World Tour 2019 : Fan Page

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Great series of photos - keep swiping!

http://instagram.com/p/Bxm5fnDIf9m

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Coming from all points to watch the Hugh Jackman Show!

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Lol - it looks like it is now in vogue to travel from one country to another to see Hugh Jackman perform as the ultimate measure of fandom -haha!

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A lot of female fans coming in droves --

But men fans are tweeting their praise, too!

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Now we're seeing not just fans flying from other countries to watch Hugh perform --

but also repeat patronage after seeing the show for the first time!

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She saw the show in Zurich, returned to her home in Germany, and from indications will be watching the show again on Tuesday at Mannheim, Germany!

PS: I'm beginning to feel that my fly-to-NYC-to-see-Hugh is more normal now |

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[luzie]

May 19, 2019 18:26:52 GMT -5 jo said:

She saw the show in Zurich, returned to her home in Germany, and from indications will be watching the show again on Tuesday at Mannheim, Germany!

PS: I'm beginning to feel that my fly-to-NYC-to-see-Hugh is more normal now |

Jo

She probably lives in South West Germany, somewhere between Zürich and Mannheim or near the border. Many people who live near the Swiss border quickly drive to Switzerland and vice versa too. It's a short distance and no big deal. Some people even work in Switzerland and commute every day from a German city near the border, where they live, to Switzerland to work. There are quite short distances. Mannheim and Zürich are only about 3 1/2 hours drive away, too.

Zürich would have been the nearest of his concerts for me as well with an about 3 hours car drive, but I met up with an old friend in Berlin even though Berlin is twice as much away as Zürich.

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So, I got a reply from the original poster

silj83
@bajph1 I'm all for resting. Watching a good movie, eating with a Swiss tennis celebrity, going biking in the woods, enjoy time with your family, whatever you need to do to compensate for the tour stress. Seriously, totally okay. But driving to the venue ahead of a few meet and greets you agreed to for promotional reasons and deliberately turning your head to the other side when you spot around maybe 20 people waiting there, even covering your face with your arm? That's not the nice, humble man I've heard of. That's certainly not the man we had in Switzerland back in 2013 at the Zurich Film Festival. So yeah, it stung. It's sad. It had to be pointed out.
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This was my reply. She was trying to cheat ( she did not want to pay for a Meet&Greet but thought she could get away with it by simply showing up at the stagedoor way ahead of the show until Hugh shows up. Because she didn't get away with it, she is sore about it. I checked her photo and she seemed to be a woman between 30-40, so she is not a teenager who tries to put one over another if they can get away with it! I did not say this directly but simply gave the example of the BroadwayCares fundraising where Hugh is not supposed to sign anything not part of the fundraising items, except for show Playbills, or take selfies because of the Meet&Greet offers.

bajph1
@silj83 Sorry if that is how you felt about the whole thing.I am not presuming that I can explain the behavior, but on Broadway when he raises funds for the major Broadway charity(BroadwayCares/EFA), he cannot sign stuff that is not offered as part of the fundraising nor can he take selfies if there is a Meet&Greet also for the same charity. He can only sign show Playbills. I do not know if the Meet&Greet promotional program for this tour also carries some sort of prohibition about meeting fans at the stagedoor. On Broadway, he is regarded as one of the nicest actors at the stagedoor. Even when he was walking to his theatre and running late for his show, he once asked fans waiting for him to walk with him so he can sign stuff or answer questions till they reach the stagedoor. There are so many endearing stories about stagedoor encounters with him, so it sounds very unusual if he would deliberately ignore fans as you described. That is the kind of person he is. Btw, I have seen him in many theatrical shows, as early as Oklahoma! and when I would have a chance to observe him at the stagedoor, he is always the gentleman.
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Some women 


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Actually you can't buy any meet & greets for the concerts in Europe, you can only win these very few meet & greet tickets. The sort of overpriced so-called VIP tickets don't include any meet & greet and backstage passes.

But I agree with you about this woman. I understand she was disappointed, but her outrage is over the top and quite premature for an adult female - and pretty unfair towards Hugh. Perhaps he was in a hurry ... Or this woman just tries to stir things up and this incident was a little bit different than she claims. Whatever. Indeed, some people ... *eyeroll*

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Jo covered the logical explanation for Hugh not engaging. But Hugh fanaticism brings out the worst in people sometimes. Often as much as he does, it’s never enough.

Time constraints and security issues are top of the list of reasons to move on.

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Well, he WAS engaging with a few fans before and after a few European concerts. 

I understand the disappointment of these waiting fans. It's human. No need to diss them. Yet this woman's behaviour is premature and over the top. I think we all agree on this. 

I only pointed out that you can't buy any meet & greets for the European concerts! As I said, presumably he was in a hurry or had other good reasons to ignore these fans in Zürich - I only doubt it had anything to do with any possible prohibitions like on Broadway when he is doing any fundraising.

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I must've missed something...where did this woman post this? 

May 20, 2019 7:45:48 GMT -5 jo said:

So, I got a reply from the original poster

silj83
@bajph1 I'm all for resting. Watching a good movie, eating with a Swiss tennis celebrity, going biking in the woods, enjoy time with your family, whatever you need to do to compensate for the tour stress. Seriously, totally okay. But driving to the venue ahead of a few meet and greets you agreed to for promotional reasons and deliberately turning your head to the other side when you spot around maybe 20 people waiting there, even covering your face with your arm? That's not the nice, humble man I've heard of. That's certainly not the man we had in Switzerland back in 2013 at the Zurich Film Festival. So yeah, it stung. It's sad. It had to be pointed out.
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This was my reply. She was trying to cheat ( she did not want to pay for a Meet&Greet but thought she could get away with it by simply showing up at the stagedoor way ahead of the show until Hugh shows up. Because she didn't get away with it, she is sore about it. I checked her photo and she seemed to be a woman between 30-40, so she is not a teenager who tries to put one over another if they can get away with it! I did not say this directly but simply gave the example of the BroadwayCares fundraising where Hugh is not supposed to sign anything not part of the fundraising items, except for show Playbills, or take selfies because of the Meet&Greet offers.

bajph1
@silj83 Sorry if that is how you felt about the whole thing.I am not presuming that I can explain the behavior, but on Broadway when he raises funds for the major Broadway charity(BroadwayCares/EFA), he cannot sign stuff that is not offered as part of the fundraising nor can he take selfies if there is a Meet&Greet also for the same charity. He can only sign show Playbills. I do not know if the Meet&Greet promotional program for this tour also carries some sort of prohibition about meeting fans at the stagedoor. On Broadway, he is regarded as one of the nicest actors at the stagedoor. Even when he was walking to his theatre and running late for his show, he once asked fans waiting for him to walk with him so he can sign stuff or answer questions till they reach the stagedoor. There are so many endearing stories about stagedoor encounters with him, so it sounds very unusual if he would deliberately ignore fans as you described. That is the kind of person he is. Btw, I have seen him in many theatrical shows, as early as Oklahoma! and when I would have a chance to observe him at the stagedoor, he is always the gentleman.
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Re that exchange with the Zurich fan --

this was the original post ( and my reply) which prodded me to reply to it) :

silj83
@thehughjackman I had a great time during the show! Specially when you picked another Silvia for your special audience selfie and she was sitting just a few feet away from me 😉 Sadly your "thank you for coming all the way" only went as far as the stage hall and you decided to ignore the couple of fans that were waiting for you outside before and after the show (not that many & it was pouring down after). While I get you've got a lot going on and you just started, it definitely left a bitter aftertaste.
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bajph1
@silj83 A performer's commitment is to deliver the best that he can in a performance! To expect that the performer spend time at the stagedoor before or after the show is never an obligation (for many reasons). I understand maybe the feeling of disappointment but to say that his not being available to accommodate stagedoor crowds leaves you with a bitter aftertaste ( and some amount of cynicism that implies he is not grateful enough) sounds too much of self-entitlement. Hugh is one of the nicest and kindest persons at the stagedoor in his past Broadway shows and if he cannot accommodate meeting fans at the stagedoor there must be a reason. He is on a 92-show schedule on 3 continents in a short span of time which calls for a lot of travelling. He is also a film and stage actor and his other career obligations do not allow him to stretch the tour for a prolonged and easier schedule. Sorry if I sound like giving a lecture - but he deserves the time to rest so he can give audience the best performance that his talent and professionalism can muster!
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That prompted the second exchange we had, which I had shared on this page.

I have also wondered whether stagedoor behavior and expectations for pop concerts are different If you posted something like she did on a theatre site ( like BWW or ATC), it is likely that you will get a dressing down. Even pre-show attempts to see the actor is a NO-NO for theatre fans, because they say the actor may already be preparing mentally or emotionally for the role he is expected to play ( maybe especially for dramatic plays?).  Depends on the actor's preference.


EDIT: In this case, it is not farfetched that pre-show preparations are rigorous ( not just vocal warmups or dance warmups or whatever other things need to be rehearsed briefly again)and may preclude Hugh from spending time at the stagedoor before the show. After the show, he could be busy also meeting some guests ( I am assuming Roger&Mirka would be part of them, as Hugh had also sat on Roger's box with Mirka in a past tennis match) … Or wasn't there a time in TBFO when he had to de-ice an injured foot? It could be some physiotherapist sessions that need to be done? Ha - that sounds like his performance is as rigorous as Roger's playing could be - LOL!(End of EDIT)


Hope there are no similar expectations from fans when his tour continues in the USA.

PS: Btw, a few people actually cheered her original post, saying that " it is the job of the performer to meet fans at the stagedoor...and if the fans do not buy tickets, the seats will be vacant" 


Jo

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Sorry for pressing, but still don't get where she posted it.  Was it on an instagram comment thread?

May 20, 2019 19:11:04 GMT -5 jo said:

Re that exchange with the Zurich fan --

this was the original post ( and my reply) which prodded me to reply to it) :

silj83
@thehughjackman I had a great time during the show! Specially when you picked another Silvia for your special audience selfie and she was sitting just a few feet away from me 😉 Sadly your "thank you for coming all the way" only went as far as the stage hall and you decided to ignore the couple of fans that were waiting for you outside before and after the show (not that many & it was pouring down after). While I get you've got a lot going on and you just started, it definitely left a bitter aftertaste.
4hReply

bajph1
@silj83 A performer's commitment is to deliver the best that he can in a performance! To expect that the performer spend time at the stagedoor before or after the show is never an obligation (for many reasons). I understand maybe the feeling of disappointment but to say that his not being available to accommodate stagedoor crowds leaves you with a bitter aftertaste ( and some amount of cynicism that implies he is not grateful enough) sounds too much of self-entitlement. Hugh is one of the nicest and kindest persons at the stagedoor in his past Broadway shows and if he cannot accommodate meeting fans at the stagedoor there must be a reason. He is on a 92-show schedule on 3 continents in a short span of time which calls for a lot of travelling. He is also a film and stage actor and his other career obligations do not allow him to stretch the tour for a prolonged and easier schedule. Sorry if I sound like giving a lecture - but he deserves the time to rest so he can give audience the best performance that his talent and professionalism can muster!
15mReply

That prompted the second exchange we had, which I had shared on this page.

I have also wondered whether stagedoor behavior and expectations for pop concerts are different If you posted something like he did on a theatre site ( like BWW or ATC), it is likely that you will get a dressing down. Even pre-show attempts to see the actor is a NO-NO for theatre fans, because they say the actor may already be preparing mentally or emotionally for the role he is expected to play ( maybe especially for dramatic plays?).  Depends on the actor's preference.


Hope there are no similar expectations from fans when his tour continues in the USA.

PS: Btw, a few people actually cheered her original post, saying that " it is the job of the performer to meet fans at the stagedoor...and if the fans do not buy tickets, the seats will be vacant" 


Jo

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UPDATE --

I just checked the Instagram Post of Hugh where the readers response is printed.

silj83
@bajph1 I know that some actor/actresses only sign play bills when you meet them at the theatre. But I doubt the same rules apply here. Don't get me wrong, I would never assume that Mr. Jackman is arrogant or ungrateful. It was a surprise that everything happened the way it did, to all of us fans there. We heard the same from lots of friends in Germany, they too where disappointed. And they all know him from movie premieres in Berlin where he took pictures with all his fans even outside of the hotels he was staying at. Whatever the reason for his behaviour was, I do hope I get another chance one day to say hi. Waited 6 years for this one... Sadly can't afford to go and watch another show in another country.
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It seems she has toned down her criticism but is now just expressing her disappointment. However, given that she has heard the same thing from their friends from Germany, maybe she should not have attempted to do the same thing in Zurich.


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