Crazy stage door time — Page 2

sbflyfan said: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pne76g_WP8

Looks like Bernadette and Mandy were pretty much mobbed after every performance back in '84."

THAT is NOT a mob. It’s probably 10 people you can’t even see applauding and cheering. Hahaha.

THIS is a mob scene:

Islander_fan said: "I worked for awhile at Hamilton. Started when it was the tail end of the original cast’s time in the show. I could be wrong, but I don’t remember them closing off the street for that stage door. However, the real mess as it relates to Hamilton was that, every time the in person lotto was going on, cops had to block off the street since the crowds were that big. That was one of the many many good reasons as to why the in person lotto stopped."

Thank you Islander_fan for clarifying. I remembered something with large crowds, but I wasn't sure if it was a stagedoor problem.

Hugh Jackman during his run in The Boy From Oz, to the point where there were people waiting before the show as well as after for him to come in. Never got a good photo with him (first time wound up being a video and the second time, his eyes were closed lol.) I can only imagine if there wasn't a pandemic going on, how big the line/crowd would be for the Music Man.



I wanna say SpamAlot when Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce were still in the show had some crazy crowds. When Clay Aiken was in, I do recall that being a crazy crowd.



Jersey Boys had some crazy crowds especially after the Tonys that year. I do recall being in the crowd and having an older gentleman behind me pushing and shoving to get close.



Daniel Radcliffe in How to Succeed, I think me and my ex tried to wait, and we just said screw it cause it was just insane.



I think in general anytime a celebrity is involved, you're going to have significantly crazy crowds. Same thing with conventions like I wanna say I waited maybe 3 hours in line for John Barrowman at NYCC, Ernie Hudson and Dan Akyroyd had a pretty big wait at Ghostbusters Fan Fest (could only imagine how long of a wait it would've been if Murray was there).

I think my two craziest were Ricky Martin in EVITA (and I won the game because I knew where the stage door was - Thanks “Follies&rdquo and Tom Hiddleston in BETRAYAL. It was VERY packed during previews and it was a warm summer night. I loved that the security guard separated the people who were just autograph hunting away from those who actually saw the show. You could see how much kinder he was to the theatre patrons.

Kinky Boots with Brendon Urie. I was a fan of him and bailed on the door because it was so roudy, all full of people in the same demographic as me at the time (squealing teenage girls ready to see their emo king), and it was still unpleasant to walk around.

Ben Platt at Dear Evan Hansen was a circus all 3 times I went. Week of the tonys, day after the Tony's, and his last day.... I avoid that show actively because of how negative of experiences I've had there. People shouting, somebody grabbing at my playbills (no idea why), and a verbal altercation as well. It just wasn't worth it anymore. I'm not even a massive fan of Ben Platt in the way I am for Will Roland, who stopped stagedooring when the chaos got to this magnitude.

Broadway Flea market's curtain call table the year of 2018 I believe... not fun. Not a stage door, but if that occurred during covid I whole heartedly believe that everybody within 2 blocks of that flea would've caught it because of how crowded it was.