Performer noticing and sending some signs to you...

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 9:25am

Hi, guys.
Have you ever been noticed by performers during and/or after the performance (i.e. Curtain Call) and got some signs from them? Well, most of the posters are in the industry, so I am sure lot of you have, but please share with me! Thank you

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:01am

The most affecting example was when I sat in the front row for M. BUTTERFLY on Broadway and Alec Mapa, in his guise as a woman, subtly but continually flirted with me throughout Act One. I was shocked and flattered that I had so attracted Mr. Mapa's attention, until midway through Act Two when his character revealed himself to be both male and a spy. Thereafter he totally ignored me until just before his final exit, when he shot me a look of pure mockery and contempt. It took my breath away to realise it had all been part of the detail of his performance. Brilliant.

[babygiraffeboots]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:06am

Stu James winked at me during Seasons of Love. It may not have been true but I was in the front row and right below him so I kept staring at him, so I at least pretend it was to me lol.

Anika Larsen also recognized my friend and I after Zanna, Don't! because we were front row dead center, she said that we looked like we were having a really good time.

Updated On: 7/4/05 at 10:06 AM

[Glebb]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:12am

I could swear that Carol Channing looked right at me during HELLO DOLLY and that Victoria Clark spotted and looked right at me in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but I'm pretty sure it's the acting skill of a great star.

[jaded_october]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:41am

ive gotten alot of looks during seasons of love.

and when i was in savannah, ga i went to a show called jukebox journey that had audience participation. and i got picked to go up onstage and dance and after the show they all thanked me for being so energetic.

[Jon]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:41am

CRAZY FOR YOU - Broadway - 1995 - I was seated in the third row on the aisle, house right. Atht ehend of the brilliant I GOT RHYTHM Act I finale, the cast strikes a pose downstage center and freeze as the curtain slowly falls - to thundrous applause and cheering. Karen Ziemba is smiling and looking straight ahead. As the curtain is about halfway down, she turns her head slightly, looks right at me and winks.

Now, in all fairness, I must say that I had talked to her before the show, I might have actually mentioned where I would be sitting, and I was wearing a brightly colored sweater that was hard to miss. And yes, after the show she confirmed that she was winking at me. She was aware of where I was sitting the whole show.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 10:45am

My best friend, the B'way star, NEVER looks at me, even if it's a workshop/dress rehearsal situation and it's quite obvious where I am. It's nervewracking for her. Not even during the curtain call. Won't look at her husband either - something about not being able to make eye contact with the people whose opinions are most important to her.

Updated On: 7/4/05 at 10:45 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:01am

I've gotten eye contact from Adam Pascal, the one time I sat close enough in AIDA to still be in his range of sight. I had met him before the show, so maybe that's why, or maybe it was just coincidence. During his smaller stuff, too, like a Joe's Pub, but the place is so tiny that it's not really anything too special. When I saw him do Cabaret, my best friend and I got a gesture/shoutout at curtain call - we were cheering kind of loudly.

The one time I remember it being most affective was when I saw The Normal Heart. I think I remember there being an interview or something where Raúl said the theatre was small enough that he could make eye contact with every single person in the theatre, and that he made a point to do so. He's got those big, beautiful piercing eyes, and if he could manage to look into the audience at the right times, it really got to you. He managed to creep me out quite a bit, in a really neat way.

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:02am

When I was in the front row for Phantom, and the curtain was going on. The woman who played Madame Giry came forward and I stood up because it was an outstanding performance. When I stood up she blew me a kiss! I was psyched.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:05am

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That is SO COOL!

[liotte]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:17am

Cheyenne winked at my during Jailhouse Rock, Jenn's looked over repeatedly, and Nikki gave me a little wave during All Shook Up. I've gotten recognition from most of the ASU cast, as I've now seen the show a lot and most of them know me. And if I can, I try to sit in the front row.

[Herbert_Von_Krolock]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:21am

When I saw the POTO tour last year, I was seated in the second row and Rebecca Pitcher made constant eye contact during all I ask of you, and off and on after that through the second act.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:23am

HEY! Why didn't my quote work? Ah well. This is all really cool so there we go.

[Herbert_Von_Krolock]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:25am

lol

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 11:44am

I was front row for the closing performance of Amour, and I swear that Melissa sang "Somebody" looking directly at me. I thought I was going to need to be carried out of the theatre on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:00pm

I was in the 4th row when I saw RENT, and during Over The Moon, I barely let Maggie finish mooing before I started mooing too! Maggie looked right over at me, points, and goes, "YES!! That's it, EVERYONE Moo!" Later when I talked to her backstage, she thinkaned me for mooing because "sometimes the audience doesn't know if me asking them to moo is a joke or not!" Haha it was great.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:12pm

I've definetly gotten eye contact from ensemble memebers of Chicago and Sweet Charity. I felt for a minute, when they were on the feris wheel, it feel like Denis was looking right at me, when he was saying a couple lines - it was weird.

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:39pm

During Master Class Zoe Caldwell pointed at me when her character said, "You. You don't have a look. Get one."

[CJR]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:40pm

The ensemble in Chicago loves messing with people in the first few rows, ljay

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:53pm

ohmygod! When I saw Wicked for the 2nd time, Adidas and Christian both noticed me in the front row, smileing and winking at them.
So then, during "BEcause YOu Loved Me"...I mean, wait, that's a Celine Dion song...during some big duet of theres, they turned and sang it directly to me, smiling and tearyeyed. Then they changed the lyrics and sang my name and brought me onstage! IT was awesom.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 12:53pm

Jeff Goldblum and I had a little moment at Pillowman when I was sitting in BB1. We chatted outside the stage door

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:12pm

Wow..you guys have some amazing stories...Isn't that the moment that you can die for? Tell me more!

[CJR]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:14pm

I dont know that you could say it's a moment to die for.... I could think of FAR more worthy moments for something like that.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 1:17pm

bway, shut up, you know they saw me first.


Have performers notice and send you signs? me? no way, that never ever happens to me, ever.

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:23pm

does it have to be broadway? cuz if not...
once I was at a performance of The Wizard of Oz, and the girl who played the Witch saw me and then nailed me with one of the scarecrow's arms.....I put it back on stage....(I feel I should mention that this was one of my good friends...it wasn't that random)