re: The Good/The Bad...Worst stagedoor experiences — Page 2

I went to see The Frogs the day of the 2004 Flea Market and when we waited outside for Roger and (hopefully) Nathan, only Roger stopped and signed and talked to us for a bit. Nathan went out the other door and Daniel Davis came out and he looked back at us with this nasty glare and went on his way.

It's funny too, cause when I went to see La Cage with him, he came out and was very nice and I got a photo with him and he signed.

When I went to see Sweeney this summer, the last two to come out were Michael and Mark and Michael stopped and nobody stopped Mark and he didn't stop and just left.

For me though, it's not really the actors that are nasty, it's usually the people in the crowd that are nasty like at Jersey Boys as soon as Christian came out the last time I saw it, this old guy just started shoving to get to him and then I let this old lady get in front of me to get I forget who it was out at the time, but after he left, she just stay there and didn't move back so my mom told her to move to which she said to my mom something like Why? and my mom replied "Cause my son was there before you", but I left the crowd and went to the side after Christian and Daniel came out to get some air.

Well I could understand that because usually they are friends but when fans just sit at your booth while you're eating - Uh uh.

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also, not all actors reside in the city. my friend, staring in a b'way. musical at present, resides in lower westchester, where i am from. so after he signs, talks, poses, he STILL has to get into his car and be driven about 30 - 40 mins. home.
Christine Beresole lives in Maplewood, NJ. not everyone lives around the corner from their theatre, or even up or down town.

also- after a long week, or even a day of 2 performances back-to-back, they wanna go home and see their families, spouses, partners, pets, etc. Please note that actors rarely get down-time with ANY of these, esp. during a long run. If they stop and pose, sign, talk, it is an added bonus/treat, but certainly NOT REQUIRED of them.

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Absolutely agree Virgil. Some of the newer breed of fan really believes it's their *right* to take up as much of the actors time as possible and uses those moments to feed some delusion about "friendships" with the actors. That's when the line gets blurred and moreover, becomes dangerous for the actors. But we've already discussed that topic many times over, as well.

Regarding the bothering while eating statement - when I'm having a meal at a restaurant with my actor friend, you know who the people are who come over and constantly interrupt us? Other Broadway actors.

Isn't this the same for everyone though? If I see a friend at a restaurant, I will certainly go up and talk to them. It's the same for actors, isn't it?

EDIT: Well, my post makes less sense now that Rath clarified, though the idea still works.

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Updated On: 11/13/06 at 03:41 PM

Who's your actor friend?

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^ ha ha.

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No one will spill the Betty dirt. ):
Are you worried she'll come to you in your dreams like in FIDDLER?

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This saturday my friend asked Frenchie Davis for a picture and she said no because she had just gone to the gym and she was sweaty. Frenchie is very nice, but she is a huge diva.

John Lloyd Young is always the nicest person at the stage door. As is Barrett Foa.

Same here, I would say all mine have been good. You'd have to really try hard to get upset by something at a stage door. But I guess if I had to pick one, I would say that Amanda Peet was the worst I ever met, she looked incredibly angry and pouty during the whole 3 minutes that she signed. And if she did say a single word than that would surprise me since her mouth was like, locked shut the whole time. Interestingly enough though, Patrick Wilson was one of the best. Incredibly sweet and talkative.

About Mark Jacoby, he was pretty nice when I met him and I was surprised because he talked and laughed with a lot of people. I told people that later and they said that he usually just puts his head down and walks away as quickly as he can, so I guess he was having a good day.

Harvey is the nicest on myspace.

Also, I had met Michael Rupert 11 years ago at a college production of Falsettos which he attended. I recognized him in the audience and went right up to him after the show and we had a wonderful conversation. When I discovered his myspace page, I wrote to him all these years later to see if he remembered me and he did. He gave all the details and remembered me asking him to sign my "Putting It Together" cd. (off-bway)

Revolutionary, perhaps Amanda Peet was in a pissy mood because of her low-quality onstage work that evening. LOL. Did you see her in BAREFOOT? Pee-uewww! NOT good. Or as the character oif Sterling says in JEFFREY: "It isn't PRETTY." Even I was embarrassed for her 'work' in BAREFOOT. I was ashamed enough for the BOTH of us that night. LOL. You KNOW it's bad when tourists are walking out on BAREFOOT! LOL.

What a drag, I waited MONTHS for that to open. Patrick was the ONLY joy in that entire production. Ms. PEET needs to shuffle her FEET....back to Cal-i-for-ni-ayyy. (I heard she wasn't too good either in LaBute's THIS IS HOW IT GOES at the Public. Well, some people fare better in front of a camera. That seems to include Ms. Peet.)

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