Have you been backstage to a broadway theatre before?

[Gmerchant123]

I recently went backstage to sister act it was incrdible!

[Wynbish]

No

[Overkill]

My first Broadway show was Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, during Thanksgiving week, 2005. I was standing at the stage door, waiting for autographs and whatnot. I was with my mom, and my friend (who would later be in Tarzan, and is now on Disney Channel)and his mom - We were chatting with the stage manager at the door, he was asking us in a typical Bronx accent, "So, yeh from Mississippi? Yeh like crawfish? Yeh ride four wheelahs?" And he kept smiling every time my mom opened her mouth, because she sounds like Paula Deen. Eventually he said "Ya know what, come on, come in.. hurry up." He took us all on the stage of the Imperial, and being the 13 year old theatre nerd I was, I was in awe. It didn't last very long, but it's something I'll never forget.

Also, that same trip (next day, I think), we missed the matinee of The Producers (which was my favorite show) and Gary Beach was in it as Roger at the time, so we walked by the theatre so I could get a picture with the posters and whatnot. We started chatting with a musician on his way in the stage door, going to work - I told him how much I LOVED Gary Beach, and he smiled, and said "Follow me!" - So, I got to backstage at the St. James, which was eye opening, because there's a LONG indoor alleyway that leads to the dressing rooms. He stopped us, and said to wait there. We waited at the bottom stairs of the dressing rooms for a short while, and Gary came down with his partner, his finger in a splint - He was the warmest, sweetest person I'd ever met. He explained how he injured his finger during the matinee, and his partner "played doctor" for him, and that's what took him so long to come down. Then we stood there for about 45 minutes, just talking. Once again, something I'll never forget.

[tphiliboy152]

Yes! At Wicked and it was incredible

[Gmerchant123]

WOW!!! thats two incridble story's!!!!! btw i was in tarzan too, who your friend?

[yankeefan7]

How was it incredible? Do you mean the dressing rooms, the sets or meeting the performers? Yes, I was backstage for J&H many years ago. My wife knew Robert Cuccioli and I got to meet Linda Eder and Christiane Noll briefly which was incredible. The actual back stage of the theatre was no big deal IMO.

[hairspraydude1962]

I was taken backstage at the St. James Theatre, when The Producers first opened.

[BroadwayChica]

I've been backstage/dressing rooms at the Eugene O'Neill, the Barrymore and the Helen Hayes. It never gets old. :)

[dramamama611]

Yup. Sunday in the Park with George (original cast), Hair, Spring Awakening, and a few scattered others.

[mc1227]

I was backstage at Hairspray in the final two weeks since my daughter's friend was brought in from the tour to finish the Broadway show. Very exciting to stand on the stage and look at the seats like the actors do every night. I give them so much credit, I'd be terrified!

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Once. I went to see Miss Patti in "Sweeney Todd." I got a chance to visit her in her dressing room. from RC in Austin, Texas

[Emmaloucbway]

I've been backstage at the Al Hirschfeld (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) twice, the Nederlander (Newsies), and the Eugene O'Neill (The Book of Mormon). They were all incredible experiences!

[willep]

I went backstage/onstage at the Imperial while Billy Elliot was there and at the Broadhurst while Merchant of Venice was there (ran into one of my favorite actors, David Hyde Pierce, backstage there, he was visiting Pacino, as was Fergie and Josh Duhamel)

[broadwayboy222]

Yes! Ive been backstage at Phantom, Mary Poppins, and The Producers!

[LizzieCurry]

A Little Night Music and The Book of Mormon.

[OKBroadwayFan]

My daughter and I went backstage at South Pacific and met Kelli O'Hara. I later went backstage at Priscilla, had a personal tour by Nick Adams and Kyle Brown.
Very exciting and interesting to go backstage.

[PositivelyEmerald]

On broadway, I went backstage at BOM courtesy of Kevin Duda...

I've been backstage at Wicked and Les Mis in San Francisco a few times as well.

[EponineAmneris]

I was blessed with being able to go backstage at LES MIZ, PHANTOM, THE PRODUCERS, THE BOY FROM OZ, MOVIN' OUT and CATS

All very different and very amazing adventures.

[mamaleh]

I went backstage at the (then) Alvin Theater (now Neil Simon Theater) when SHENANDOAH was running; and at the Broadhurst twice, the first time when I was an adolescent. A friend had written to Jack Gilford, then starring in the original production of CABARET. He invited her to visit backstage, and she brought me along. On the stairs we ran into Joel Grey chatting up Larry Blyden, who was visiting. I was super excited. I never knew the backstage areas were so large and most interesting of all, so labrynthine, with clandestine passageways and other hidden areas. I've also been backstage at the stately Curran Theater in San Francisco. Those heady moments are etched into the forever part of my brain.

[Amalia Balash]

Thanks to charity auctions, I've been able to go backstage at several shows, including Mormon, Addams Family, Spamalot, Catch Me If You Can, and Spider-Man. I love seeing the attention to detail and how the magic is put together. Some things are amazingly high-tech and some are amazingly non-high-tech. But it all comes together to wow the audience. While not Broadway, my favorite was getting to watch the national tour of Les Miserables from backstage. The house and backstage area was much bigger than a typical Broadway house, so I could see it all without getting in the cast and crew's way (well, not too much). Everyone, both cast and crew, was so generous with their explanations and taking me around to every possible angle.

[phantomcrazy14]

<---- Yes! I won a contest and went backstage at The Majestic after seeing The Phantom of the Opera. Standing on that stage was amazing to me because I love that show so much. The backstage there is so cool. I loved the peeling paint, small hallways, all the pipes. Everything was so dusty it seemed! It was really incredible that they store a majority of the sets above in the fly and lower them during the show. The magic :) And then they took me to see John Cudia who was playing Phantom at the time. That was cool because he'd been my Phantom all 3 times I'd seen the show. I will never forget that.

[booth0882]

The Imperial and the Palace. And only because I had friends in shows at each of those theatres at the time.