Maybe he had a bad stage door incident at a past show. Story goes Paul Newman stopped signing autographs because some clown asked him for an autograph while he was at a urinal taking a pee.
Someone on BWW posted that at the stage door of If/Then some middle aged male moron threw a Frozen doll at Menzel and screamed for her to sign it. You could have some crazed stalker in the crowd looking for him. He owes you a performance. He delivered , pardon the pun, a killer one. Leave him alone. What will you do with it - stare at it for the rest of your life?
gfaustswa said: "I hope this isn't the case. I'd never even heard of him until this show started (and I was in NYC being a theater dork last month). If I can stage door and chat with Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper.....and have Bradley Cooper take a selfie.......I hope Ben understands fame. Build a fan base. Chat. Be cool. I will support anything Hugh and Bradley do for the rest of my life. I really hope Benjamin Walker doesn't think he is that big of a star. Build your fan base. NYC helps huge!"
Maybe the fan base he wants to build is the kind that enjoys and appreciates his work by... well, going to the shows and seeing the movies he's in, and not the kind that feels entitled to an outdoors continuation of the curtain call.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
"I hope this isn't the case. I'd never even heard of him until this show started (and I was in NYC being a theater dork last month). If I can stage door and chat with Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper.....and have Bradley Cooper take a selfie.......I hope Ben understands fame. Build a fan base. Chat. Be cool. I will support anything Hugh and Bradley do for the rest of my life. I really hope Benjamin Walker doesn't think he is that big of a star. Build your fan base."
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
"He's not straight? Now I AM interested..."
Clearly straight.
Saturday night he spent about 15 minutes signing, chatting, and doing the selfies ..... he seemed most gracious .......especially considering that he was coming off a two-performance day.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
If he signed both Saturday night and Sunday night, it may have been that he just didn't come out during previews. Now that the show is officially set, he may just have the free time afterwards to attend to the fans that he simply didn't have for the past month. No big deal either way (in terms of whether he stage doors or not).
I never expected this topic to even be discussed. I think my comment about Hugh and Bradley was just taken to an extreme I never expected. I do have to say, those were really nice experiences. If Mr American Psycho himself, Benjamin Walker, does or doesn't come out the stage door.......it's all good. It was never an attack on him. Oh yeah.....and he did come out and sign (at least on last Sat).
Sorry I posted what I did. But at least it was honest. Sorry that I offended you.
I know it's been a few days....but i saw the show on Sat night......he did come out and sign!
I don't mean to be mean....but you were kind of an ass hole about my statement. I don't ever try to attack or be mean or just simply be rude. It was obviously an opinion or statement. SO take that! Ha. Never ever fear being a solo.
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gfaustswa said: "I don't mean to be mean....but you were kind of an ass hole about my statement. I don't ever try to attack or be mean or just simply be rude. It was obviously an opinion or statement. SO take that! Ha. Never ever fear being a solo.
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gfaustswa, I agree with you. Not sure why some people believe they have the only opinion. Don't let it get you down.
Swing Joined: 2/12/14
Forget Benjamin Walker, talented and attractive as he may be! Does Jordan Dean come out and sign. He's the real story up on that stage!
So did a mod delete the offending posts, just leaving all of the in-between replies like gfaustwa is talking to himself?
Swing Joined: 5/28/15
According to this they've cut down on Trump references which is interesting
https://heatst.com/entertainment/the-latest-american-psycho-victim-donald-trump/
There were the same number of Trump references last night that there had been before..
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
I saw the 3rd preview and there were only 2 Trump references as there were a few days before opening when I saw it again.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/15
haterobics said: "So did a mod delete the offending posts, just leaving all of the in-between replies like gfaustwa is talking to himself?
HAHA. I was wondering the same thing. It's HILARIOUS.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
No big deal either way, but just wanted to point out that it looks like he came out again last night so maybe now that the show is frozen and he doesn't have to worry about scheduling things too much, he's decided to come out more.
Jordan Catalano said: "Has Alice been coming out to sign lately?
"Alice never stage-doors, she uses a different door that isn't the lobby or the actual stage door,
I'm not sure where the comments went! Alice did not come out and sign the night I was there. For those who thought my previous comments were nuts, I'm sorry. Never my intention to be rude or a crazy ass stage door person, however, I certainly understand how that was implied. I think my final response to this post is this.....American Psycho was great! Go see it! I loved it. And if Ben does come out to sign, great! If not, not biggie. You'll have a great night of theatre on Broadway!
She used to quite frequently during N2N
Is the stage door still in the alley? Some usher told me it was in front , but i always remember it being in the alley
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