Stage door question.

[rorschach37]

Do Scarlett Johannson and Laurie Metcalf sign after matinees? Thanks.

[Jordan Catalano]

Metcalf does.

[rorschach37]

Thanks Jordan!

[rorschach37]

Bump! Anybody know if Scarlett signs after matinees?

[joeyinpa]

She didn't come out and sign after the matinee last Saturday. I went back after the evening show and she signed my window card...... she didn't sign very long and there were a ton of people there. I got there around 10:30PM after I saw another show (Clive....awful)and the stagedoor guy told me where to stand. He was very nice and she came out about an hour later. No pics and she just signed playbills and window cards, and not many of them either.

[musicman_bwayfan]

I know there are a ton of people who are waiting over at the stage door and the barricade set up allows for a ton of people to be there. I also know that Scarlett has only been signing for a small number of folks before getting into her car. I am wondering where the best place is to wait after the show for the greatest chance of having her sign? Looking forward to seeing this over the weekend.

[Jordan Catalano]

Honestly, there's no good answer for that. Just try to get on the sides facing towards the car. I've tried three times and she won't sign my windowcard. The same thing happened during VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. I went 6 times before she finally signed it.
Obviously, nobody is under any sort of obligation to sign anything but she's really quite rude about the whole thing. It would just be better if she didn't do it at all.

[rorschach37]

Thanks for the info, everyone! I saw the evening show on 1/26 and she didn't come out of the stage door. It didn't really bother me much because it was freezing that night, but after watching some videos of her at the stage door and hearing what folks here have to say about her stage dooring, it probably is for the best that she just doesn't stage door at all.

[emeraldmist]

I saw Cat during Previews on Jan 1st. Scarlett did not sign that night but since my hotel was across the street I went back 2 nights later to try to get her to sign. She did come out that night about 45 minutes after the show and the doorman announced just ahead of her that she would only sign playbills and would not stop for photos or comments.

THere were about 50-75 people outside the door and she ran through the line in about 3 minutes, never looking up and signing about 15 playbills, she did not say a word to anyone and then put a magazine over her face and went for the car. Someone had a dvd in their hand and she pushed it back.

Bradly Cooper signs almost every night and he takes his time and signs everything and talks to most. A wonderful actor and kind man,

[rorschach37]

Bradley Cooper? Did I miss him in the show?

[suestorm]

not everyone can be Jessica Chastain

[emeraldmist]

Wow... that's what I get for writing and reading something else at the same time! Benjamin Walker, of course.

Can you blame a gal form being distracted by a magazine article on Mr. Cooper, with pictures? :) thanks!

I think Walker is a much better actor than Cooper (Bloody Bloody, anyone?) but Cooper has those eyes...

[broadwaydevil]

Put me in the camp wondering why Scarlett stagedoors at all. She clearly hates it, never making eye contact or saying a word to anyone, signs like five playbills then runs into her car. It's really quite rude and it would be far nicer if she just didn't bother. However, I assume the producers want her to/ask her to (could it maybe even be in her contract?) because there are always huge lines outside and I imagine it helps generate some buzz when people see a huge crowd outside a theatre.

[suestorm]

i gotta think it must be stressful for some of them. doing the play probably takes a toll on them and they are spent. Katite Holmes was kinda the same way, but she would have someone gather the Playbills and sign them when she came out.

[amoni2]

Geez people. It's the dead of winter in the worst Flu season in years.

[Jordan Catalano]

So? She was the exact same way the last time she was on Broadway. It's clearly something she doesn't like doing and is highly annoyed with so my point was that she should just NOT do it. There are other exits to that theater she could leave from and save herself the agony of dealing with the common folk.

[broadwaydevil]

^Correct, as many actors choose to do. Stage dooring isn't obligatory. If she was really cold, miserable, and hated it, why not just skip it? The people at the stage door could then just tell everyone who was waiting she wasn't coming out every night. It's cold and miserable and flu season for fans to who wait upwards of an hour (as I did one evening) to have her sign three playbills, put her hand in someone's face, and run into her car. I am usually very sympathetic to actors who don't want to stagedoor and have never complained about someone who doesn't come out but Scarlett is downright rude about it.