[The Scorpion]

Feel free to delete/move this if this isn't meant to go here; I couldn't find another thread on this!

Is anyone going to Sondheim's platform talk at the NT this afternoon? I queued up this morning to get a day ticket and am dead excited now.

Anyone know if there's the remotest chance of meeting the man himself to get stuff signed before or afterwards?

[Pharaoh's number 2]

How was it? I really wanted to go but had sold out when I tried to book ( acouple of months back). Didn't realise they did day seats for platforms .

[The Scorpion]

How was it? I really wanted to go but had sold out when I tried to book ( acouple of months back). Didn't realise they did day seats for platforms .

It was excellent, queuing in the morning was certainly worth it! Quite a few recognisable people in the audience; David Babani was sitting near me. I couldn't believe it was over when Jeremy Sams announced that time was up, it felt like Sondheim had only been talking for 5 minutes! I could have easily listened to him talk all evening. A very charming man...not sure I could say the same about Lord Lloyd-Webber who seemed extremely flustered when I bumped into him a few days ago!

[Lynette]

Splendid indeed and good info, so thanks for that but no need for the snide comment re signing.

[The Scorpion]

he generally doesn't 'sign' because so called fans put it on ebay - i've never got the sigining / stage door obessession - are you a 5 year old?! can't you just enjoy him for what he is

Charming. Believe it or not I'm not a five year old. And yes, thanks, I did just enjoy him for what he is and headed off straight afterwards. My sincere apologies for just wondering.

[The Scorpion]

Why the need to ask or in the worse case harass stars for signatures? This can be very complimentary but also a pain in the ass when you just want to get on and live your life. And don’t forget SJS now refuses to sign due to Ebay …

If Stars want you to sign things then they will organise a signing or post selected items to you upon request

Er, hence why I asked if a signing was part of the platform. It wasn't, and therefore I didn't go and seek out SJS and got on with my life. I don't see what your problem is but obviously we've hit a nerve. I don't even understand the point to this argument, so I'll leave you to carry on your whinging here.