Jessica Vosk: do not sneak backstage to dressing rooms
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- Jessica Vosk posted on Instagram appealing for backstage privacy after a stranger entered her dressing room at the Majestic Theatre, where she is starring in the musical Beaches, gaining access by following a group Vosk knew.
- Vosk said she didn't realize the person was a stranger for several minutes and called the experience scary, adding the show's demands have kept her from greeting fans at the stage door.
- Lea Salonga said the incident "makes me so angry," referenced her own 2023 encounter with two theatregoers in her dressing room, and argued that buying a ticket "does not mean all-access."
- Kristin Chenoweth confirmed the same thing "kinda scary" had happened to her, while Kay-Megan Washington said such scenarios had "been happening too often" and called for greater security.
- Sophia Bush reported in 2023 that on the afternoon of her first performance in 2:22: A Ghost Story in London, a man stuck a camera through the window of the ladies' dressing room and later shoved his camera through the curtains.
Why it matters: Vosk's public appeal amplifies a pattern Broadway peers say is happening "too often" — dressing room intrusions that Salonga tied to an "attitude of entitlement" from ticket-buyers. The fallout puts pressure on theatre security and forces performers to weigh stage-door fan engagement against personal safety backstage.
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