Hey guys!!!!! Here's a question.... who is the nicest person you've ever met @ the stage door?? Not the hottest or most famous... but most polite and gracious.
Kerry Butler was really sweet to me at the stage door and in her little Disney hallmark card that she sent me. Aww, I want to see her again so I can hug her.
Chatted, did photographs and autographs with everyone in line, and even had another show later that day.
Someone was deaf, and she tried to find her daughter who knew sign language.
This was Seussical tour.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
harriet harris kevin earley john tartaglia jennifer barnhart- Tho i technically met her and John down the street from the imperial
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
isabel keating. oh.. such a sweet sweet lady. so down to earth and gracious of her fans. she is one of the very few people that actually stood there and talked with me while signing autographs. not many people do that.
"You can't stop someone who wants to be an artist. If they're going to do it, they're going to do it... Work as hard as you can on the things you can work on. Until it seems like there is no possible chance you're going to succeed, don't give up." ~ANDREW ASNES
avatar: me and jason gillman... in the pouring rain.
all of avenue q, Adam Pascal (especially the first time when i was the only person waiting after cabaret!) but
number one -
SUSAN EGAN
"Nothing is an accident, We are free to have it all, We are what we want to be, It's in ourselves to rise or fall!!" - "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida - the love that never died
ok don't kill me because you probably know that this is coming.
adam pascal -he's such a sweetheart! lisa brescia- she's so nice it's scary david ayers- he talked to me for like 10 minutes after fiddler robert petkoff- he's so funny and sweet! jennifer gambatese- my favorite actress and person! the entire cast of hairspray!- whoo hoo!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
Harriet Harris was a blazing bitch to me... And the nicest I have yet to come by is Veanne Cox. Or Tonya. Or Chuck Cooper. Aw hell, the whole cast of CAROLINE was dawwwlings. -d.b.j-
John Tart and the rest of the Avenue Q cast, Michael Arden, John Hill and the rest of the Bare cast, Lachanze was so nice to me when I saw her at Once on This Island, Raul Esparza, Jeremy Kushnier, Matt Caplan, Lisa Brescia, so many really!
"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth.
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
The entire cast of The Q Kerry Butler was sweet as heck. Doug Sills was a riot! Nancy Opel remembered me a year later and picked up our conversation like we were old friends. SO nice! Veanne Cox and Tony Kushner had a 15 minture conversation about theatre, good/bad shows, and the Tonys on the street. I was in awe.
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Denis O'Hare was by far the nicest person I've ever met. Both times I saw the show (Assassins, by the way.), he made me feel like he knew me and that we were long-lost friends catching up after a community theatre production.
Mario Cantone was incredibly nice as well...he joked around and was very considerate -- he even took two pictures with me, and the second one was by his suggestion because he thought that the first one didn't come out well enough!
Sean McCourt of Wicked was also a doll -- he was understudying the Wizard that day, and when he came out he didn't get much attention at all -- but I thought he did a fabulous job (especially going on for Joel -- that's GOT to be daunting) and talked to him...he was such a sweet person. And surprisingly, despite what 2 of my friends had told me, Idina Menzel was totally sweet. She just seemed shy, if anything. But she signed for everyone and thanked everyone very graciously...she shook hands and smiled...she even talked to people (as in, small conversations), despite the utter mad rush to get to her.
I met Bill Youman after Titanic: A New Musical, which I didn't really enjoy...but he gave my mother and I a tour around the backstage and was one of the nicest, most gracious, and funniest people I'd ever met. He wasn't known AT ALL back then (this was Pre-Wicked/Dr. Dillamond), but I've heard he's still just as friendly.
Anne Heche was also very nice...she talked to a girl's friend on her cell phone after coming out of Twentieth Century.
Definitely Susan Egan, I met her out front of Millie when they were doing "Equity fights AIDS" fundraisers, and she signed my playbill, and told us how happy she was that we had enjoyed the show. She's my favorite.
"It does what a musical's supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue."