How do you feel about going to the stage door?- Page 3
How do you feel about going to the stage door?
#50How do you feel about going to the stage door?
Posted: 6/7/13 at 10:44amAnd by then larrystyles will be an eldergay, but the kids then will be openly beating the eldergays on the street, just like in A Clockwork Orange, rather then just sniping at them on chat boards.
#51How do you feel about going to the stage door?
Posted: 6/7/13 at 10:47amMaybe he's a self-hating eldergay.
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#52How do you feel about going to the stage door?
Posted: 6/7/13 at 10:56amyep, "eldergay" is exactly what i am. and the sentiments expressed here towards us, i feel when i am at the stage door. i am pretty shy so i don't "hiss" for autographs. but i do feel embarrassed to be there at my age. on the other hand, i never got the opportunity to go to broadway shows until now. (married, closeted, raising kids) i love broadway so. and the sd experience prolongs the wonderful evening for me. i never want it to end. most of the time, now, i do just watch. it is still fun... but also awkward. i try to make light of the fact that i might be as thrilled as a 13 year old girl.
#53How do you feel about going to the stage door?
Posted: 6/7/13 at 11:15am
Good for you, Comden. It's never too late to do what you like. When I got involved in the Rocky Horror Picture Show cult, acting out the film in front of the screen, etc. I was past 30 and the rest of the kids were in their teens and 20's. SO WHAT? WHO CARES?*
*Joy Behar
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#54How do you feel about going to the stage door?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 6:45pm
Wow - I suddenly feel exceptionally hated for being someone who loves the stage door. I first waited at a stage door on my first trip to New York in 1980 (?) and my mom and I saw Harry Blackstone Jr do a magic show. I was picked to go on stage for a trick and after the show we bought his book about slight of hand and waited for him to come out. I was 13 - he was kind and happy to talk about magic and take his picture with me.
I go to almost every stage door of almost every show I see. I have playbills and window cards signed from shows going back 20+ years. I love to spend a minute thanking a performer for something really particular that moved me about their performance. I try not to make a nuisance of myself - I make sure young kids are in the front (like at Matilda) and don't talk someone's ear off.
I've had a couple of exceptional experiences - most recently was when during On A Clear Day when most people left after Harry Connick was gone. I most wanted to talk to Jessie Mueller because I thought she was just exceptional. She came out to a group of about 5 of us and seemed genuinely moved that we had waited for her. She was with her mother and took video of herself with us all waiting for her to send to someone who wasn't there.
When Elaine Stritch did At Liberty it was very cold and there were about 7 of us waiting by the stage door. She had the house manager come and bring us to the side of the stage while she spoke with Rosemary Harris. I wound up briefly chatting with Dixie Carter about the show. It was really special.
I've certainly been embarrassed by the behavior of other people at the stage door. Even mortified. I was waiting after Speed-The-Plow (with Raul Esparza) in 2008. The drunk guy to the side of me was so forceful in trying to get up to Jeremy Piven (Entourage was extremely hot then) that he almost knocked the barricade over and was bellowing like a buffalo. It got scary - Piven was clearly afraid and rushed into his car. Luckily that got most of the scary people to also leave, and I was once again one of the only people left to let Elisabeth Moss know that I thought she was terrific.
I have no idea if this is something the actors like or don't like. I always thank them for stopping to take the time. And no, I don't always have something new or original to say to every person who comes out the door. Is it so terrible to tell someone thank you for the performance? And I live in Hell's Kitchen and go to the theater regularly so I'm not a crazy tourist.
Performers who don't want to sign usually have another way to exit - Mary-Louise Parker went out a side door during Proof; Laura Benanti exited with the crowd during both Gypsy and In The Next Room. I begrudge them nothing.
Just my thoughts.
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