Going to see the show, and NOT Stage Dooring?- Page 2

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/1/08 at 10:46pm

Wouldn't it be great if Patti would come outside the stage door every night and bellow out to her bodyguards, "THE HEAVE-HO!"

Updated On: 7/1/08 at 10:46 PM

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 7/1/08 at 11:16pm

I think I only stagedoored once, at Sweeney, but then because it was a small crowd, and I just got the souvenir program and figured, what the hell.

I feel like the actors enjoy being appreciated, but more than that they just want to go home and sleep.

Vespertine, I'm with you on that. I'm know the actors appreciate it, but I put themselves in their shoes and I just think, they must be wiped out. Plus, I can only imagine they might worry about not performing up to some stagedoor standard, lest a disgruntled fan run to BWW and post how pissy so-and-so was...so why not just let them go home?

[dinglehopper89]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 1:16am

Same with almost everyone.
I stage door when I enjoyed the show or want to meet a specific performer.

My favorite experience was at Legally Blonde because my friends and I had something to say to a lot of the actors/actresses other than "good job"
Like Asmeret, we had just seen her picture on the side of the theater where Spamalot is (the pic with the fruit looking like boobs...). So we told her we saw it and she was like "oh my god it will be there forever."

I didn't stage door for A Chorus Line although I did want to meet a few of them. However we were in a rush and I wasn't that much into broadway yet.

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 1:24am

There was only one time when I did not stage door, and that was when I saw my first show, Mamma Mia. Now, I stage door at every show I see because it's nice to show how much I appreciate the actors and what they do. I also like to bring home a signed Playbill to my collection.

[casualtyofLoVe]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 9:05am

I used to stagedoor every show when I first started seeing shows a lot. Now I really only stagedoor rent and in the heights when I see them. I think stagedoor is fine as long as you treat the actors like human beings and with respect. That's one of the reasons why I love broadway so much more than movies or television shows. After you sit though a show, you get to meet the people that you just saw on stage and look up to. I think that's really cool.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 10:41am

I have only done stagedoor for Rent (because my friends wanted too), Hairspray, and In the Heights. I don't love crowds where people are willing to shove you in order to get someones autograph first, so most of the time I don't stagedoor.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 11:52am

Never - they've done the show, the audience has shown appreciation at curtain call. Let them go home.

Stage dooring has nothing to do with giving appreciation to the actors, it is a purely selfish act.

And as Pal Joey quoted in his response (it bears repeating): They're nobody's fans! They're juvenile delinquents, mental defectives, they're nobody's audience, they never see a play or a movie, even - they're never indoors long enough!

Updated On: 7/2/08 at 11:52 AM

[Okayfine]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 3:40pm

I thought this thread was just a joke. Is it serious? Do people "stage door" (when did that become a verb, anyway?) for every show they see? How insincere, how mercenary, how positively icky.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 3:56pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 03:56 PM

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 4:04pm

How is it insincere to thank a performer for giving an excellent performance, and to thank them for an enjoyable evening?

How is it mercenary to stand in a line after the show near a door to speak with them, not causing a fuss or being very invasive? It's not like we stalk them after they leave into the subway and sit next to them, continuing to talk.

[D2]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 4:09pm

The behavior is rather obsessive - especially after reading the endless posts about "stage dooring" here. It just seems, as PJ brilliantly pointed out with his quote from ALL ABOUT EVE, that the act of waiting by a stage door to see/speak/and take photos with the performers has become more important than experiencing the play or musical being performed.

[me2]

Posted: 7/2/08 at 9:49pm

I chickened out on my last trip to NYC. I would do it if someone I was a mega-big fan was in the show. In fact, one of my favorite Broadway stars I've never seen is coming to town, and I think I may stage door the concert venue.
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