ebay to have it removed. Never happen; just like we can't get rid of the vendors and stalkers.