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I'm flying in to attend the last Price performance in May. I have zero experience in regards to the stage door. Does anyone know if the last show of the run is typically a bad night to expect them to come out? Or can it be positive?

TM49 said: "Sorry, I don't have a definite answer, but you'll know right away because there will barriers up if they're coming out. Also, there should be a security guy in front of the stage door that you can ask. They usually know. When I went to the show, I asked one of the ushers where the cast would exit since there are 2 exits, one in front & one in back. He was super nice about it. Hope that helps!



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Thanks for replying! We'll see how it goes.

Lox450, The difference on closing night vs other nights are the speeches and possible backstage parties that may keep the cast inside longer. Of course there is no guarantee that anyone will sign,etc, but that is the drawback on a closing night. I have only attended one closing night show, Once Upon a Mattress with SJP and stupidly left once the show was over. Once I heard the speeches I wanted to go back in. Ushers/security at first wouldn't allow me,inside, but once I showed my ticket they let me in. Later when I went outside to stage door many of the cast had what looked like gifts, so that is my assumption of a backstage party. The funnest moment for me was SJP bitching at Mathew telling him she wanted to go home. He, with his shirt tail wrinkled over his pants and unkempt, wanted to spend more time on the sidewalk talking to his friend. She finally yelled "Mathew now!!" He jumped and away they went. I got the picture that night who ran that household. But I am big fans of both so no biggie.

Mark Ruffalo seems to be pretty inconsistent when it comes to the stage door. If you are going specifically for him, I would try really hard to temper your expectations. A woman who was out at the door when I was got really upset when the announcement was made about MR having left out the front door and started mouthing off to security. The stage door appearances are a bonus and never guaranteed, which is something this person didn't seem to grasp. I went on Saturday and only Tony came out. This was nothing to be disappointed about however because he was a great guy. What could have affected my night was it was the last night of Broadway Cares and Mark and Danny each sold autographs/pictures for $1000. Maybe they figured it wasn't fair to do it for free if others just paid so much.

I was there after the 23 April matinee show. Saw quite a couple of people, some with multiple copies of play bills to sign. None of the cast came out.

I'm planning to go back to stage door tonight. I have a gift for MR, if there is no chance of meeting him before I fly off this Saturday, is there any way I can get someone to pass the gift to Mr?

mint said: "I was there after the 23 April matinee show. Saw quite a couple of people, some with multiple copies of play bills to sign. None of the cast came out.

I'm planning to go back to stage door tonight. I have a gift for MR, if there is no chance of meeting him before I fly off this Saturday, is there any way I can get someone to pass the gift to Mr?



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Please let us know how this goes....based on instagram it seems that he picks and chooses when he goes out the stage door. I'm still seeing pics so he still must be doing it occasionally. Sadly mint, I think he came out after the night performance on the 23rd. I've also pondered whether I should try the front door when I attend the show in May.

Updated On: 4/25/17 at 04:15 PM

Lox450 said: "mint said: "I was there after the 23 April matinee show. Saw quite a couple of people, some with multiple copies of play bills to sign. None of the cast came out.

I'm planning to go back to stage door tonight. I have a gift for MR, if there is no chance of meeting him before I fly off this Saturday, is there any way I can get someone to pass the gift to Mr?



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Please let us know how this goes....based on instagram it seems that he picks and chooses when he goes out the stage door. I'm still seeing pics so he still must be doing it occasionally. Sadly mint, I think he came out after the night performance on the 23rd. I've also pondered whether I should try the front door when I attend the show in May.



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Was there an evening show on Sunday?

I went back to the stage door tonight. It was raining but Tony and Jessica were nice enough to come out and sign a couple of autographs.

Updated On: 4/26/17 at 12:58 AM

mint said: "Lox450 said: "mint said: "I was there after the 23 April matinee show. Saw quite a couple of people, some with multiple copies of play bills to sign. None of the cast came out.

I'm planning to go back to stage door tonight. I have a gift for MR, if there is no chance of meeting him before I fly off this Saturday, is there any way I can get someone to pass the gift to Mr?



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Please let us know how this goes....based on instagram it seems that he picks and chooses when he goes out the stage door. I'm still seeing pics so he still must be doing it occasionally. Sadly mint, I think he came out after the night performance on the 23rd. I've also pondered whether I should try the front door when I attend the show in May.



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Was there an evening show on Sunday?

I went back to the stage door tonight. It was raining but Tony and Jessica were nice enough to come out and sign a couple of autographs.





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No, there wasn't an evening show that day. I'm wondering if people got him before he went in?

Congrats on this! Very happy for you!!!!

Hoping things work out when I go in a couple weeks.

Had a great experience tonight! Evening show let out at about 10:40. Danny DeVito came out at about 10:55 and signed autographs for everyone, then Tony Shaloub came out around 11:15-11:20 and signed and took pictures and about two minutes later Mark Ruffalo came out and signed and took pictures. All three such nice people, especially Mark Ruffalo. Not sure if Jessica came out because I left after Mark but she may have came out afterwards.



BTW I won the Today Tix lotto for this show tonight on the first try for $35 each! Excellent deal. Great seats on orchestra right row k seats 22 and 24 (the last two seats on the side but you could see everything and were completely full view seats). Really good show as well, I found it very interesting and heart pounding. Hope it recieves some nominations this week!

Hi everyone, time flies and this is the last weekend of The Price. I have since left NYC and returned to my country 2 weeks ago. Just wanna drop a note here to thank everyone for the helpful advices, especially when I was flying in from overseas and I'm not familiar with Broadway as it was my first visit (but definitely not the last!). I have staged door countless of times in my country and in West End, but I have never felt so nervous when meeting MR in person. It's just far beyond my wildest dreams and I was so starstruck. I'm also grateful to the kind souls I met at the stage door, whom I approached for help to take my photos with MR since I was alone and had no one who can help me with pictures.

AprilWheeler and Lox450, thank you guys for the kind words. I was very very happy to meet MR in person. I will always look back on that meeting with fond memories. Lox450, I hope you will enjoy the show (it was amazing!), and hope you get to meet MR at the stage door!

I hope MR will not wait for another decade to do a Broadway show again! I will definitely come back to NYC if he returns to Broadway!

Mint,

Sadly, I was in NYC Saturday and Sunday and Mark didn't appear either time. We were disappointed but that's the breaks. It was a little odd that they didn't come out after the last performance. Even one of the security guards told us "everyone comes out after the last show." Other than an awkward encounter with Mark at the front door on Saturday (due to an unruly autograph hunter), we never got a chance.

The show was still cool and I hope that I get another chance someday.