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

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 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.

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.

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.)

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.

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 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.

''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