Kit Connor’s Car Chased By Fan From R&J Stage Door

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 9:57am

This screenshot from the TikTok of some fan is blowing up on Twitter and…whoa. Are the children okay?

https://x.com/zany_zeglian/status/1874708493011399110?s=61&t=mVlu1-Vlv8FQ0xTiz8SQeg

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fortunately i am that one girl that ran after THE kit connor's car after stage door of romeo and juliet and like 3 blocks later when we hit a stop light he saw me waving like crazy at him smiling, paused, unplugged his wired headphones, looked up from his phone, and his face lit up and he gave that cute little smile and blushed. then he looked back at his phone and carried on and plugged his headphones back in.

and now i just well live with that ig. i like freaked out after and ppl around me were so confused

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 10:46am

Makes me wonder what TikTok would have thought of hoards of people running down the street hanging onto Ricky Martin’s car, nightly after “Evita”. 

I’m not saying it’s “right” but this is normal crazy fan behavior since the 50s. 

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 11:07am

Both of those sound like a walk in the park compared to the insanity that was the original "Sunday In The Park With George" stage door...

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

 

 

[SingingEachtoEach]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 11:32am

This is why I absolutely don't blame actors who choose not to stage door.  Your ticket paid for the performance and doesn't entitle you to more time with them.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 12:19pm

A bit disturbing. Never understood the stage door thing but some people are really obsessed with it.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 12:23pm

This has nothing to do with the stage door. This is about a stalker who ran after his car and demanded attention. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 12:29pm

Sounds like fan fiction lol 

 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 12:46pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Makes me wonder what TikTok would have thought of hoards of people running down the street hanging onto Ricky Martin’s car, nightly after “Evita”.

I’m not saying it’s “right” but this is normal crazy fan behavior since the 50s."

 

Sorry, but there is nothing remotely "normal" about that incident.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 1:06pm

I’m saying the fact you can go on YouTube and see crazy fan behavior going back almost 80 years does show it’s…normal.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 1:25pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I’m saying the fact you can go on YouTube and see crazy fan behavior going back almost 80 years does show it’s…normal."

I think with the social media/TikTok age we're in, the need to have visual proof of frenzy to your followers can lead to more dangerous behavior.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 1:30pm

you guys are deploying the word "normal" differently. Its "normal" in the sense that its not new, unique, or uncommon- this sorta fandom has existed forever, probably, and certainly the last few decades. that doesnt mean this behavior is "normal" in the sense of healthy. 

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 1:44pm

I’ve been going to see shows on Broadway since 1972 (when I was 7 years old), and I can confirm this stage door hysteria wasn’t normal up until the 2010s. Unless there was a huge celebrity situation, stage doors were just like the 1984 clip posted above of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Very light crowd, no screaming when the stage door opened, etc. Actors exited, signed for the few outside and went on their way. There were no barricades and those crazy creepy autograph hounds with their thick blinders and Post-It notes markers on every page were no-existent. During her run in EVITA, LuPone would zip by the few looking for her as they were looking for a blonde actress unaware that brunette with the long flowing hair was her.  

[inception]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 3:08pm

I wish I could find the photo of Elizabeth Taylor stuck in a crowd of people outside when Richard Burton was in Hamlet on Broadway. 

Kit Connor is pretty much in the same stratosphere as they were back then.  Maybe even comparable to the Beatles. 

Teenage girls and their hormones have been around for centuries. 

Updated On: 1/3/25 at 03:08 PM

[jagman106]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 3:15pm

I agree that stage dooring back in the day (my first Broadway show was in 1974 at age 15) far less a 'thing" than it is today. Generally, there would be several people milling about at the stage door waiting for a performer to emerge from the theater, and there were many more people for big name stars, but people were usually well-behaved. I don't remember anything like the craziness that exists today. Although stage dooring may be a common phenomenon, the "normalcy" of it has deviated far from the norm to the extent that we have people with a sense of entitlement who engage in behaviors that can be detrimental to the well-being of the performers, themselves, and bystanders. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 4:12pm

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton leave the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre stage door after one of his performances in HAMLET back in 1964.

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 4:26pm

The video of Sunday's stage door is very much in keeping with what the stage door is still like at a large regional. I've met and had casual, low-stakes chats with Broadway luminaries after Pittsburgh CLO shows many times, along with a few casual autograph collectors or friends/family of the local cast. (One of my favorites was when I had Lesli Margherita sign the DVD of a cult movie she did for a writer/director friend of mine long before her Broadway stardom.)

And the Burton/Taylor photo is an outlier: they were arguably the two most famous celebrities in the world, doing a show together at the height of their fame and notoriety. The equivalent would be if Taylor Swift and... Jesus Christ Himself did a show together. (There IS no male Taylor Swift equivalent at this moment in time.)

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 5:32pm

inception said: "I wish I could find the photo of Elizabeth Taylor stuck in a crowd of people outside when Richard Burton was in Hamlet on Broadway.

Kit Connor is pretty much in the same stratosphere as they were back then. Maybe even comparable to the Beatles.”

lol no.

Updated On: 1/3/25 at 05:32 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 5:53pm

Burton was doing HAMLET and Elizabeth was visiting him, she wasn’t in the play. They say the crowds after his performances were huge as fans were hoping to get a glimpse of her in the event she showed up. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 6:40pm

inception said: "I wish I could find the photo of Elizabeth Taylor stuck in a crowd of people outside when Richard Burton was in Hamlet on Broadway.

Kit Connor is pretty much in the same stratosphere as they were back then. Maybe even comparable to the Beatles.

Teenage girls and their hormones have been around for centuries."

Are you out of your mind.  Elizabeth Taylor was probably one of the 5 most famous people on the planet at that time (Queen Elizabeth, John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Pope Whomever, Elizabeth Taylor) and (because of the publicity surrounding his relationship with ET,) Burton was probably among the 10 most famous.

I would not be surprised if Connor becomes a big star over time, as he is talented and has a lot of charisma; but right this minute, his fan base is still largely based on Heartstoppers.

Updated On: 1/3/25 at 06:40 PM

[ElizaSchuyler]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 7:11pm

I hope Kit ends up nominated for a Tony. Both because his performance merits it and so that he's rewarded for being a saint while dealing with all of these nut jobs.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 8:29pm

I, too, hope Kit Connor gets a Tony nomination, but purely for his performance. It's gonna be competitive even getting a slot, considering the field will include Cole Escola (''Oh, Mary!'' ), Robert Downey Jr. (''McNeal'' ), Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington (''Othello'' ) and George Clooney (''Good Night, and Good Luck'' ). I feel far more confident Connor snags a Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut.

Below, Connor just appeared today on ''CBS Mornings.'' 

As for the ''nut jobs,'' let's not give them any more attention. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zojG7sovuE0

Updated On: 1/3/25 at 08:29 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/3/25 at 10:42pm

Wayman_Wong said: "I, too, hope Kit Connor gets a Tony nomination, but purely for his performance. It's gonna be competitive even getting a slot, considering the field will include Cole Escola (''Oh, Mary!'' ), Robert Downey Jr. (''McNeal'' ), Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington (''Othello'' ) and George Clooney (''Good Night, and Good Luck'' ). I feel far more confident Connor snags a Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut.

Below, Connor just appeared today on ''CBS Mornings.''

As for the ''nut jobs,'' let's not give them any more attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zojG7sovuE0"

Downey’s reviews were rather tepid. I’d sooner bet on Jim Parsons getting in for OUR TOWN or Daniel DAE-Kim for YELLOW FACE.

[willep]

Posted: 1/4/25 at 12:26am

inception said: "I wish I could find the photo of Elizabeth Taylor stuck in a crowd of people outside when Richard Burton was in Hamlet on Broadway.

Kit Connor is pretty much in the same stratosphere as they were back then. Maybe even comparable to the Beatles.

Teenage girls and their hormones have been around for centuries."

Lolololol

Every time I read/hear his name I literally think it’s the guy from Game of Thrones. He’s absolutely nowhere near Richard Burton or The Beatles.

Updated On: 1/4/25 at 12:26 AM

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 1/4/25 at 2:52am

''Downey’s reviews were rather tepid. I’d sooner bet on Jim Parsons getting in for OUR TOWN or Daniel DAE-Kim for YELLOW FACE''

The reviews I saw were rather tepid about the play, but gave Downey credit for his Broadway debut. But I definitely should've included Daniel Dae Kim (''Yellow Face'' ), and I'm rooting for him. If he makes it, I believe he'll be the first Asian-American Tony nominee for Leading Actor in a Play in the 77-year history of the award. That's how rarely Asian-American men get to star in a Broadway play. Go back 65 years to the 1959 Tonys, and the days of ''yellowface.'' Cedric  Hardwicke, an English Caucasian actor, was nominated for playing a Japanese businessman in ''A Majority of One'' (and Larry Blyden, an American Caucasian actor was nominated for playing a Chinese nightclub emcee in ''Flower Drum Song'' ). 

Updated On: 1/4/25 at 02:52 AM

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/4/25 at 8:57am

However you slice it, both Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler are currently very famous, especially among the younger demographics. I teach college, and Romeo + Juliet was the show that all my students were clamoring to see in the fall. Both appear to be very generous with their time at the stage door, so it's disappointing that boundaryless people take advantage of their goodwill. I completely understand why some actors choose to skip the ritual altogether.

(And to echo what has already been said - I've never been much of a stage door person, but I did it a few times when I was a teenager, in the late nineties. It was quite different than the current setup: few people, no barricades, actors generally leaving within minutes of the show's end. Often actors wouldn't stop unless someone asked for their autograph as many didn't assume there would be anyone waiting for them.)