Thrilling Stage Door Experiences... — Page 2

Im dying to know why Rosie hates Boy?
I mean, I kinda know why, but you could expand a little...

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My favorite would probably be when EVERYONE at the stagedoor sang Happy Birthday to Christine Ebersole.

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the stage door at les miz... all are nice... plus, meeting the actors who just performed my favorite show was thrilling... Norm was SO good to the fans...

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ALSO: The same day at DRS, I go back outside and wait for the cast and Greg comes out. I'm shaking and all nervous because, this is the first actually well known person I have ever met. And we chated for a minute and I told him sme of my favorite performances of his, and when I mentioned his little guest spot on "Higgly Town Heros" he looked at me with a wide opened grin and said "YOU SAW THAT!?" haha.

Then when I went to see THE ODD COUPLE I was very sad that Nathan Lane wasn't coming out, but the only two people who did were Rob Bartlett and Mike Starr, the two nicest men on the face of the earth! When I met Rob Bartlett, he went down the line and people were just getting his autograph and letting him go because, you could tell, they didn't know who in the hell he was, so when he got to me (when I get really nervous when meeting someone, usually I'm a big fan, and this was one of those cases, I usually just list down their resume', lol) So I told him my favorite roles he played (Mushnik, Amos, Herman, etc.) and while I was talking, he looked at me in shock and said "Oh dear, you can come back ANY time!" That was a special moment for me. Also, I had a long chat with Mike Starr, I told him about how I was from MS and how I went through Katrina and he asked me about the casinos in Biloxi (asking if they were okay because he loved going down there to gamble. lol) and we just had a long chat. Both very very nice men.

there are a couple of more but I don't want to bore anyone.

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Wonderfulwizard- that's like at Spring Awakening last Monday, the stage door person gave out candy to the people who came from the furthest away. Then everyone wanted some, and she was like "ok that's the last time I do that." She was very sweet though.

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meeting Kevin Spacey and Tony Danza after The Iceman Cometh...i was 17 and it was such a thrill for me.

anytime I see Lisa Brescia at any stage door...one of the nicest actors i've ever met.

When I saw SA I was talking with Lea Michelle and not only was she so nice and funny. But she was making sure she did not look dumb in anyones pictures...very cute.

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I'd just like to add some Christine love as well. When I went into the stage door to pick up my Sweeney Todd t-shirt, she was very nice .

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Actually the nicest person in the world to me was Linda Eder. I know that people have knocked her in the past (about her talent -- whatever!) but I got a single ticket to see her at the Strand Capital in York years ago (like 1997-9 and she did a full two hour concert and I was so blown away. Afterwards it was like 5 Degrees out or something. I remember it was so cold cause the concert was in January. So anyway~ We were standing by the stage door waiting and waiting and waiting and there were maybe 10 of us left and she comes out and her limo is not there yet. So the "body guard" or whatever he was, says "Why don't you just come back inside and wait until you limo is here so you dont have to wait in the cold"-- and She said "The folks have been waiting out in the cold for 1/2 hour for me to come out and I am sure they would love to chat with me" -- So she found out who owned the Suburban parked next to the stage door and they openend the trunk and cranked the heater in the svu and she sat at the edge and chatted with us, signing things and even sang a little waiting for the limo. It was like heaven. Every time I has seen her in concert now, I wait for her at the stagedoor and get meet her.. I have seen her now 10-12 times and she is always so amazingly nice.

Right after 9-11 when she did her Christmas Concert at the Gershwin, she came out and signed autographs and was so nice.. her then husband came out too (Frank) and I got an autograph with both of them... They were the nicest --shame is was a cheater... but still... They both talked to me for like 5 minutes about what i loved and I cried when I talked about If I Had My Way and how it was so moving and she was so cute, she pulled a Kleenex from her pocket and gave it to me. She said, Just have to make sure it is clean and Jake did not use it.

She is the nicest person. I love her.

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HOUFlip04, i have to agree that Norm is INSANELY sweet. another great person to meet at the stage door is Michelle Pawk. they both have such infectious personalities that run up and hug people!

OK, no one have a hissy fit when I way the word "Wicked", but both of my kids stood and waited for a good hour on a below freezing, windy night and got all of the autographs from everyone they wanted, including Megan Hilty, who had just gone on for one of ther first performances. My son,who was then 10 had picked up an 8 x 10 photo of Idina that was laying on the ground- it was obviously a very different shot from a photographer who had dropped it. After about 30 minutes the photographer realized he had lost the photo and came running back trying desperately to find it, only to encounter a little boy who was holding on to it for dear life. The man origianlly asked for it back and my son gave it to him and sadly watched him walk away. The man crossed the street and got about a block away when he turned around and walked back to give it to my son, who was thrilled! Idina was amazed to see something different for a change (it was from a shoot that she sat for earlier in the month)and stopped to talk to both kids and signed everything they had brought.
There you go, several nice people in one story- what a change, huh?!

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My first stage door experience was for Drowsy and I was waiting to see Bob Martin. I had already been waiting for awhile and was the only one left, but when he did come out, Lisa Lambert was with him! I was so thrilled to meet both of them! They both were really nice and I think I was in a little bit of shock that she was there as well.

I always thought that Matthew Broderick was great at the stage door of the Odd Couple. Nathan Lane rarely came out. Cynthia Nixon and Tyne Daly were really great at the stage door for Rabbit Hole, there were no gates to keep the fans back and they really interacted well with them, hugging and posing. Julia Roberts was terrible at the stage door, always looking like a frightened doe looking for an escape.


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