Backstage at the Gershwin

You can't just go backstage. You have to know someone in the cast, or have some kind of special circumstance. A friend of mine from school has gone, because she went to the high school that Idina graduated from, and one of her teachers has kept in touch with Idina. She didn't seem to think it was anything special. It's kind of chaotic back there.

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Yeah, I went once and I've seen it. It is kinda chaotic, especially before the show, actors and crew members rushing about. The costumes are hangingon the wall and they're really really pretty up close. It's not too special. In the actors' dressing rooms, they all have all those pictures and stuff, and Idina has like a little bathroom and her makeup table is COMLETELY covered with fan stuff. (With good reason... she has enough of it!) Hope that helps.

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And no, you don't have to pay, you just have to personally know a cast member usually, or get invited.

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I was just asking because on the office Wicked website (www.wickedthemusical.com), it says under Oz Interactive :

"Are backstage tours available?
Tours are currently only available to groups, upon request, for a donation fee to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The fee amount depends on the size of the group."

I see... thank you.
But why would someone want to go on a tour of backstage? There isn't all that much to see...
I guess if you wanted to use it as a chance to meet the actors.

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hmmm.. scared.shaking.no.

Ew. Calm down, broadwayguy2. Just because you don't understand someone's fascination with going backstage doesn't mean it's stupid. It's like, some people are fascinated with getting autographs, while others are fascinated with Adam Fleming. There are just some things that others don't understand.

I think it's just the thrill and excitement of being "behind the scenes". I don't find it fascinating, but I can understand why people would. Just the fact that you are in a place where we (the audience) aren't supposed to be is fun. And also, we can see the inner workings of a show and watch how things get done. It can be interesting.

OK. I can see how that would be exciting...
I don't find it thrilling myself, but it is pretty cool to see the costumes and everything up close, and to see all the actors and crew when they're not onstage. Yeah, I see what you mean.

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You need to know someone to go backstage. You can speak to either the house managers or the stage door guard about tours by donation. I have been and I took my sister. It is really amazing to stand on the Gershwin stage and fascinating for any theater fan to see and understand how everything works. Set pieces and costumes being stored; learning about the complex backstage choreography involved in a broadway show. It is an experience that you are unlikely to forget.

Broadwayguy2...you know your an ass who takes all the fun and magic out of theater? congratulations on that.

Updated On: 12/31/04 at 01:16 PM

hahaha. 1.) I am FAR from an ass. There just needs to be a limit on some things. 2.) I am VERY secure. 3.) I have a life. 4.) You guys are VERY funny.

OK, chill. We get the message that you guys don't like what broadwayguy says. We get the point that you think he's being a stupid ass and that he shouldn't be on this thread at all.
Broadwayguy- we get the point that you don't think highly of these people who are fascinated by going backstage.
WE GET IT. Please don't fight, because e-fighting is stupider than fighting in real life. It'stotally pointless and clutters the thread.
There, now.
Now that I've said my piece... I do think it would be cool to be on the Gershwin stage, even with no one there. *dreams about singing "The wizard and I" or "popular" or "defying gravity"*
-sits down-
-goes back to her corner to lurk some more-

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