Who has been nicest to you at the Stage Door? — Page 5

Ditto Katie Adams. I saw her as Glinda on tour. What a sweetie!

does the cast of SA come out after matinees?

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MLE - Sorry, I never actually looked. I read on another thread that she was gone and thought it to be true. Goodness, she was possibly the nicest person besides Jenn Gambatese.

JKlock - Yes, they do come out after the matinees, as javertjunky said. But, I saw the first matinee of their entire run (the 3rd official preview), and Stephen Spinella and Christine Estabrook did not come out. I asked the woman who was tending the stage door (P.S.~ Nicest lady ever. We talked for like 10 minutes after everyone was gone. Anyhow...) and she said that they had a rewrite or some kind of meeting with the director prior to the evening performance.

So, when I saw it, all of the young cast indeed came out the stage door. But, due to it being early in the run and the first day of a double-performance, the adults did not... though the case may be different now.

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It's hard to beat the entire cast of Spring Awakening for being open and friendly, although the History Boys kids were wonderful as well. Jon Groff wins in my book because after the first time I saw the show onstage, he told me outside that I was the best audience member of all time because I was laughing and rocking out in my on-stage seat. Since then, whenever my daughter and I run into him (several times at the show or just in the streets of NY) he throws his arms around us and says, "Hey, it's you guys again! How have you been?" In the last few years, others who were particularly fun were Dennis O'Hare, Bill Nighy, Jimmy Smits, Patty Heaton (and I teased her about her politics!), Mary Louise Parker, Nicole Kidman, Amy Spanger, Jeff Goldblum, Billy Crudup (who remembered exactly where we'd been sitting for Pillowman), Brian O'Byrne, Mark Ruffalo, Nellie McKay, Logan Marshall-Green, the cast of the Spelling Bee. It's much harder to remember actors who are rude, because my experiences chatting with them are usually really pleasant...

Sarah Stiles from the Spelling Bee tour.

I met the kids from the Les Mis tour and they were all sweet. Their parents, on the other hand...

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Julia Murney Julia Murney Julia Murney!!!! She's just a darling! She takes time talking to you and for that matter everyone at the stagedoor. She has the funniest stories or just wittiest comments!

Kendra Kassebaum
Cliffton Hall
Josh Lamon
Megan Hilty
Stephanie J. Block

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Updated On: 1/24/07 at 08:24 AM

The stagedoor at Dreamgirls is VERY nice. they are alwyas most gracious.

I don't always stage door, but here's my list:

John Lloyd Young
Christian Hoff
Daniel Reichard
J. Robert Spencer
Michael Longoria
Richard Blake
Stephen Lynch
Raul Esparza
Norbert Leo Butz
Mark Kudisch
Billy Crudup
Jeff Goldblum

Away from the stage door:
I met Brian Stokes Mitchell, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal and Kristin Chenoweth at other events and they were so incredibly nice

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The best I've met were Christine Ebersole, Norm Lewis, and Rondi Reed (from Chicago's "Wicked")

~Jacob.

Megan Hilty
Norbert Leo Butz
David Ayers
Christian Hoff

Christian Hoff was the nicest. I was in NY one day before christmas and me and my friends decided since we couldn't get tix for jersey boys, we would go to the stage door to meet the cast after the show instead. We ended up getting there late and Christian Hoff was the only one still there. I told him I didn't see the show but I was asking for tix for christmas(i got them!! im seeing it in march). He was so nice, he told me he hoped i would get tickets and then told me all about student rush tickets and really took a lot of time to talk. then I got my picture with him and he made sure it turned out. it didn't the first time so we took another. He really just seemed to care.

Karmine Alers was really sweet to me. My voice teacher at SFT over the summer had coached Karmine. So...she kind of set me up with a backstage deal. Karmine and I talked for about thirty minutes...and she didn't even seem in a hurry to get away! Same with Tim Howar (another time I saw RENT). He came out and spoke with EVERY SINGLE PERSON outside, no lie. He was so accommodating.

And the entire Hairspray cast was, when I saw it.

And...when I saw Three Days of Rain, Julia Roberts came out for a total of three minutes, signed like five playbills...then retreated back into the building. I was a little bit on the upset side...since I was completely SET on meeting Julia Roberts. Eh, oh well.

Yeah, it's refreshing when people are nice at the stage door.

I worship Raul, but I must have gotten him on a bad day...

The best:

Frank Langella
Charles Adler (Took over in Torch Song Trilogy)
Harvey Firestein
Sarah Ramirez
David Hyde Pierce
Hank Azaria
George Hearn
Alan Alda

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