Any bad stage-door experiences?- Page 9

[Mythus]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 10:37am

...No kidding, Cartwheel.

Fans go to the show, don't scream whenever he inhales, and go to the stagedoor to wait patiently and calmly to see if they can get an autograph.

Crazy Claymates bring five 8x10 glossies of Clay they printed out at WalMart, plus photos of themselves and Clay for him to sign, buy everything twice at the merchandise booth, scream during the show when they recognize Clay or when he blinks or when they can see his arse or when a particle of his breath touches their cheek, then go to the stagedoor and elbow their way past kids forty years their junior and hold out thirty pieces of merchandise and photos for Clay to sign, while their husband videotapes it so they can watch it later and admire Clay some more.

Not to, you know, stereotype or anything. I just happened to be surrounded by about 200 people just like that.

[shh282]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 10:41am

I saw The Little Mermaid last night - and I'm older so I'm not bugged by it oh so much but Sierra didn't come out and there were like a dozen or so little kids who were absolutely crushed.


but the other main people came out and were great.

[Cartwheel]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 10:45am

Yeah, Mythus, that's pretty much it.

What can I say? We love him.

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 7:00pm

A long time ago I asked Robert Redford for an autograph. He signed it without looking or speaking to me. But he might have been having a bad day.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 7:03pm

Mythus said:

Crazy Claymates bring five 8x10 glossies of Clay they printed out at WalMart, plus photos of themselves and Clay for him to sign, buy everything twice at the merchandise booth, scream during the show when they recognize Clay or when he blinks or when they can see his arse or when a particle of his breath touches their cheek, then go to the stagedoor and elbow their way past kids forty years their junior and hold out thirty pieces of merchandise and photos for Clay to sign, while their husband videotapes it so they can watch it later and admire Clay some more.

Cartwheel said:

Yeah, Mythus, that's pretty much it.

What can I say? We love him.

Yeah, that's really a great way to show love. And also, I shouldn't be shocked, but somehow, I'm surprised you actually so proudly admitted to that kind of behavior. Good God.

Updated On: 10/8/08 at 07:03 PM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 7:16pm

Updated On: 5/7/09 at 07:16 PM

[harmonyfye]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 7:24pm

I went to and AIDS fundraiser in San Francisco last summer and although it was a theatre heavy crowd, Kimberly Locke was there. I'm not really good at telling stories so I'll just say she was pretty condesending with her "Thank You..Thank You". So I took it as her being big B****.

Now, I believe in giving celebrities their "bad days". However, when she was on American Idol and she said "Thank You in that same tone to Ryan..OH MAN!! Bugging. Some people are just made for the stage lights only and then need to be left alone out of it.

[ythcbroadway]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:38am

I saw the color purple tour when it came to Louisville and I was sooooo angry that Jeannette wasn't performing. Latonya Holmes played the part of Celie and I WAS SOOOO HAPPY I SAW HER PERFORMANCE INSTEAD. HER CELIE WAS SOO AMAZING AND HER VOICE WAS BEAUTIFUL. After, I staged door the show and she didnt come out but a sweet dancer came out and took my friend and I's playbills to get them signed. I met Rhett George who understudied Harpo and did a fantastic job, he was really sweet. But the lady who understudied Sophia was very very rude. I asked her to get a picture and she was ok fine and then my friend asked and she was like this is stupid. So yeh =)
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 11:38 AM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 3:10pm

"Little Mermaid" was my first stagedoor experience, and for the most part, everyone was extremely nice (especially John Treacy Egan, Derrick Baskin, and the lovely Norm Lewis), but Sean Palmer was... I don't want to say anything unkind about him, because he's very talented, and he looked EXTREMELY ill.

His face was pale greenish-white, with big dark circles under his eyes, and he kinda shuffled around looking miserable, not smiling or looking anyone in the eye. He signed my program really fast and didn't even acknowledge me when I told him that my little sister told me that if I didn't tell him what a big fan she was, she'd beat me up. (My sister's an even bigger 'Little Mermaid' fan than I am, and she was furious about not being allowed to go.) I was one of the few people who got autographs at all... lots of little girls in Ariel costumes were really mad.

I've heard a lot of stories about him, and I have to ask-- does anyone know if he's sick or something? He seemed like he was going to fall over dead when I saw him.

Also, I really wish Sherie Rene Scott came out. I'm not a huge fan of hers, but there was a little girl who couldn't have been more than five who was crying because she only wanted to meet Ursula... she made her mom stay until stagedoor closed, and wouldn't accept anyone else's autographs. It was really kind of sad. I bet it's hard for her to change out of her costume and everything, though.

Updated On: 10/7/08 at 03:10 PM

[BroadwayBelle2]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 4:42pm

^ I've heard that Sherie Rene Scott isn't crazy about the stage door.
Updated On: 10/7/08 at 04:42 PM

[Nicholas Clar]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 6:46pm

I drove to NYC from Ohio in Jan and it was no easy task getting there in freezing weather. Anyway the reason was because I bought a 300 dollar ticket to Wicked. I was motivated to spend a lot b/c Stephanie J. Block was Elphaba at the time. Anyway it was my first time there and I couldn't be more excited. I went to the show and was just blown away... after Defying Gravity I couldn't form words. Skipping to the SD part, I waited and met Annaleigh Ashford, David Brunham, Lenny Wolpe. David in particular was so nice and attentive. Annaliegh was very nice and sweet but she seemed kinda distracted. I waited about 10 minutes after and the guy at the door said "Miss Block is not coming out tonight"... I was pissed. After about a half hour ,going back to my hotel, I cooled down but my Mom had suggested we go the next night when the show lets out get a good spot at the door and see if she will be coming out that night. I thought that would be perfect. So I saw RENT at the 1/2 off ticket kiosk. So we rushed to the Gershwin, Luckily I had a friend whom was at the show that night... Kinda ironic. So i txt'd her to see who was playing Elphaba that night. I really am not a fan of Lisa Brescia thought she is quite talented. I kinda thought she would play that night b/c Lindsay Northern, an ensemble member, said she wasn't feeling well. To my surprise, she was on that night... Wah-hoo! So we wait, Annaleigh and David recognized me and I said I was waiting for SJB.... blah blah blah... anyway she finally comes out. Its like 11:20 and the show ****ing lets out at 10:45. I cant be to anxious b/c the green is kinda a process to take off. She's out and very sickly looking kinda upset looking. I yelled "Stephanie!" and she looked into my eyes. She then came over and signed my playbill and 18$ program and I got a picture.... all good and I say "bye!" it takes her 'til Im out of the line for photos to say "Goodnight". Nothing all that bad but she was so not feeling well. I know she wasn't trying to be mean but I was more "joycified" just to even see her!

[winter_sky]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 6:52pm

I always think it's funny that people expect something just because they flew thousands of miles or paid $300 for a ticket. That was your decision to be kind of extreme and no actor owes you anything.

[broadwayfan3]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 6:53pm

Sherie Rene Scott almost never comes out of the Stage Door and when she does, she just ignores everyone and walks away. It's kind of upsetting because I'm a huge fan of her's...but anyway-I've been really lucky when it comes to meeting people at the stage door. Most people are kind, or just quickly sign. I don't expect any actors to have a conversation with me or anything, but one thing that kind of annoys me is when many people say "You were really good" and they just completly ignore everyone.

[KathyGriffinLovesYou]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 7:13pm

not at the stage door but i was with a huge group at spamolot and we got to stay after and talk to all of them at once with their feet dangling off the stage and they were all so bored and quiet and they didnt have to stay! they couldve just said thanks for coming and left! if i was just through with belting my butt off for a hour and a half id just want to go home

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 7:30pm

I think its hard for a performer to know where to draw the line. If they are unwilling to "do the stagedoor" just stopping to say thank you to whomever wants to give well wishes could take a while. How many do you talk to? What happend to those that MISS your cutoff?

I am a fan of the actors WORK not of them personally. (Although I admit there is sometimes a blurred line; ie Mel Gibson's antics a few years ago.) I do not begrudge ANY actor for simply going home. They owe me nothing.

I do not often "stagedoor"; but when I do I have only been disappointed in the other fans' behavior.

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 10:00pm

At the All My Sons stage door on Sunday, Patrick Wilson was signing autographs on the side for people who didn't see the show and the crowd over there must have gotten really rowdy because the barricade against the straight was pushed over and fell right onto the side of Mr. Wilson's car. It totally scratched up the side and knocked the side view mirror off. Someone even said the tire might have gone flat. Patrick looked very distressed when this happened (he said it is his own car), but he kept signing like a pro.

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 10:26pm

In the 7 times that I saw LB on Broadway, I never had the chance to see LBB at stage door, because 3 times, I didn't go to the stage door, and the other times, she either wasn't going to do stage door, or I didn't wait long enough. However, my aunt and 16 year-old cousin once went to see LB on Broadway, and they said that LBB did do stage door and she was incredibly rude, snobbish, and stuck-up. She just signed and went on to the next person. They didn't even like LB that much anyway, and they thought that she wasn't really that great. Wow! For a second, I just felt like I was back in New York when describing that. But, I'm not.

Привет из России! (I'm in Saint Petersburg at the moment. My friend from Finland and I are here. I flew out of Oslo to Helsinki. Spent 2 days there, then we took the ferry to Tallinn. Spent a few HOURS there. Then, took a 7 hour bus ride to Saint Petersburg. There used to be a rail line from Tallinn to St. Petersburg, but then the capitalists went in power and got rid of it. At least, under communism, there was an excellent rail network in the Soviet Union. That's one good thing about it. You could also go by train from Tallinn to St. Petersburg via Moscow, but I HATE HATE HATE HATE Moscow. It's so dirty and yucky and crappy and disgusting. Also, there's a lot of anti-Semitism in Moscow, and there's not as much in St. Petersburg, and I do plan on attending Yom Kippur services in St. Petersburg, as I'm here for the week. I'm done with my 1-month study in Norway for Norwegian, and I plan on spending the next 4 months traveling around Europe and Asia. Who knows? I could end up in Middle East, Africa, or Australia!)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 10:31pm

Go to Iran!

[ythcbroadway]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 10:56pm

Sierra was extremely rude tonight after the show. She signed autographs and took pictures but there were a few little girls that ended up crying cause they were trying to talk to her but she stormed away and slammed the car door and yelled at the driver. Not a fan of hers anymore. =(

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:00pm

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 10/7/08 at 11:38pm

I am deathly afraid of going to Iran. A lot of my European friends have gone and they said that it was really nice. They said that the people were friendly and that Tehran was a very safe city, but I have been to the Middle East 3 times (2 times in Israel, and 1 time in Turkey, well, I've also been to Morocco, but that's more like North Africa), and I would love to go again. I would definitely want to go back to Israel, and I would like to see more of Turkey. I would not want to go to Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Gaza, or West Bank. Like I've said, I've been to Israel twice, and I felt VERY safe. I've been to Turkey (Istanbul), and it's as safe as any major European city (well, maybe not as safe as some Scandinavian cities, like Copenhagen, Oslo, or Stockholm, but it's just as safe as Madrid, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, or Rome). I've been to Morocco (Casablanca and Marrakech), and I felt safe there, too. Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Egypt, probably wouldn't be so bad, and I would feel safe going back to Morocco.

[BRDWYrobb]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 12:23am

haha i have a few bout that crazy poster man...

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 12:33am

When I saw The Little Mermaid, everyone was yelling out side the stage door, Sierra stuck her head out and surprisingly everyone got really quiet, she smirked and came out and started signing. She was quiet the whole time. I said she was amazing and she smiled and when I asked for a picture she nodded.


Eddie Korbich slid out unseen.
Sean Palmer walked out but ignored everyone. Which I heard he does a lot !

Cicily was on for Ursula and was really nice as well as the rest of the cast. Although I have to say Brian D'Addario was the most fun at the stage door.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 2:55am

Hm, when I stagedoored YF, there was a crazy long line of people...maybe 50ish and I was somewhere in the middle. She went down the line and said hi to every single person there and signed their playbills. There was a family next to me whose son was somewhere in Europe so they called him and she spoke to him on the phone for a good minute. So yeah, my experience of stagedooring YF was pretty nice. But it was cold. And Roger Bart and Christopher Fitzgerald never came out.

When I accidentally stagedoored Rent with my friends (bc we didn't know what stagedoor was at the time >.<) I remember that Karmine Alers was very sweet, as was the girl playing Maureen at the time. The guy playing mark was in a rush though and an ensemble member was in a bad, bad mood and was yelling something as she left and refused to sign or take pictures.

One of my friends has hinted at having a bad experience from talking w/ an SA cast member. And he's not a fanboy or anything. But when I met that person they seemed nice enough. I don't think you can always successfully judge a person from a 10-20 second encounter. On a funnier note, he thought someone from the cast was checking him out the day we saw the show together.

After Equus I lingered outside for a few seconds, but after seeing how crazy and chaotic and crowded it was, I said **** it and went home. For me that was a bad experience in the sense that I hate crazy crowds. No more stagedoor for me.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 3:04am

xoangel2789xo... who are you referring to in your post... you said "she went down the line and said hi..." but you never mentioned who "she" was...