Leaving a show before it ends, letting your friends cut the rush line, and other lessons in 'etiquette'...

I can't find the bit about cutting in line for rush. Maybe the writer deleted it after your comment.

Wow. That's just rude. I'll e-mail him tomorrow since he'll probably delete what I want to say about theater etiquette to him.

She says she elbowed Harry Potter fans ( which is rude ) then nearly screamed at someone for elbowing her. What a hypocrite.

Leaving before the show ends to get to the stage door is ridiculous. It's hypocritical. You respect these performers so much and want to meet them, but you don't have the courtesy and respect to stay in your seat and applaud them. Plus it's rude to trample over others trying to enjoy the curtain call.

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How to not look like a tourist? I think the actors would prefer tourists who come once, get an autograph and leave than her.

Apparently she's a teacher...

For some reason that blog post really upset me. Maybe it's because I have immense respect for both Mr. Radcliffe and Mr. Larroquette. I loved H2S when I saw it and have become a huge fan, so much so that it's convinced me to come back and see more shows in the future.

I posted in another thread about my stage door experience and I am SO GLAD that I didn't hound for Facebook-y celeb photos and kept myself to the minimum of a Playbill to have signed.
From all of the photos I've seen on Flickr and elsewhere from the H2S stage door, Mr. Radcliffe looks fine with odd requests from his fangirls (not surprising there) but Mr. Larroquette just looks downright uncomfortable or reluctant about the whole thing. He looks uneasy in that photo with the girl, actually. I can totally see him dodging with "Yeah, 10th Kingdom was a long time ago..." and spacing off in his "let's get this over with" far off look (He flashed that look a few times during The View interview when Elizabeth Hasselbeck wouldn't shut up about Boston Legal).

It's obvious from the many TV, video and print interviews I've seen and read that he doesn't like to hear people ask about Night Court or other work he's well known for, so I definitely did not mention those or any other past projects when I talked to him for a few moments. I kindly told him that I appreciated him and I got a lovely reaction from it.

It must have been a decent night at the theater because I didn't have problems making my way to stage door after the bows. Everyone I encountered was very polite and I used my manners and they seemed to work in my favor to get me close to the barricade. A lot of fans also cleared out when they heard that Daniel Radcliffe was not coming out, so that may have factored into the experience.


Sorry I don't post here very often (mostly a lurker) but I felt upset over that fangirl's blog. I've been following H2S since the news first hit in November. I've been enjoying how much I've been learning about theater and musicals on this site. I spent time on here researching WHAT TO DO RIGHT before I went on my NYC trip. Just have fun, respect the actors and don't be a pain! :)

Etiquette & theater have not belonged in the same sentence for sometime.

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augh- rush line cutting is the most ANNOYING rude behaviour I can think of. It's not too difficult to just coordinate getting there at one universal time together. And if, maybe, one party arrives around 5 minutes later and has to cut- well, that's annoying, but whatever. But walking up just as the doors open and sliding in three more people is not only rude, but it shouldn't be allowed either. Shakespeare in the Park doesn't stand for it- wish there was more moderation of it on Broadway.

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Daniel Radcliffe may be providing work for a lot of actors at the moment, but if the house is filled with people just waiting to dash to the stage door, then really the actors are wasting their time. Though hopefull some of the throngs do actually APPRECIATE the show.

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hah- Maybe we should start a civilian task force or something like neighborhood watch, only 'Rush Line Watch.' I'll make pins. I don't usually moderate, but I did once when literally 5 people came in at 9:58 right ahead of me in line. It was a bit icy when I had to sit next to the one girl who did get tickets, sans her late friends that evening. I don't really cut an imposing figure though, so I'm a bit hesitant to try moderation on a routine basis.

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"I don't really cut an imposing figure"

I don't think I do, either - but I guess being 6'2", male, and having a bit of a psychotic look in your eye CAN come in handy

Q: Hah! It does indeed. I should pull some of the crazies that prowl the 1 Train in the odd hours of the morning to come and enforce this. Being 5'6, female and blonde probably has some advantage, but I haven't yet thought what they are... X)

ActingisLovee: Yeah, that is quite rude behavior. Especially since he KNEW he would be cutting someone out at that point! Wristbands sometimes help the cause a bit, but I know at Jerusalem (again) jus last week, they handed out wristbands, but no one checked them later on in the morning, and there were several cuts made and never called out. I grabbed the last rush ticket, so I felt a bit bad for those behind me that were cut out.



Another note: I really REALLY hope that Book of Mormon's line is being moderated for SRO. It has been getting quite crazy lately, and with such a demand and wait for tickets, I would be REALLY pissy if I saw cutting there.

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