Your ticket does not cover the stagedoor — Page 2

I love when the person working the door tells you that no once else is coming out for the night (much appreciated) and people still refuse to believe it. On multiple occasions I've heard "they're just saying that so people will leave." No, believe it or not there's more than one exit and the person is long gone.

And even if the actors really were going to come out the stage door after that, they aren't going to sign autographs. It's like when people on these boards suggest to others that they can catch an actor going out a different door. Clearly they don't want to be bothered.

Updated On: 4/25/16 at 04:25 PM

NJ_BroadwayGirl said: "I love when the person working the door tells you that no once else is coming out for the night (much appreciated) and people still refuse to believe it. On multiple occasions I've heard "they're just saying that so people will leave." No, believe it or not there's more than one exit and the person is long gone.



While I'm sure that is usually the case, it's not always, though I think it's more of a miscommunication that anything. The most recent time I saw was the first preview of American Psycho and the very nice security guard told everyone nobody was coming out. My boyfriend and I just stood next to the theatre to smoke a cigarette and talk and Jen came out just a few minutes later and was perfectly sweet to everyone who was mingling around.

he would meet and greet everyone asking how you were doing, how was the show, signed anything related to the show and took a picture. You could tell he was genuine and absolutely loved the experience of meeting his fans."

Ummm, it's called ACTING!

GavestonPS said: "Am I the only one who has no desire to talk to celebrities (unless I am working with them and sometimes not even then!)? What am I going to say to Kelli O'Hara that she has not heard 10,000 times before?"

Am I the only one who wonders why people pose rhetorcial questions?

It depends on the cast/my love of the show of if I really decide to go to the stage door or not but like previous posters have said, it can be a magical experience.

Michelle Williams is my favorite actress, so when I saw Blackbird in previews, I went to the stage door. My cousin has worked with her on a few movies and she went on and on about how much she loved her and their children have played together. She then had a five minute conversation (give or take a minute) about her films and she really appreciated the compliments, especially for her smaller known films. Then she even asked if I wanted a picture with her. Its those kind of moments that make people love stage dooring, it's just some people ruin it.

LizzieCurry said: "...Am I the only one who wonders why people pose rhetorcial questions?



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That's hard to say since you don't seem to understand the meaning of the term. My question was not rhetorical; we have umpteen threads about stage dooring and few if any posts admitting the limitations of a brief encounter at a stage door. I was seriously asking whether I was the only one who finds such moments meaningless.

Corey38 said: "Speaking from personal expirience, meeting a celebrity that you love can be an amazing expirience. I met the cast of Fun Home and Hamilton, and everytime I think about it I can't stop smiling. I'm glad I had the opportunity to tell the people who inspire and encourage me to do the things I love that they've done much for me, even if they don't know it.



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I do think context matters. I was invited to Angela Lansbury's Christmas Party of 1976. (We were working together at the time.) She and her husband knew me by name and I had a lovely evening with them. A few days later I had dinner with Arthur Laurents and a small group of men. That should have been a bigger deal than it was to me at the time but I was young and stupid. My point is that there are contexts that allow for greater interaction than a stage door.

On the other hand, I have spoken often of how mind--blowing I found the original production of FOLLIES. Ten years later I happened to have dinner with John McMartin and told him all about how much his show had meant to me. To this day I cringe when I recall that evening. (Mr. McMartin could not have been nicer, BTW; I just think back and realize that what was a turning point in my aesthetic worldview was just another Saturday matinee to him.)

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P.S. to n2nbaby: I'm glad you had such a good experience meeting Michelle Williams. I can certainly understand that we all have a few favorites and meeting them would be very satisfying. (See Jane2 with David Bowie and Jack Nicholson.)

Updated On: 4/25/16 at 11:07 PM

LizzieCurry said: "GavestonPS said: "I was seriously asking whether I was the only one who finds such moments meaningless."

Really? "Am I the only one" questions (whether they're about stage doors or broccoli or doing weird things with feathers in bed) are almost always answered with a "no."



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Only by the rigidly literal-minded. Obviously, I'm not the only one on the planet. But I'm the first in my experience to say so here. Since then, I've read three or four thoughtful responses agreeing and disagreeing. I think that's enough to prove my question was not merely rhetorical.

Now class, let's all go around the circle and say whether or not we like to go to the stage door.

PThespian said: "JBroadway said: "Now class, let's all go around the circle and say whether or not we like to go to the stage door.

And class let's vote for who the most obnoxious poster is. "



Well, they're not in this thread. Can we vote for people we lost in the Battle of Murin? (I don't know who coined that, but I would like to. And thank you.)

I do not speak for the world just from my own observation but after having [in my long gone beautiful youthful days] , met with, ate with, and slept with many a well know personality and what is said just before they step out that Stage Door is all about another, yet different, performance.

Like standing in the wings chatting then-cue-performance.

Then when in their car or whatever---'Thank God that's over'.

The problem is that the SD is usually very publically accessible [is that correct?] --All new theatres should either build a tunnel exit and leave the ego driven artists to exit wherever.

It always amuses me on TV shows when the criminal and lawyer leaves the court house through the masses of reporters and says 'no comment'---isn't there a back way out of court to avoid all that?





I did get Dustin Hoffman autograph when he was filming Tootsie outside Macys' [?] I said I was from Australia and he asked me if I knew so and so from Perth as he owed him some money--yes we are a very small island and we know everyone. I had tried to hide on the street as an extra in the crowd but someone spotted that I was an extra extra-must have been that Crocodile Dundee hat and big knife.

SweetLips will you STOP !!!!

OK....Bye.....x

Updated On: 4/26/16 at 02:56 AM

I don't think saying who comes out every night in advance is particularly feasible, because every night is different.

Two examples:

- At DISASTER, after it was said that Faith Prince had "already left", two other girls and I hung around the door and talked to the SD guy (casually, not asking any questions about why she didn't come out, etc) as he broke down the barricades, and he mentioned Faith was still there, but she was sick and had guests, and wasn't up to coming out that night, though she usually does.

- Also, at closing night of NOISES OFF, someone asked if Andrea Martin came out, and the SD guy said no, only to have Andrea come out not two minutes later (although she stated that "she doesn't really do this, but today was a special occasion".