meanest person @ stage door

they aren't mean because they just walk away. They are in no way obligated to stand there, sign things, and speak to you.

exactly BWG2- These people have to go through packs of screaming fans normally 8 times a week. If i had to go through that, after a while i would be a bit ticked as well. Give the nice people credit and as for the people who may not want to be attacked by screaming fans for a piece of their shirt just let them be.

"These people have to go through packs of screaming fans normally 8 times a week."

Unless it's in London where nobody cares about musical theatre stars. I'd be interested to know how many wait for Nathan Lane here. I can tell you that it would be severely reduced on New York.. I've only waited a couple of times for people and once was Judi Dench and Maggie Smith - only 16 people waited. The other was Matthew Perry - about 100 people.

of course the Melanie woman was nice. After the srap she made the audience suffer through, she didn't want to get clobbered by an angry mob. bad enough she looks like melted Barbie Doll with a haircut from a six year old... why would she want to make it worse?

nice one BWG.

thank you.


exactly.

oh i know MD- i only went to the stage door once for Wicked for that very reason. It is insane. Its worse than the Furby craze of the 90s sometimes. I's almost sad... But one of the best stage doors to wait by is Avenue Q- When i went last time, there were about... 10 people and every actor stopped and talked with everyone for a couple minutes and were really great.

I know! And it's one-hundred percent true.

like I said...

The Wicked stage door has really calmed down alot recently. The past few times I've been there, there were not that many people. I remember when it used to be like rows deep with people but now it's one row along the barricades sometimes two. They did lengthen the barricades but it's still nice to know that you want get crushed against the bars as people try to grab a piece of Idina, JLT or Joey.

The only person who I ever saw be outright mean to people was Bebe Neuwirth but that was years ago. I don't think that people HAVE to sign but I think if they decline they can at least be polite about it.

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You know, I have to agree with the posters who pointed out (and it rarely gets mentioned) how obnoxious people can be at the stage door.

I am by no means a big star, but I always sign things when asked. I've had people ask for an autograph and then criticize my signature, tell me they didn't like it and they wanted me to sign something else more legibly, etc.

I also had a collector hand me a magic marker to sign a piece of memorabilia in a plastic case and when he didn't like the way i signed it, he pulled out a bottle of Windex and a rag, sprayed it, wiped it clean, and asked me to do it again. I'm not joking. I did it about three times before it was to his satisfaction.

It is never a hassle to sign things for polite people, unless you're in a rush. Personally, I try to budget time for signing, or else I pull on a baseball cap and kind of slip out quietly so I don't have to say no. But a few assholes can really make you throw up your hands and say "why bother?" Some people feel like they are really entitled to a piece of you, and that's where it gets invasive.