Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
Has anybody been lately, have they been coming out?
has anybody been signing?
in Chicago, only Anthony signed both times I went, but really signed everybody's there. and there were a LOT of people. Nicolette sometimes does it, and same with Jacques. But other than that, I've only heard of Adam coming out once during the 2 week run...and I saw most of the actors (including Trisha and Michael) sneak out. I think many often don't want to deal with the HUGE crowds after the shows...but those who stay are really nice. Anthony doesn't stop to take pictures, and hardly spoke to anyone, though.
I said something to Anthony about how I read his book and it helped me a lot because one of my good friends is being treated for cancer right now, and he just nodded and said "thank you" but took me seriously. Like ragg said he was signing everyone's Playbills but not taking individual pictures, he zipped through the line pretty quickly. I think many of the actors weren't coming out in Chicago a) obviously b/c of the crowds but also b) because they were selling Playbills and posters signed by the entire cast for BC/EFA.
I don't actually stagedoor, but I wanted to mention that I've heard that Lexi, Telly, Gwen, and Caren occasionally stagedoor as well. Anthony and Nicolette are the most common ones it seems...
when Nicolette was selling, she was nice enough to come out, and Shaun Earl tried going out a side door, but people found him, but he was nice enough to sign everybody's and was talking to everyone for a while after the last show. But yeah, many don't want to deal with a lot of people after doing the show and then standing out there collecting money. It's tiring! But I think you can count on Anthony. I'm pretty sure he was sick the last day, but he still came out and signed everybody's.
when i went last week, anthony,lexi, and jaques came out. and also same with me, anthony didnt take individual pictures.
Try the stage door before the show....you have a better chance of catching them.
i would suggest NOT stage dooring before a show. the actors are trying to get to work, get ready/warm up, and someone being there can slow them down..so if you do do it...be quick..and really really nice and appreciative. (but i wouldn't do it)
I only suggest before the show because that is what I did in San Diego and I saw everyone go in. I got autos from Adam and Anthony...Adam stopped and signed everything for everyone and took pictures with everyone that was waiting. Very cool. Anthony signed but wouldn't take pictures of course. I also saw almost everyone else go in (even the ones that escape through other doors after the show). NONE of them came out after the show so I was very glad I did it.
The closer it is to show time the harder it would be...but if you are there and you see them, try it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
When i went Anthony, Nicolette, and Lexi came out. Lexi was really nice she had like a 5 minute conversation with me and it was 10 degrees.
I actually got to go backstage when they came to Pittsburgh and I saw a lot of them just escape through side doors, but whenever I was at the stagedoor only Gwen,Lexi and a few ensemble members came out but I saw the last show in Pittsburgh so I wasn't expecting to see many of them. I know Adam rarely ever came out and Anthony would come out and sign almost every night.
At the Dallas stage door, Gwen and Nicolette came out one night, and then Nicolette and Anthony came out the next night. Gwen signed quite a few things, I didn't see her take any pictures. Nicolette signed everything and took pictures, and Anthony came out and signed everyone's stuff, but no pictures. They were all extremely nice. It got a little crazy when Anthony came out, flashes were going off left and right. He politely asked for people to only take one picture because it was hurting his eyes. No one else came out after him.
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