stage door to wait for autographs.
At the stage door every day, Joy Franz has a five-minute conversation with every person waiting for an autograph to tell them to follow their dreams.
People stay at the stage door and share their own stories with me.
And this opened the stage door for Nell, who became the best known and most celebrated comic actress of her day.
People at the stage door are always like, oh, I love Gretchen.
Or stand outside the stage door .
Every person at the stage door -- old, young, black, white, Asian, we get them all-- they all really attach onto different parts of the story.
You've got that stage door between you and your favorite performers, so you don't get any access to these people.
At the stage door every night people are just so inspired.
Blanche opens the stage door a crack to check whether the lights have gone low, and she waits for silence.
So at the stage door , I enjoy to hear what happens with Porgy and Bess.
People usually ask at the stage door what our favorite parts are, what are our favorite things to do.
And so I'm signing at stage door after the show.
have people are at the stage door see themselves on stage, finally, in a positive-- Celebrated.
like a little Asian girl at the stage door , and there's one in particular who is very little, and like couldn't even look over the thing.
Or just stand outside the stage door .
And to see people at the stage door going, you look like me.
And I had someone at stage door the other day, he's like, see what you were doing there.
And because you are meeting fans at the stage door that have either seen it before or it's their first time seeing it, and so
And she waited at the end of the stage door line.
And what I tell the kids at the stage door a lot of times, like, I have no idea how to talk to my dad.
You know she's going to be back in that stage door with another note.
So it's just so fulfilling to see that and meeting them at stage door .
So there's definitely people, especially at the stage door which is really the opportunity to meet people who obviously have seen the show and hear what they have to express,
These kids run away from the school bus and start running towards the stage door .
And I think we've gotten a few bui-dois at the stage door as well.
What do you hear from audiences-- One of the amazing things about Broadway, you leave the stage door and there's a bunch of people waiting to talk to you.
And I remember one time, someone I think waiting for us outside of the stage door .
It's been entirely in their hands, dealing with meeting people at the stage door and how people are reacting.
And personally, I don't like to go out the stage door and meet fans.
There are a couple of people that we see at the stage door that have come quite a few times.
If there's a star on Broadway there's always a line of people at the stage door who want photographs and autographs.
"Blanche goes to stand outside the stage door , recognizing the final thumps of Fabienne's flamenco skipping rope act.
And also, there's been so many people that I've met-- we've all met at the stage door now who have come to the show,
And even in spaces where it was just a-- not even a meet and greet, like a stage door , but just an audition.
But the beautiful thing about social media, and also theater, particularly, is that there feels like a different kind of intimacy than a TV star, because you can go to the stage door
What is really blowing my mind, though, is remembering the "Dear Evan Hansen" stage door and the "Be More Chill" stage door
And we're seeing a lot of people who've never seen a play before, and that's really the kind of the most remarkable thing at the stage door .
Now though, I mean, over the course of the years, like Izzy was saying, you see kids at our stage door
ARI'EL STACHEL: We had a lot more hair, and I remember, I was at the stage door , and I went up to Chris, and I was like, yo, like,
I've heard from so many people-- my family is also Israeli, and a lot of Israeli Middle Eastern people at the stage door will say that they were so refreshed
I talk to a lot of kids, obviously, in the stage door .
And, Michael, you talked about connecting with fans at the stage door .
Is there any particular piece of audience feedback that resonates, that has stuck with you that any of you have been told at the stage door or through this social media?
So my question is, what is something, like, memorable or profound that someone has said to you at stage door or something.
Any time there's a new cast member, they show up, and any time somebody's leaving the show, they'll show up and they'll be at the stage door to wish them off.
Stephen Merchant: I'm amazed at how many people, particularly, a lot of the people that wait for me outside the stage door and have pictures of Wheatley they've drawn or