Ever think that maybe Fran doesn't have the time or energy after 8 shows a week to sign hundreds of items at a time? So, she had a stamp made of her signature and it makes things a little easier. But she STILL signs for a lot of people on a daily basis.
I've loved Fran since I was a kid. I'm a HUGE fan that geeked out and had to sit down on the sidewalk after meeting her for the first time. FRAN was charming, lovely, generous. She hugged me, chatted with me for a while, posed for a picture, signed my Playbill... And a few months later when I met her again, she not only remembered my face, but my name. And we chatted all over again.
Yes, it's for a charity. But she's also human and not a machine, and maybe she's just a little tired. Move on. Trust me - there are bigger, selfish and far more nasty divas than Fran .
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman