stage door culture — Page 2

Lightguy, I liked the days when real theatre fans took the time to properly spell a performer's name.

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I think this board is populated by mole people.

I get wanting to meet a performer and get your picture taken, but I've never understand what's so special about someone's signature.

It was never like this, even six or seven years ago. And since this board is mostly populated by teens I don't think anyone is going to get an unbiased discussion.

Neither of these statements has been my experience.

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It's whatever suits the angriest person at the moment.

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"Someone mentioned Little Mermaid, and I think its a fantastic example. I went with a couple friends to the Little Mermaid stage door last week, who really wanted to meet Sherie Rene-Scott because she has always looked up to her and such, and there were HUNDREDS of small children who were screaming for the little boy who played flounder. It was rediculous how rude these children were to the other people who were there, wanting to meet their idols and such. "

I went with my school to TLM and after we were in front and they saw the stage door and thy all rushed over and they were pushing and shoving and screaming and it was so annoying, it was seriously like Adam and Anthony crazy. and this was just for the little kid.

I don't understand why anyone who's not a teenager waits at the stage door. I did in high school, but I do feel a bit silly doing it now.

i have to second whoever said that the problem is that stagedoor is a verb

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I understand your point but it's comments like this that make this sound elitist: "there were HUNDREDS of small children who were screaming for the little boy who played flounder. It was rediculous how rude these children were to the other people who were there, wanting to meet their idols and such."

Seriously? I'm sure these kids had absolutely no intention of being rude, they wanted to meet flounder just as much as your friend wanted to meet Sherie Renee Scott. Is it their fault that they don't know who she is? I think that's really cute that they liked the show so much and even wanted to go after and meet the people who put it on.

That being said, I agree with what you are saying to some extent. Everyone has the right to stagedoor of course, it's the way its executed that is less than desirable. Let's be frank some of these fangirls are just nuts. I did want to meet Adam and Anthony during their run but those baracades scared me. Not only did I not want to get trampled but I also felt really really bad for those two and didn't want to bother them with one more person shoving a playbills in their faces.

But don't forget, "theatre people" can be just as rude. There have been several times when some excited out-of-towner wants to meet so-and-so and then take a picture. While the out-of-towner may not know the actor's real name, he or she enjoyed the performance and wanted to meet the person behind the scenes... then along comes the "regular" who thinks he or she is FRIENDS with the actor, keeps budding into the conversation, answers questions that the out-of-towner asked the actor, not that "theatre fan" and it's just very impolite and condescending to the person who innocently enjoyed the show.

So I'm kind of rambling here just wanted to comment that it goes both ways, it's not about WHO stagedoors its about HOW you stagedoor.

"Can we all agree that it's more than a bit unsettling when people who have NOT seen the show repeatedly stagedoor? "

YES! Yes, we can. Especially when said people think of it as a way to start a true friendship or worse a relationship. I mean of course there are exceptions. For instance if you saw the show and wanted to talk to an actor but didn't get to and were in the area, its okay to go back to said show and do that. Or if you are meeting up with friends who saw the show, I think that's okay too.

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Updated On: 5/25/08 at 11:06 AM

I'm sorry, guys, but it's a show about a f***ing mermaid. What do you expect?

Throwing more support to the "It's not a dang verb" crowd.

"Verbing weirds language." - Calvin

back in my day, it meant wealthy men who would send diamond bracelets backstage after the show. If you kept the bracelet, you belonged to him for as long as he wanted. If you returned the bracelet, you were a "good girl".

Really? How interesting. If only I had a stack of diamond bracelets to hand this weekend. *mourns* So many wonderfully talented performers, so little time...

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""Yes...how dare these snotnosed brats think they can want to see their favorite actors at the stagedoor! How rude of them to push and yell a little bit? I mean, how old do they think they are...nine?

Exactly SirNotAppearing, so to make the OP happy, NEW RULE, all children 12 and under must stand in complete silence and only applaud in golf claps as the actors emerge.