Can I bring a bottle of wine into theater

[kbnewyork]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 8:05am

I'm meeting an actor backstage after a show and want to bring her a bottle of wine. Can I bring it to the theater or will they confiscate it? Thanks!

[frannygreenglass]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 9:06am

That's a good question.  I would call the theater and ask.  Or maybe you could give it to the guard at the stage door to deliver it to your friend?  Also--wrapping it as a gift might help?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 9:30am

1  DO NOT gift wrap it, they'd have every right to just rip off the paper.

2.  No reason you wouldn't be able to bring  an unopened bottle to the theater - although they might be curious about it.

3.  If they DO confiscate it, they'd give it back to you at the conclusion of the show.

4.  I'd drop it off at the stage door before the show with a note -- then no worries. 

5. The door guards don't go backstage, don't ask them to deliver it.

[frannygreenglass]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 10:55am

dramamama, dropping it off at the stage door means leaving it with the guard, no?  

[frannygreenglass]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 10:59am

Also: you can totally gift wrap it.  I've never had them rip off the paper.  It's not the TSA.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 11:51am

Not the same.  The stage door guy is NOT the same people that check your bags.  And even if it is, his job while you are going in is to check bags....not make deliveries. 

 

And I'm not saying they WILL rip off the paper....but they could, if they are suspicious. So just don't give them any reason to be which includes them not being able to KNOW what you are taking in.

Updated On: 10/19/17 at 11:51 AM

[frannygreenglass]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:01pm

Ok, just wanted to clarify because it sounded like you were shooting down my idea of bringing it to the stage door.  We were talking about the same thing.  I didn't say to leave it with the people checking bags at the front.

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:05pm

Security/bagcheck may direct you to stage door to leave it. I have seen that happen. I know at least one tbeater does not allow any glass inside.

[TapDanceGal]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:15pm

I’ve brought multiple bottles of liquor in my backpack to the St. James to give to cast members after the show and never had an issue. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:28pm

I went to Whole Foods before seeing Mary Poppins, forever ago, and had a few unopened energy drinks in my bag for the next morning, and they made me throw them away. I offered to bag check my bag, and they said no, and made me throw them away. I was a bit annoyed to say the least. 

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:34pm

dramamama611 said: "Not the same. The stage door guy is NOT the same people that check your bags. And even if it is, his job while you are going in is to check bags....not make deliveries.



And I'm not saying they WILL rip off the paper....but they could, if they are suspicious. So just don't give them any reason to be which includes them not being able to KNOW what you are taking in."

 

You're detouring around your own words... nobody suggested that the OP leave it with the bag check employee(s). You're implying that the instruction to drop it off at the stage door means dropping it off at bag check, which it does not.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 12:46pm

kbnewyork said: "I'm meeting an actor backstage after a show and want to bring her a bottle of wine. Can I bring it to the theater or will they confiscate it? Thanks!"

I’m still waiting for Jordan to reply that the bottle of wine was how he made it all the way through Brooklyn.

[SweetLips]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 2:19pm

For a gift I always use those wine bottle gift bags[a million different designs]--open at the top and no need to wrap.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 5:00pm

frannygreenglass said: "Ok, just wanted to clarify because it sounded like you were shooting down my idea of bringing it to the stage door. We were talking about the same thing. I didn't say to leave it with the people checking bags at the front."

Oops, somehow my brain didn't register your comment included  the words "stage door", I thought you were saying to ask the guy checking bags. 

Wasn't trying to be difficilt.

Updated On: 10/19/17 at 05:00 PM

[kbnewyork]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 6:48pm

Thanks for all the great advice! I appreciate it!

 

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 7:01pm

I think I drank close to a bottle of wine to get through The Addams Family. The bartender even gave me a free refill when I downed most of the glass in front of him during intermission.  

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 7:08pm

^I've never heard anything so relatable.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 9:51pm

dramamama611 said: "Not the same. The stage door guy is NOT the same people that check your bags. And even if it is, his job while you are going in is to check bags....not make deliveries."

To clarify:

1) It is the stage door attendant's job to receive packages/gifts.

2) He will not open/unwrap them.

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 10/19/17 at 9:56pm

Mildred Plotka wrote: I think I drank close to a bottle of wine to get through The Addams Family. The bartender even gave me a free refill when I downed most of the glass in front of him during intermission.

You just made me noticeably laugh out loud in a crowded restaurant!!

[Impeach2017]

Posted: 10/20/17 at 12:55am

If there is any decent security to speak of, you should not be allowed to bring a bottle of some liquid into the theater.  The audience members are like sitting ducks just like an airliner.