Who has been nicest to you at the Stage Door? — Page 12

Adam Jacobs didn't seem too friendly, but I think he probably was busy and didn't have time to stay and chat. Norm Lewis was especially really kind, which actually made me like his performance a little better in retrospective.

Adam was so sweet when I met him with his wife at The Leading Men II. Met Norm that night and he was very nice...and very funny.

The entire original Spelling Bee cast in LA -- especially Jose Llana, Sarah Saltzberg, Derrick Baskin, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Deborah S. Craig, Dan Fogler, Jay Reiss, Lisa Howard, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, all of whom were incredibly nice, sociable, and willing to sign the obscene amount of stuff I had brought.

Most of the A Chorus Line revival cast in San Francisco -- Michael Paternostro, Michael Berresse, Chryssie Whitehead, Mara Davi, James T. Lane, Heather Parcells, and Ken Alan especially, with whom I talked for several minutes about how much I enjoyed the show and their performances, and they all seemed really stoked about it too, talking to me about their rehearsal process and how much they liked doing the show and what the Schoenfeld theater was like where they were going to transfer. Michael Berresse actually spotted me as an amateur actor after my glowing review of the show to him, so we talked for a while on that. Michael Paternostro even arranged for my Playbill and poster to be taken backstage to be signed by the whole cast, plus invited me to contact him at the theater if ever I was in New York to see them on Broadway. Sadly, I didn't -- being a seventeen-year-old in Burbank has its travel limitations. But it's that wonderful experience which led me to stagedooring.

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Updated On: 7/8/07 at 02:40 PM

Chita Rivera was SO nice. A Dancers Life came to Buffalo, and my friend and I were the only two at the Stage Door, so the mananger let us inside (giving us "I Just Saw Chita" pins) and sat us down on a couch. About 2 minutes later Chita comes walking in, taking a detour from her normal route out of the theatre to come and talk to us. We talked for about 10 minutes, about the tour, Buffalo, and the show in general. She signed our playbills, we thanked her, and she left. Such a amazing talent.

Now, Molly Ringwald on the other hand, could not of been more rude. She could of just told the mananger that she was not going to come out, but apperently he told him the wrong door she would be coming out of on purpose, to avoid all 4 of us? Anyway, we ended up seeing her running to her car with her husband already driving. A Getaway Car? Haha.

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More interesting...
who was the rudest?

I have a few 2 name!

I saw CURTAINS on Thursday and Noah Racey was as sweet as pie.

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Marian Seldes was so sweet- I mean, she touched so many people's faces and hands, and kissed people's cheeks. She was just so glad to meet everyone, so it seemed.
:)

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Julianne was truly amazing ~ even days like New Year's Eve when you knew she wanted to get home to her family she signed for and posed with everyone who wanted an autograph or a signature.

Andrew Scott was awesome too.

And Bill Nighy was great. One time he turned his head as our picture was being snapped and told the person taking it to retake.

Dan Bittner and Rutina Wesley were awesome as well.

That whole cast was just stellar. :)

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scot - the rudest so far (in my experience) has been Liev Schreiber


Julia Murney and Stephanie J Block and Orfeh were by far the nicest broadway actors i've met....the entire cast of Vertical Hour and Margaret and Harriet from Old Acquaince were also very nice

Updated On: 7/9/07 at 02:20 PM

I agree molly was the rudest. There was a large group waiting to see her and no one gave the group the courtesy of telling us she doesn't like signing autographs and won't come out. We waited and waited and they said oh she is still talking and changing, we don't know when she will come out. It was ridiculous, it's fine if you don't want to take time to greet your fans, but don't leave them hanging around.

On a more pleasant note; Hugh jackman and Billy Crudup were very nice; but Josh Strickland has by far been the nicest star I ever met.

Karen Richards, of course!
(that Birdie Coonan was a real bitch!)

^ Um...huh?

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Have I seen every show? No. I've lived in NYC fo just over a year. I was just asking a question.

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