Rude Stage Door Experiences — Page 2

Sounds like most of these rude stage door experiences are because of stage managers, security, and over zealous fans. Doesn't sound like the actors are a problem, I know I've never had a problem with any of them.

About Constantine Maroulis, I thought he was very gracious with his stage door encounters at The Wedding Singer. I was there several times to the show and stage door afterwards and saw no rudeness about him. He's also been meeting and greeting with people in the lobby of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Living in Paris" and been very cordial all the time. He might be a little quiet at times, but certainly not rude.

Regarding the Apple Tree stage door guy, by no means is his attitude acceptable, but just looking at things from his point of view...perhaps he thought you were going to have her sign the Grimmerie and sell it for tons of money on Ebay. And when he saw you weren't putting it away, he kept annoying you about it. I mean, is it rude? Yes, but he was technically doing his job.

My question is, did you have a big enough bag that you could've put it in? If you did, why didn't you just put it away instead of holding it out for further confusion? If you didn't have a bag, perhaps you could've put it between your feet on the ground if it wasn't wet or really dirty. He probably reminded you over and over again because he suspected you were lying and were going to actually have Kristen sign it.

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Can't speak to Wedding Singer, but at Jacques Brel, Constantine was a total gentleman, and very patient w/ everyone who wanted signatures, pictures, etc. After the initial din died down, he casually conversed with others who were standing in the lobby, not just the first "rush" of fans.

It's a hard show, emotionally, and I'm pleasantly surprised that he would have any energy left to greet fans. He could have just breezed out to his car, but he didn't. Robert was also friendly with his fans as well.

So, I guess I don't have a bad experience to relate. That's nice.

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Bwaydoc, thats VERY suprising! When i went to see The Apple Tree, Kristin was HAPPY to sign my Grimmerie! Her bodyguard had no problem with it, and neither did the stage door security guard. He was actually a hysterical guy, and we stood there chatting until people came out! He was really chill

As to the two main topics of this thread:

Constantine @ Wedding Singer- I did not find him to be rude. He seemed like he would rather be elsewhere then signing autographs and taking pictures with hundreds of screaming people. Maybe he wasn't happy, but he certainly was not rude.

Chenoweth @ Apple Tree - I've never had a problem with the stage door guy there. In fact he’s usually one of the nicer ones. You have to remember that this is his job. He doesn’t make the requirements up, hes directed by Chenoweth and her people as to what she will and wont do. If she wants to stand still and all the people come up to her, then its the stage door guys responsibility to make that happen. If she has said in advance that she will not sign items from other shows, it is the stage door guys responsibility to make sure that people dont come up to her with other items because if they do and she refuses to sign them then it could cause a problem. As for the pen, actors use their own pen for a variety of reasons, the main one being its much more convenient and faster to have 1 pen and sign for everyone. Other wise you waste time capping and uncapping the pens and some people dont have one so you stand around while they look to barrow one it all wastes time. Another reason is the possibility of germs from passing pens around. Actors profession is very dependent on staying healthy so why take the chance. A final reason is people often pass them open pens which they get poked with or it writes on their hand/clothing.

I really dont think you can blame a bad experience on the stage door guy. His job is to make the actors happy and to get them out of the stage door area quickly and safely. If they happen to be nice to the fans at the same time, good for you.

PS. Chenoweth did sign my OBC Wicked Poster. So these must be new rules about no items other than Apple Tree.

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I think some actors are told not to sign other items from other shows that they were in; takes away from the show they arecurrently in. I don't always think that it is the actor/actress who just does not want to sign certain items, but it is that they can't/ I could be wrong about this, but we all really don't know what the real situation is behind it.

As for the Stage-Manager being rude, that is funny. I once went to a show and I had some what of the same experince and that person thought their were better than me, and when that person found out I acturally knew more "important" people in the biz than that person did, then it was like all of a sudden I was their new best friend. LOL...come on people, grow up! Yes it is tough biz, but come on if people did not get far in this biz then there will be nobody on stages, backstages, producing, directing and etc. Everyone would be complaining "OH man, I am not going far" LOL.

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Updated On: 2/20/07 at 11:14 AM

I wonder what's changed since other people have had non-Apple Tree things signed at the door. I wanted to ask what the reason was behind it but didn't think that would go over well but obviously it's something new.

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I find it funny that there weren't even hundreds of people in the theater, but more at the stage door for Constatine.

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she must've created that rule only mid-set because people were pelting her with Wicked stuff throughout the stagedoor process.

On any given night there were at least a hundred of people at the stagedoor after Wedding Singer. Not to mention the 15-20 people that were there before the show everyday too.

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Wait...if I'm galindagirl...should I know what Grimmerie is?
Cuz...I don't...

Updated On: 2/20/07 at 01:30 PM