First Stage Door Experience- Page 2

[Gingersnap2]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 5:36pm

Probably when I saw the tour of "Annie" in the early-ish 80s. It was probably about six months or so after the movie. I have no clue who I saw, but I remember meeting about two cast members - I believe one played Miss Hannigan - at the Palace Theatre stage door here in Albany. I still have the program with two names I can quite decipher. I just remember being very shy about it.

But I was really young and it wasn't my idea, I'm sure.

First time I made a conscious choice to do it was at "The Phantom of the Opera." Three years ago tomorrow.

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 5:51pm

. Matinee of "Deathtrap". Met Farley Granger and Ernie Townsend (Who I developed an immediate crush on) It was an interesting stage door experience. Have tried to find out what Mr. Townsend is doing. He was on Day of Our Lives at the time. (I think) He told me which soap he was on and that he was on his way to tape a scene) I can't seem to find any information on him.

 

Edit: He was on The Edge of Night. I was 18. He asked me out to dinner. Said he only had a short scene to shoot. I was with a friend so declined. That was the interesting part of the experience. Got his autograph though.

Updated On: 5/14/16 at 05:51 PM

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:00pm

Ummm...never had one in theater, yet. The only one I can remember was outside of a TV show, because my favorite singer (I was about 10 at the time) was there that night :)

[broadwaycat3113]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 8:10pm

mine was wicked, when idina and kristen were in it.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:59pm

My first stage door experience was accidental, after watching Rent 3 years ago. My friends and I were in the city for my birthday and were trying to figure out what to do after the show and saw a crowd of fanatical fans gathered around the cast and we were like omgomgomg! and got our playbills signed. Karmine Alers was really nice, the guy that played Mark left in a rush to my friends' disappointment. She had a question for him regarding the La Vie Boheme scene. My other friend was very disappointed that the guy playinng Roger didn't come out; she thought he was quite a looker. My other other friend stood there with a bored look on his face. I couldn't believe that after seeing 20-something musicals I had no idea about stagedooring.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 11:59pm

My first stage door experience was accidental, after watching Rent 3 years ago. My friends and I were in the city for my birthday and were trying to figure out what to do after the show and saw a crowd of fanatical fans gathered around the cast and we were like omgomgomg! and got our playbills signed. Karmine Alers was really nice, the guy that played Mark left in a rush to my friends' disappointment. She had a question for him regarding the La Vie Boheme scene. My other friend was very disappointed that the guy playinng Roger didn't come out; she thought he was quite a looker. My other other friend stood there with a bored look on his face. I couldn't believe that after seeing 20-something musicals I had no idea about stagedooring.

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 3:14am

My first stage door experience was at "Evita." It was 1980, and I was 9 years old. I went to the show with my mom, and we waited for Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone after the show. The both of them couldn't have been nicer- Mandy gave me a kiss and signed my Playbill, and Patti took a picture with me and also signed my Playbill. They took the time to talk to me, and thanked me for coming to the show! I was thrilled....I still feel like a kid even now when I see Patti coming out of the stage door after a show.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 2:21pm

Avenue Q and Lestat within 45 minutes of each other.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 2:31pm

Rent. Needless to say, it was terrible.

The next day I did In the Heights, which was a much more pleasant experience.

[mikeyb16]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:08pm

My first and only so far is London's WICKED. I saw the show back in October 2006 and met Idina, Helen Dallimore and Martin Ball. They were such nice people!

[theminutepast]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 5:17pm

Les Mis third national tour final performance in St. Louis.

It was an electrifying night to stage door because there were so many people and energy was high after the performance. Interesting enough, the actors were going to a post-show party and were all dressed up.

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:11pm

Over in Cleveland, my first stage door was after an early performance of "On the Record." Ashley Brown and Andrew Samonsky were oh-so-sweet, as was the entire supporting cast.

And now I'm addicted.

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:31pm

My birthday trip to NY to Avenue Q. The original cast, and since I had been listening to the OBCR I was totally star struck. It was awesome.

[The White Half-Mask]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:38pm

My first stage door experience was at "Monty Python's Spamalot" about 3 years ago. I got to meet Hank Azaria & David Hyde Pierce, which was very cool. They were both very nice, especially Mr. Azaria. Now, I try to stage door most of the shows I see, especially if I'm impressed by the performers.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 6:45pm

I wasn't going to post in this thread, but then I realised I too am coming up to the anniversary of my first stage door experience. Four years ago, I saw 'Aida' on Broadway with my mother, and when we exited the theatre, we found ourselves RIGHT outside the stagedoor. So I made her wait with me. Her disgruntlement at being forced to wait for Adam Pascal soon evaporated when Micky Dolenz came out. I don't remember how I responded to Adam apart from being sweaty and excited (July in New York is HOT if you're used to UK temperatures O_O), but I do remember Mum going a little swoony. Both gentlemen must have been very nice, for we have their autographs on my Playbill, and photographs of us with them. So that's nice. ^_^

[PlayhouseBeauty]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 9:41pm

Footloose was my first stagedoor experience. I got to meet Jeremy Kushnier and a few others. It was a lot of fun.

[olitwist2]

Posted: 6/25/08 at 9:49pm

Mine was right after the world premiere of Lestat at the Curran Theater in SF!

[kec]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 9:00am

"My first time stage-dooring was at Dracula!"

As was mine, but not the musical -- the play with Frank Langella in the title role. It was his final night in the role, and a lot of us were waiting outside. There was a party going on for him, as I recall, but he took a few minutes to come out and sign playbills for those of us there.

[twogaab2]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:07am

I've yet to have it. (Don't like actors as a general rule).

[Becky2]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 12:08pm

I've only gone stage dooring once, as I'm realy shy about it. But I was in Vegas with my biological mother and her husband about two weeks after meeting her for the first time. I frequent a message board where the person playing "Meg" also posts, and I had mentioned somewhere that I was seeing the show that night. We went to the show, and afterwords we started walking away when we decided to go back to see if we could talk with her for a while. She was outside the "stage door" looking for us, and took us on a little tour. It was really amazing, and definetly played a part in that trip being so memorable.

[quizking101]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 7:10pm

(Instead of starting a new thread, I figured I'd for an old one first...)

Mine was when I was 14 and I saw YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN with my Dad. I never knew that this was a practice (having only ever seen BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at age 4 and RENT about 8 months prior), but the kind lady at the merchandise counter told me all about it and I prompted my Dad to go with me after the show. It was a matinee, and I was the only person there, but Shuler Hensley came out and could not have been sweeter. 

(Weird Fact: I was 6'2 when I was 14 and just a little shorter than him then (6'3). When I saw him in GODOT a few years ago, I had grown even more and now was 4 inches taller than him.)

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 7:45pm

Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree. She was very sweet and being short myself I was greatly amused that she was even shorter than me. I never felt like stage dooring again until years later.

[billyelliotfan123]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 7:46pm

Mine was when I was 12 years old after The Odd Couple. All I wanted was to meet Nathan Lane after the show. When I left the theater he was already out signing playbills. He signed maybe 5 or 6 then turned around to walk away. When he started to walk away was when I got to the front of the barricades. I guess he must have seen me out the corner of his eye because he turned around walked over to me took my playbill and signed it then walked back into the theater. It still hangs up in my room. 

Ive heard I lucked out with this because apparently he never signs for anyone. 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 7:48pm

I wanted to do Cabaret, but alas I went to a matinee, but they did give out signed playbills, so I have one signed by Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming, and Emma Stone. My first was the DWSA revival, and it was a little weird at first, but most of the cast came out and I had a fantastic experience!

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 7:50pm

Liza in THE ACT. Waited a loooong time, but she was great when she came out. Hence, my avatar.