This thread is great...I have a few...
A few years ago, at RENT, (my first ever Broadway show), my cousin and I were waiting at stagedoor. Since it was my first show and I was completely overwhelmed, I broke out in hives, which were completely visible on my chest since I was wearing a v-neck sweater. When talking to D'Monroe (Benny), he asked me how old I was were I was from, and how many shows I'd seen. I proceeded to tell him I was 15, from South Jersey and it was my first show, and he playfully hit me with my playbill and told me he expected to see me back soon. I told Christopher Hanke I was "flustered" at the chance to meet him, and I think he just looked uneasily at my hives...wierd haha
Last year, at A Chorus Line, I was pssyched to meet Natalie Cortez. Well, the actors came out, signed my playbill, and it wasn't until i looked at my playbill and saw her name signed on Diana's body that I realized the girl who had just walked away was Natalie. I could have kicked myself.
And I didn't do this one, but at Les Miserables last year, my aunt told Adam Jacobs he was a cutie and shouted "24601!" at John Owen Jones as he walked away from the stagedoor.
On a side note, I felt terrible for Anthony Rapp last summer in RENT when he was signing someone's playbill and they asked him if Adam was coming out. Now, I love Adam Pascal just as much as the next person, but I think that was completely degrading to Anthony. Anthony is spectacular onstage, and deserves just as much respect at stagedoor as Adam does. Adam's family happened to be there that day and he didn't come out, bit still, I thought it was very rude of that person to do.
Sorry this ended up being so long...
And when the night has finally gone, and when we see the new day dawn, we wonder how we wandered for so long, so blind. The wasted world we thought we knew, the light will make it look brand new, so let it shine..."
--ntn