Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
#0Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:24pm
I was watching old Spin City episodes the other day and it was the Mayor's 50th birthday and they were creating a video of people wiching the mayor happy birthday.there was a Rent cameo, with Anthony, Daphne, and Wilson.
Can anyone think of other random Broadway Cameos on sit-coms? Thanks!
#1re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:44pm
Patti Lupone on Will and Grace. "Shut up Patti Lupone!!" Classic.
Updated On: 9/2/06 at 04:44 PM
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:48pmKristen Chinoweth in the West Wing, does that count?
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#3re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:49pmKristen had an actual, reoccuring role, i believe
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:55pm
On Frasier - these performers were not cameos, but had recurring roles:
Edward Hibbert - Gil Chesterton
Harriet Sansom Harris - Frasier's agent, can't think of character's name
Marsha Mason - Sherry, Martin's girlfriend
Anthony LaPaglia - Daphne's brother
Brian Stokes Mitchell - Cam, Frasier's neighbor
Forgot Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith Sternin Crane
On a sad note - David Angell, one of the producers, was on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the towers on 9/11 
Updated On: 9/2/06 at 04:55 PM
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#5re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:59pmHow about Bebe on Will & Grace (along with Chita and Bernadette).
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:21pm
The Nanny-Carol Channing, Chita, Marvin Hamlish...there's gotta be more, Max was a Broadway Producer after all 
Will and Grace had a ton as well. Taye Diggs, Bernadette, Chita, James Earl Jones, Patti Lupone, Bebe, and Megan Mullally, but she doesn't really count.
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:24pmHolly - I remember, also, Ben Vereen was on the show.
#8re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:32pmOh thats right, when Sylvia's friends became backers.
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:39pm
Christine Ebersole was also on W&G.
Kristin was on Frasier.
Greg Jbara was in a couple of episodes of Grounded For Life.
Quite a few were on Sex and the City--including Matt Morrison and Alan Cumming.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#10re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:40pmShe was Fran's old gym teacher!!!
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#11re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:44pmIt's too bad more shows aren't actually filmed in NY so we wouldn't be dependent on L&O to spot stage stars!
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#12re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:55pm
Although not a sitcom, Roger Bart was creepy pharmacist George on Desperate Housewives.
Nathan Lane was on episodes of "Sex and the City", "Mad About You", and "Frasier". IMDB says his character's name was Phil, but I don't remember if he was actually on the show or one of Frasier's "guest callers".
#13re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:57pm
I miss creepy George!
FYI
Most of the title episodes of Desperate Housewives are the names of showtunes
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#14re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:07pm
Patti LuPone on Life Goes On (though it was a legit show)
Cady Huffman on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Susan Stroman on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lewis Stadlin and Don Stephenson on Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Producers ensemble on Curb, also
Nathan Lane on Mad About You (playing Paul's old film professor and Jamie's first lover....episode called "Good Old Reliable Nathan"
Richard Kind on Spin City and Mad About You
By the way, it was Rita Moreno who was Fran's old gym teacher.
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:10pmJulia Murney was also on Sex and the City.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:18pm
On The Nanny: :)
Burke Moses
Wallace Shawn
Joe Bologna
Lainie Kazan
Dorothy Lyman
Tyne Daly
Richard Kind
Twiggy
Edward Hibbert
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:28pm
Don't forget where it alllllllllllllllllllll began, darling!
When Tallulah guest-starred on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
#18re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:41pmAnd then Ethel Merman appeared as Lola Lasagna on Batman and in an episode of That Girl called "Pass the Potatoes, Ehel Merman"
#19re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:47pm
And Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Della Reese and Ann Miller on
THE LOVE BOAT FOLLIES!
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 6:48pm
"She was Fran's old gym teacher"
Oops...I thought that was Rita Moreno.
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#21re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:43pmIt was Rita Moreno. I'm sorry, I feel very stupid right now.
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
#22re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:46pm
Patti Lupone on Will and Grace. "Shut up Patti Lupone!!" Classic.
LMAO. That episode had me in hysterics. I LOVE Jack's Broadway Diva Wig as well.
#23re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:53pm
Oh my God the Diva wig...classic!
Did we already say Debbie Reynolds? I love all of her little showtune outbursts!
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
broadwayjavajunkie
Stand-by Joined: 7/13/06
#24re: Broadway Cameos on Sit-coms
Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:16pm
Julia Murney has been on all three Law and Orders, but you have to watch closely for her SVU...she's not credited anywhere. Sadly, I forgot the name of the episode.
Jeff Blumenkratz was on Will and Grace and Conviction.
Greg Jbara was a judge on the same episode of Conviction Jeff was in.
"Shut up! Are you a communist?"
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