Waiting for Godot....More Like Sir Ian McKellen

Tonight we saw the Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot starring Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. The play is an absurdist play with no plot....literally. After the play we went to the stage door to get autographs - the first time I've ever done so...Disney characters don't count. We waited for about a half an hour and I was right up front. When the door man came out, he gave us certain criteria for when they come out:

1. They have their own pens
2. Don't shove
3. They will only sign things having to do with Waiting for Godot...no contracts, lawsuits, prenups, etc
   
4. Don't talk to Partick about the score of the World Cup Finals

So we waited and out they came. I not only got Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart's autographs, but Simon Callow who plays the Theater owner in Phantom of the Opera. It's odd how people treat celebrities like objects. As soon as they had the autograph, everyone dispersed immediately as if they'd never come.