Who has been nicest to you at the Stage Door?- Page 15

[Musical Director 109]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 2:06pm

Tyne Daly was an ABSOLUTE joy after "Master Class". Such a GREAT actress!!! Christine Ebersole invited the few of us into the stage door during "Grey Gardens". It was a frezzing January night. Of course, as already mentioned, the cast of "The Normal Heart".

[AngelorPhantom1359]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 1:56pm

I agree with defending Patti! When I stage doored she came out and there was a group of French tourists who told her that they came to the US to see her. She hugged all of them, told them how honored she was and took a picture with all of them and checked the pictures to make sure they were good.

On another note, Sierra Boggess was also super sweet.

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 3:19pm

The first time I stage doored was three weeks ago, at Bonnie & Clyde. The cast was amazing! They were warm, open and appreciative. The best thing for me was to feel their love for this show and to feel the shared excitement that reverberated between the cast and audience members. I had a very moving conversation with Laura Osnes that meant a lot to me.

[flyinghighwithwicked]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 3:24pm

Oh and how could I forget to mention April Oritz, Kyle Beltran and Arielle Jacobs? I saw a matinee of In the Heights in Buffalo in January 2010, and went to the stage door. It was literally 20 degrees out and I only had on a sweatshirt. I waited anyway, and April came out (she was on for Daniela that day), and said "you poor young man! Just come on inside, and wait, I'll see if I can get Kyle (Beltran) to come and sign your poster!" She brought me back into the backstage lobby area, and went into the wings and said "Hey everyone come out and sign this young man's poster, he's been waiting for us out in the snow!!" and about 10 people came down including Kyle, Arielle, and Rayanne Gonzales, and they all signed, but Kyle and Arielle literally spent 20 minutes talking to me about college and theatre and where the tour was going etc etc... they were SO friendly.

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 3:54pm

Bff and i waited a stupid long time for Becki Newton after Girl Crazy at City Center. It was freezing out and we waited a little while and then thought about leaving and it was that thing where we had already been there for so long we might as well stay. I think we ended up waiting an hour 45. It was the night they have the party and we knew that but just decided to wait. When she did come out she was so, so, so nice and also (rightly so) thought we were a little nuts

[MCfan2]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 7:22pm

Tony Shalhoub after "Lend Me a Tenor" looked exhausted but was very nice. (Poor man, I hope we didn't wear him out further.) Really, everyone I've met has been nice.

Several years ago, at "Les Mis" in D.C., a fire alarm went off and, even though it turned out to be something very minor, we all had to wait on the sidewalk for some time. The cast mingled with the audience and were fun and chatty, and signed autographs. I think the audience was very pleased in the end that the fire alarm had gone off.

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 8:42pm

I've been stage dooring for years... but I've never encountered anyone as nice as:

Jerry O'connel @ Seminar
Alice Ripley @ Next to Normal
Barbra Cook @ Sondheim on Sondheim
Heather Headley @ Aida

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/28/11 at 12:54am

To name a few:
- Dame Edna
- Laura Osnes (for both SOUTH PACIFIC and BONNIE & CLYDE)
-Benjamin Walker (*swoon*)
- Kathleen Turner
- Tom Wopat
- TYNE DALY (OMIGOD, She looked so grandmotherly and was just as sweet that I forget she was just playing opera tyrant Maria Callas)
- Danny Burstein (such a doll)
- EVERYONE AT LYSISTRATA JONES (Especially Liz Mikel)

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 8:38am

Dee Snider was a doll.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 9:40am

Ben Walker, Jeff Hiller @BBAJ
Hugh Jackman
Dan Radcliffe (what a class act, being the lead in the biggest franchise of all time has not made him a total d'bag)
Tyne Daly @ Masterclass
Nina Arianda @ Venus In Fur (we waited forever for her and hugh and she felt so bad she gave us all hugs for waiting lol)
Nick Blamier & George Salazar @ Godspell

Numerous others

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 1:15pm

After yesterday, I'd also like to add Judith Light and Kim Cattrall...These women appreciate their fans and are such gracious people.

[BroadwayBrat]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 3:02pm

Vanessa Williams
Kerry Butler
Bernadette Peters
Hugh Jackman
Raul Esparza
Cheyenne Jackson
Cyndi Lauper
Jan Maxwell
Delta Burke

I have never really had a bad experience, but those I listed above were soooo friendly.

[PitPro2004]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 8:28pm

The February Snowmageddon of...1997 was it?

Two feet of snow on the ground and I kidnapped a friend and we went to see Chita Rivera in Kiss of the Spider Woman.

No taxis...very little pedestrian traffic...beautiful multi colored Times Square Neon glowing in the white snow. You could walk straight up Broadway without an auto in sight.

A quick stop to TKTS for cheap seats. There were only 300-400 in the audience and yet the show energy was great. I love how warm and glowing Broadway theaters are on the inside when it's totally winter outside. And how appreciative a cast is all throughout a performance when they know you've taken all that extra time and trouble to come and see a show in emergency condition weather.

When the show was over, my Latin friend wanted to meet Chita and so did I. Her limo pulled up and after the majority of the cast and crowds had long gone, there were about 4 people waiting outside the Broadhurst stage door.

Finally Chita came out and she was the most elegant soft spoken woman I'd ever met. She stood in the 17 degree weather to talk to me at length while her broadly smiling chauffeur stood next to the door of her limo, patiently waiting to help her in. Astonished that she froze her tail off for me, I quickly fished a $20 out of my pocket and gave it to her for BC/EFA for being so sweet to me. She smiled and said it wouldn't be fair to take my money right there, but was touched by my offer. I got a quick photo with her and then she was off.

I remember how quiet and empty the street was when the limo left. A Broadway Winter Wonderland. :)

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 3/19/12 at 11:22pm

After seeing GHOST this past Friday, I would like to add Bryce Pinkham to this list as well.

[willep]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 12:45am

Cristin Milioti was an absolute sweetheart at the Once stage door, even though she was running crazy late. I just wanted to tell her how fantastic I thought she was, and she was very kind, humble, and gracious.

[ChildrenwillListen]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 8:27am

I have been lucky to have met so many nice people. The entire Legally Blonde cast, most Wicked cast members, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, Hunter Parrish, Alice Ripley, the entire cast of Hair, both the Broadway replacement cast including Diana DeGarmo, Ace Young and Annaleigh Ashford. Ace gave me a hug and Diana gave me a hug and Annaleigh took a Mad Props picture with me. And the tour cast, Kacie Sheik gave me a hug too.

Updated On: 3/20/12 at 08:27 AM

[voteforsaraberry]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 8:53am

The entire cast of Godspell (excluding Morgan James...) (especially Lindsay Mendez, Telly Leung, Hunter Parrish, and George Salazar.)
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Rory O' Malley
Pearl Sun (on the touring cast of Next to Normal)

They were all extremely sweet. :)

[voteforsaraberry]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 9:00am

OH! Plus, Kait Kerrigan, Brian Lowdermilk, and Mogan Karr. They were also all very sweet. (I met them at a You Made This Tour concert, so I totally forgot to add them to my list.)

[JoanBennett]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 9:06am

David Masenheimer when he was in Le Miz
Franc D'Ambrosio in Phantom
Mitzi Gaynor on the road
and Lucy Lawless wins hands down, she had me back to her dressing room after the show

[showchoirguy]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 10:56am

Hugh Panaro came on stage in his bathrobe to meet out student group after a matinee :)
Nikki M James is a sweetheart
Andrew Rannells
All of the Mormon Boys
Daniel Radcliffe is great
Rachelle Rak
Tom Wopat
Nick Wyman
Kerry Butler

[TheaterAddict17]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 11:23am

The cast of Spring Awakening (especially Jonathan Groff) and Les Mis

[sopranobiz]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 5:00pm

Waiting for Tyne Daly after Master Class was well worth it. She couldn't have been nicer and the playbill is one of my cherished theater items.

Is the stage door for Once a circus? Do they take a long time to come out?

[ageorges3]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 7:11pm

Updated On: 3/19/15 at 07:11 PM

[drewmangroup]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 7:25pm

Julie White
Janet McTeer
Lucy Liu (Who knew?)
Eddie Redmayne
Julianne Moore
Kevin Spacey
Cherry Jones
Alfred Molina
Cheyenne Jackson
Kerry Butler
Tony Roberts
Laura Linney
Geoffrey Rush
Susan Sarandon
Rupert Everett
Aaron Tveit
David Hyde Pierce (Hall of Fame!)
Constantine Maroulis
Mary McCormack
Mark Rylance

Very Good considering there were a lot of people: Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Samuel Jackson, Angela Bassett, Cast of "The Normal Heart"

[cordialcherry]

Posted: 3/20/12 at 9:41pm

Adam Chanler-Berat was a doll at Rent. It made me want to go back to see the show again before he left. Just a sweetheart.