Bad Broadway Encounters

[londonbaby]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:36pm

has anybody had a really bad encounter with a broadway star? ie, them telling you to go away or something?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:38pm

No...but maybe that's because I don't stalk them.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:43pm

Ummm....it's been well-documented here that Nathan Lane runs in the other direction when he sees me coming.

It's a long story.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:53pm

Idina took my three of my teeth out after a preformance of wicked.

all i wanted was for a key to her apartment

[londonbaby]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 5:56pm

explain dollypop...

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:08pm

shoshana bean. i asked her for her autograph and she's like sorry but i gotta get outta here and she just like drove off. i was standing there for like 1 minute and i was like 'wow she must be in a good modd today.' but then i got megan hilty's autograph; she's soooo nice.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:16pm

So the fact that Shoshana Bean has a life now means that you had a BAD encounter with her?

[WiiCKED x3]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:18pm

the fact that she had her silver sharpie in her hand and looked at me then looked at her car and ran away was pretty much the point i was getting to

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:41pm

This one time I went over to Raul Esparza's house (we're friends, he smiled at me the last time we talked so obviously that's the case, even if I did have to follow him home one night to find out where he lived), and invited myself in and started pouring tea...he threatened to call the cops if I didn't get out! How rude! Terrible man really...

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 6:48pm

Dollypop - tell the story...i just know its going to be good.
:)
A

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 7:32pm

Okay, my Nathan Lane story:

(Apologies to those who've heard the story 20 times before!)


I was posting on another message board many years ago using the same screen name. One night Nathan Lane was appearing on Seth's "Chatterbox" and the conversation turned toward message boards and chat rooms. Now, I was not there, but several other "regulars" were and they reported that the moment the words "message boards" were uttered by Rudetsky, Lane moaned, "Oh no! Don't tell me you're Dollypop!"

This indicated that Lane lurks the message boards, so I wanted to get his attention. With lop-sided logic, I began posting negative messages about Lane's performances. It went on for a while.

Eventually I received an e-mail from Lane asking me to stop. He said that such comments were "hurtful" to his career and his self-esteem. (Yup! He used the word "hurtful"!)

I responded with an e-mail explaining that I was only doing this so that he'd notice me and obviously it had worked. I explained that I not only admired his work but also found him to be quite attractive. I concluded by inviting him to dinner. He never reponded. I stopped posting negative comments about him.

Fast forward to a BC/EFA Flea Market three years ago: Nathan Lane was at the celebrity table and when it was his turn to go into the photo booth, I paid my money to have a picture taken with him. As I approached him, he was smiling, but he froze when he saw that I was wearing my famous HELLO, DOLLY! t-shirt. I smiled and told him that I was Dollypop. He commented, "I'm scared. I'm terribly scared!" His fear is evident as the photo was taken. It shows all over his face. (He's so short he barely came up to my chest!)

Now a friend and I had tickets for the Off-Bwy play TRUMBO that afternoon. As luck would have it, Lane was playing the title role that week. He was exceptionally good in it. After the performance we waited at the stage door and when Lane came out he saw me and screamed, "It's YOU again!!!!" and he literally ran into the Town Car that was waiting for him.

People have suggested that I should do an interview with him for BWW. I don't think it's a very good idea.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 7:39pm

Not the BEST way I've heard to hit on someone, but certainly creative.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 7:44pm

Dollypop- That is hilarious! The poor fellow...maybe you could have gotten his attention by showering him with compliments. lol.

Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:02pm

i think it was pretty classy of Nathan Lane to email you personally and not get into it on the message board with you.
just my opinion.
i like that Nathan is a human being with feelings and can't just blow off people who say bad things about him. And say "well they are a loser anyway" or "well,WHO are THEY anyway?? they aren't ME!! BIG Broadway STAR!". No, he reached out to you privately to let you know that he was hurt, that he is a real person who cares what people think. SOO many people in the industry DON'T care..because they are afraid to be hurt.
I respect Nathan for letting you in on his feelings.

and BTW, Shoshana Bean is lovely..she was probably rushing away to go sing at a benefit at midnight in the middle of her 8 show week! Updated On: 3/24/06 at 08:02 PM

[songplugger]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:09pm

Exactly, andrew.

And Dollypop - you can't really blame Nathan for running away the way he did. Surely you could have thought of a nicer way to tell him you liked him by posting insulting things about him!

[keatonbynumbers]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:11pm

One time I met Michael Cerveris and he DIDN'T ask me to marry him.

I was so, so offended. I am no longer a fan.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:19pm

When I asked Ann Hampton Callaway to sign my SWING! Playbill, she placed an Irish curse on me.

I can no longer see out of my right eye.

Updated On: 3/24/06 at 08:19 PM

[grizzabella]

Posted: 3/24/06 at 8:49pm

There's an old saying that "if someone hates you, they're on the high road to loving you."