I just got a sad email
I just got a sad email
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#1I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:38pm
A friend just told me that John Altieri from the touring cast of Jersey Boys, passed away yesterday in Las Vegas.
He was a great guy who I've known for years. I didn't even know he was sick. I only saw him a few months back when I put him in drag for an audition...
I'm bummed.
Here's a little about John
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mauriposa
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#2re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:40pmThat is very sad. My thoughts are with you and his other friends and family.
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#2re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:43pmI'm so sorry to here about this. My prayers are with you and his family and friends.
#3re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 12:58pm
Just when things were going well...
I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's passing. You're in my thoughts.
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#4re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 1:29pmI'm very sorry to hear this. What a shame.
Hey Dottie!
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Updated On: 5/5/08 at 01:29 PM
#6re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 1:42pm
Oh Diva... I'm so sorry.
I'm so glad that he had a taste of success before this happened.
He sounds like a great guy with the kind of persistent personality I admire.
Take care of yourself. We are all holding you and your friend's family in our best thoughts and prayers.
Peace.
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thatgirl712
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/08
#7re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 2:11pmI'm so sad about your friend. He seemed like a great guy.
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#8re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 2:47pm
I hope his mother got to rent those tour buses and organize those big groups to see Jersey Boys.
And what a great "real job" he had.
Too soon.
#9re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 2:50pm
So sorry, Diva...my thoughts are with you and his family.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#10re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 3:18pm
It was so weird, because, when I got introduced to him backstage at JB, we looked at each other and said, "I know you from somewhere."
Later, he ran up to me and said, "Diva?"
Turns out he was one of the regulars at my show, way back when.
I didn't even know he was sick.
It's a shame that he was just realizing his dreams.
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erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#11re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 4:07pm
Oh, no... This is just so sad. I'd never met John, but I'm friends with a couple of folks on the tour, and over the past couple of days, there have been phrases on their facebook status updates like, "so-and-so is praying for John" etc... I wasn't sure what it meant, and now I know, and I feel terrible.
How truly awful for his family and friends...
Diva, you have my sympathy.
RIP, young Mr. Altieri.
Updated On: 5/5/08 at 04:07 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#14re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 6:08pmI never asked his age, I just assumed he was around my age.
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 6:46pmI am sorry to hear this news. Very sad.
PEACE.
#16re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:07pm
Two blog posts from people who worked with John on the Sherry tour:
https://theguter.blogspot.com/2008/05/john-altieri-may-5.html
https://tourthat.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-friend-john-altieri.html
I still can't believe this.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#17re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:15pm
Thanks, Lizzie. Those are great.
I just called his cell phone to listen to his voice.
I'm still in shock.
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#18re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:21pmWhat a beautiful tribute from his friend. Which one is he in the photos?
Hey Dottie!
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mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#19re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:22pm
I saw John perform in Jersey Boys, he was an immensely talented actor and when he was on that stage you could tell he loved what he was doing. Fans of the show heard John had fallen ill when people involved with the show asked to keep him and his faimly in their thoughts and prayers. He taken away too soon.
My condolences go out to those in John's life as they are going through this difficult time.
#20re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:23pmHe's on the left on the entry on Taylor's blog, and is wearing a hat in the top pic on Eric's blog.
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#21re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:23pm
Quite a shocker ... I think he might have left the show in Seattle before I saw it ... several cast members left a couple of weeks before it closed. He seems like a wonderful man ... the tributes online are beautiful.
So sorry, diva.
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#22re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:27pm
I saw him a number of times in the role of Bob Crewe, and he was a consummate professional, striking all the right notes in that role, and with a mischievous twinkle in his eye.
It's so hard to believe he's gone. Condolences to his family, friends and coworkers.
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#23re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:28pm
Yeah, I think John's last show with the Sherry tour was in Seattle, because that's when Jonathan Hadley and Andrew Rannells went up there to replace John and Erich Bergen, who were going to Vegas.
Such a great guy and great presence on stage. I can only imagine what the show was like on Sunday night.
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#24re: I just got a sad email
Posted: 5/5/08 at 7:32pm
This is him with Sandi DeNise (who I know from the Hairspray tour, she was our original 'Penny').
He is on the left.
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