"Wicked" Stage Door Yesterday (Aug 25th) — Page 2

Wooooah...Fair 2 Middlin, don't you think saying "Don't you have anything better to do?" is a little harsh? Obviously some people are very excited about Broadway shows and it can be a real bummer to be treated like dirt by an idol of yours. I have been able to get Idina's autograph after "Wicked," but I must jump on the bandwagon and say that while she wasn't rude, she was far from pleasant. I understand that her job is grueling and the makeup and belty vocals add to the stress, but the woman is starring in the hottest show on Broadway right now, she won the Tony award and her fans have a lot to do with the popularity of the show. Taking them for granted might not help her in the future. It takes little or no effort to say, "Im sorry guys, I have a lot to do, but thanks for coming." Would you be dissapointed, yes, but would you have thought less of her, likely not. I'm sure she gets paid a heck of a lot more than I do, and yet when I'm swamped, I always have the time to say "Sorry, I'm really busy right now...catch me later?" And there's no Tony on my mantle. All I'm saying is that signing autographs is not in her contract, but its part of showbiz and i'd think she'd be grateful rather than seemingly resentful.

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Just curious, did you meet a guy named Zach Hensler??

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I agree with most of the other replys to this post. There's no reason that Idina has to sign an autograph for every person who stops her. She went to the yoga class for relaxation. Autograph signing can be very tiring. Why ruin her relaxed mood by signing more autographs?

Well I'm glad my Jen was nice!

"if Ms. Idina's off-stage behavior causes even one child to turn off off theatre, she ought to be ashamed."

That's right. If Broadway dies, Edna Mendel has only herself to blame.

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well, Namo--Theatre needs every friend it can get--no need to make enemies

Notsovirgin, you just made me choke on my snack. Hilarious!

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i've waited for idina 2 times at the stage door and both times she was more than courteous. the first time, i caught her right after her yoga class. not only did she stop to sign playbills, she signed people's shirts as well. i asked for a picture and she sid she'd rather not because she wa "really gross". The second time I caught her after the show and she was very friendly. signed everyone in a crowd of hundreds and took pictures as well. I've never met anyone as sweet as idina menzel

While I'm very sorry you didn't get your autograph I think we should all keep in mind that people have bad days. You really have no clue what is going on in anyones personal lives, and I think its always best to try and be understanding of others. I know sometimes if I'm having a problem at home, or feeling sick or something, I act b**chy to other people when I don't really mean it at all, and feel bad afterwards. Who knows, maybe she was running late or something. Maybe she is just a b**ch. I'm not pretending to know. I just think we could all afford to be a little more understanding of each other.

"You know how much you could have done in those 2 and 1/2 hours? "

Watched another show. Wow.

One bad day is one thing, but apparently she is rude A LOT!

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I went past there yesterday. We were there for about 5 minutes...but I didn't see the show...I saw Dracula. We asked some lady who was standing at the Wicked stage door to take our picture though...

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Updated On: 8/26/04 at 03:54 PM