Elphie1000 said: "Thank you!
Any thoughts on the first names thing?"
Most people just use the actor's first name, but I personally prefer to say "Mr" or "Ms" [blank] because it's more respectful, plus it makes you stand from the hoard of people shouting "MATT!" or whatever.
"Also, do you need to rush out of your seat and run round to the stage door after the show? Is it always obvious which way to go?!"
You should wait for the curtain call to be over, because it's considered bad etiquette to skip the curtain call. Once the curtain call is over though, yes you may have to hurry a bit. Don't run, but don't linger around either. A good practice is to scope out your route to the stage-door before the show.
"no tix too Children of A lesser God but would love to pop by and see Josh anyway if possible, I don't know if that works."
It's also generally considered bad etiquette to stage-door a show you haven't seen (although I confess I have done it on a couple of occasions when I was particularly desperate, and tickets were hard to come by). If you do it, try not to advertise the fact that you haven't seen the show.
Also, we should clarify: you usually don't have to ask them to sign your program if it's a large crowd situation with barricades, etc. Usually they will just go down the line signing whatever is in front of them. When it gets to be your turn to have your Playbill signed, that's a good time to talk to them, ask questions, ask for a photo, etc. Personally, I don't care about autographs all that much - I prefer the interaction and the photo. But the problem is, if you don't have anything in front of them to sign, they may very well skip over you accidentally.
Updated On: 5/20/18 at 10:46 AM
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