Something I read in my playbill yesterday by Seth Rudetsky that I found interesting.

Is there a question here.

I think that stagedooring before a performance presents a problem in that if several people are gathered to get autographs it may make the actor late for their call. I also think that many actors are mentally preparing for the upcoming performance and may not want to be disturbed.

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DON'T DO IT.

i've never met one single actor who liked this.

He's not saying it's good or bad, he's just saying that people do it. He's giving the reader information and they can decide what to do with it.

Well, you could always ASK Seth.

I mean, everyone here has plenty of opinions on the subject of stagedooring actors before shows (and on stagedooring in general). But, for all those opinions on the matter, no one here speaks FOR Seth or can read his mind.

Only Seth can say exactly why he wrote that, if he was just stating a fact, or endorsing the practice.

If you know a performer usually stays at the stage door to get everyone, like Alice Ripley, then by all means visit the stage door AFTER the show. However, there are performers who do not do the stage door because they get mobbed and/or cannot sign everyone and don't want to be selective (or whatever other reasons they have). In those instances, visiting the stage door to catch them for their call time works, too. It is every performer's right to choose not to sign, or show any attitude you wish, but there is no harm in asking.

However, Seth is wrong on one count, performers do NOT have to enter through the stage door. Sometimes they enter through the house and then go to sign in. They usually do this if they have to take care of something at the box office.

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