Follies stage door

[defygravity24]

Follies stage door#1

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:16am

I know it hasn't even started previews yet, but I'm seeing it on tuesday and I wanted to know if people think the stars will come out after, based on past stage door experiences or the run at the kennedy center.

[darreyl102]

Follies stage door#2

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:52am

When i saw the show in DC Peters, Maxwell, Lavin and Paige all came out and signed for everybody after the show. as did everybody else in the cast except for the two male leads. i know that it will be WAY more crowded when it hits broadway so i don't know how it will work then.

Darreyl with an L!

[BroadwayFan12]

Follies stage door#2

Posted: 8/5/11 at 2:22am

Peters has come out after other shows I've seen her in, and was always polite and gracious.

Where is the Marquis stage door?
Updated On: 8/5/11 at 02:22 AM

[mikem]

Follies stage door#3

Posted: 8/5/11 at 5:37am

I'm a little surprised Danny Burstein did not come out in DC. I saw South Pacific and Women on the Verge multiple times and also saw him in Drowsy Chaperone, and I don't remember him ever NOT coming out. I'm wondering if he had something to do on that particular day.

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[wickedfan11]

Follies stage door#4

Posted: 8/5/11 at 8:31am

Danny Burstein, Terri White, Susan Watson, and Elaine Paige signed after the Wednesday matinee I attended in DC.
Updated On: 8/12/11 at 08:31 AM

[AC126748]

Follies stage door#5

Posted: 8/5/11 at 8:42am

The Marquis stage door is on 45th street, opposite the Minskoff. That said, it being a hotel, there are many exits through which someone can leave if they want to slip away unnoticed.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[philcrosby]

Follies stage door#6

Posted: 8/5/11 at 9:02am

Danny Burstein is one of the sweetest shyest men in the world, and the whole stage door thing tends to embarass him.

[Simon4]

Follies stage door#7

Posted: 8/5/11 at 10:18am

I believe the only actor who consistently did not come out was Ron Raines.

[azeller]

Follies stage door#8

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:15pm

I saw a Sunday matinee and the only one who did not come out was Ron Raines. Everyone else was extremely gracious and signed for those waiting.

"Let's admit one thing right upfront: With the possible exception of Bernadette Peters, not everyone stays young and cute forever." (NYPost 2/2/05)

[jv92]

Follies stage door#9

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:24pm

If I can't have the gorgeous original Byrd poster signed by the original cast, I might as well have the very lovely new poster signed by this company-- so, for a change, I plan on stagedooring on Sunday. Sometimes you just have to.

I should ask, seeing that the poster artwork is set, and that they sold them in DC, they will have windowcards on Sunday, won't they? Maybe? If anyone "in the know" knows, let me know. (I said "know" a lot there.) Updated On: 8/5/11 at 12:24 PM

[MadonnaMusical]

Follies stage door#10

Posted: 8/5/11 at 12:42pm

The marquis stage door is across from Junior's.... now I want cheesecake....

I saw it in DC and everyone came out except the two male leads... I don't know where else they would have gone out from though... unless they were just quick about exiting. Bernadette is always nice and signs.... but usually doesn't wait around to sign EVERYBODY's playbill and only signs a few in the front when it's really crowded. When she played the Marquis with annie get your gun.... the crowds were so huge that she often just picked one or two little kids to take pictures with before jetting off.... we'll see I guess... keep us updated.

[Simon4]

Follies stage door#11

Posted: 8/5/11 at 1:02pm

(FYI -- there's a second exit from the Eisenhower Theater's backstage area that leads to the Hall of States, allowing actors to bypass the stage door. After matinees on two-performance days, some of the actors would take that exit and rush quickly back to the hotel.)

[bwayphreak234]

Follies stage door#12

Posted: 8/5/11 at 1:46pm

It will be super easy for them to get out the Marquis without going through the stage door. It will be interesting to see of any of them actually do that.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[BroadwayFan12]

Follies stage door#13

Posted: 8/5/11 at 5:13pm

Sorry to sound like a clueless tourist, but how do you get to the stage door after you leave the theatre? I'm not too familiar with the area. It's been too long since I've been to NYC.

[ahhrealmonsters]

Follies stage door#14

Posted: 8/5/11 at 8:56pm

It's different for the Marquis than most theatres. When you get out of the hotel, you'll probably be in an alley between 45th and 46th Streets. Head to the corner of 45th and Broadway (when you leave the theatre, go in the direction of Shubert Alley, and then turn left near Junior's and the Minskoff).

[BroadwayFan12]

Follies stage door#15

Posted: 8/5/11 at 9:40pm

Thank you for your help.

[theatrefreak0109]

Follies stage door#16

Posted: 8/7/11 at 8:17pm

*bump* wanna see if anyone staged doored tonight?

[AvenueQResident]

Follies stage door#17

Posted: 8/7/11 at 9:15pm

I was. Pretty much all of them signed and posed for pictures, though it was a bit of a scramble for Bernadette as she was being led to her car!

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[theatrefreak0109]

Follies stage door#18

Posted: 8/7/11 at 11:00pm

ty so much for the info!!!!

[FrauleinKost]

Follies stage door#19

Posted: 8/8/11 at 9:43am

I didn't wait at the stage door, but was waiting for someone to pick me up, so was standing by it. It was a mad house at the stage door!! Packed with people. I waited at the stage door each time I saw it in DC (the most I ever saw was maybe a dozen people, other times as few as three. The last show had a big crowd though).

People were definitely coming out judging from all the applause, though I couldn't see over everyone to see who Bernadette isn't normally one to dodge the stage door, if that's your concern...

"I chose and my world was shaken--so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on"

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Follies stage door#20

Posted: 8/8/11 at 9:55am

Stagedoored yesterday with much success! I was seated towards the back of the orchestra so I was one of the first people to get to the stagedoor. There was a lot of people. A lot. But everyone was really gracious and trying to sign for everyone.

[defygravity24]

Follies stage door#21

Posted: 8/10/11 at 1:14am

I just saw it on tuesday night and everyone signed, except elaine paige, who walked straight to her car. Bernadette signed everyone playbills/posters and took pictures.

[nyel24]

Follies stage door#22

Posted: 8/10/11 at 10:28am

congrats on your success. for those who have gone to see the previews do you know the running time for the show is?

Thanks.

[defygravity24]

Follies stage door#23

Posted: 8/10/11 at 4:32pm

the running time was like 2.5 hours (including intermission).

[Buffyfan51]

Follies stage door#24

Posted: 8/11/11 at 11:15pm

Does Mary Beth Piel come out? I am a Dawson's Creek fan and would love to meet her.