| re: Angry mom blasts Ben Platt for not stage-dooring at 'Evan Hansen'; Tony winner explains exactly why | |
| Posted by: winters 04:22 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Angry mom blasts Ben Platt for not stage-dooring at 'Evan Hansen'; Tony winner explains exactly why - JohnDunlop 03:27 pm EDT 07/03/17 | |
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| When I began my theater going in 1969, I frequently waited at stage doors for an autograph or a chance to say a few words to a star. During those years there were rarely more than a handful of people. Most times the actor would take the time to sign and ask if we had a good time. On occasion we would be invited to the dressing room to have a little chat. There were times when an actor needed to rest between performances or was to tired to sign after a performance or plain old didn't want to sign. In my experience no one, actor or patron was ever rude....and I have some wonderful recollections of my interactions with these stars. BTW: Gloria Swanson had someone at the stage door handing out signed playbills. For Laurence Olivier, someone collected our programmes (it was London, we had paid for them) then returned them to us signed. Today there are masses of people waiting (sometimes demanding) that the actor sign and stand for a selfie. After a performance I can fully understand why an actor (who has no obligation to do this) can be overwhelmed by such a crown. I stopped waiting many years ago, but I still have one puzzlement. On many occasions I waited the whole time between matinee and evening performances as well as an hour or two after an evening performance. I never even saw Rubie Keeler much less ask for an autograph. Where was she? |
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