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#26

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/17/04 at 5:41pm

As you can imagine, DC has a bumper crop of politicians. By far my favorite meetings were with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. (Southern men are SO charming!)

oh - I just had a flashback to my (slightly) wilder youth. I was friends with a few of the Washington Redskins.

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Updated On: 10/17/04 at 05:41 PM

#27

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/17/04 at 5:43pm

Oh my god...i left off the one person I've met that I most admire...Jean Montaussame Ashe (wife of the late Arthur Ashe).

"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears." CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre" "I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is." TOM STOPPARD

#28

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:07pm

Lets see....

I met former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani backstage at the Metropolitan Opera several times.

I had champagne with former Mayor Ed Koch during intermission of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY this past New Year's Eve. (We were both unimpressed with the performance)

Former Islanders player Bobby Nystrom was attending the same wake I was at a few years ago and we had a nice conversation (considering the circumstances)

I've had good conversations with opera stars Beverly Sills, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kathleen Battle and Sam Ramey on numerous occasions. I also met Luciano Pavarotti, who wasn't very nice.

I shook hands with Mike Piazza on "Camera Day" at Shea Stadium about three years ago.

I had the honor of introducing former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a church function about 15 years ago.

David Letterman jogs past the home of my friends who live in Wilton, CT and he's stopped to chat while I was visiting.

I consider the Boston Pops' Keith Lockhart to be a good friend.

I don't know if I've left anyone out.

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Updated On: 10/17/04 at 06:07 PM

#29

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:32pm

A few years ago I met former President Clinton and I wasn't very impressed with him. A friend noticed a small stain on my dress afterwards and really teased me about it. My most memorable encounter occured a few years ago at Carnegie Hall where I was singing with The Connecticut Hebrew Chorale. We had the honor of having author Elie Wiesel conduct some of our songs. He has always been a favorite of mine and have read most of his work. When I looked into his eyes I could see that he had survived the Holocaust.

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#30

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 12:10am

I live in LA so I have run into SO many people but some of my favorites are:

Angelina Jolie: Nicest most kind human being out there. I just adore her.
P!NK: Another really nice person and so caring.
Paris Hilton: Really tiny and nice as can be.
Martin Sheen: He thought I was playing his daughter in a movie I had ONE line in. That was funny, but when he found out it wasn't me playing his daughter he was still just as kind.
Drew Barrymore: One of my favorites! I love her. She radiates love and peace.
Stephen Speilberg: A god among god's. Nuf said. O yeah and he was really down to earth.

Ok, I could go on and on but I will stop there. It's fun to live here in LA!

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#31

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 1:38am

laac...did Drew hug you too? She gives the bestest hugs ever. She kissed my cheek and said I was "just the cutest thing, I've ever seen".

I don't think I stopped blushing for like a month.

#32

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 1:43am

I spent an hour with Donny and Marie Osmond!

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#33

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 1:48am

now THAT would be cool!

#34

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 3:38am

nyu- you have quite an impressive list! which were nice, and not so nice? geez- you met meryl streep fer cryin out loud! you're one lucky kid. i've always wanted her to adopt me.
and guido- tell me about ed norton! fight club ruuuules!
(btw alexis bledel is like... 22 or something. and amanda bynes is 18 or 19.)

#35

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 3:45am

Good news Feinstein...Alexis Bledel is my dream girl, literally. Ed Norton was a great guy...I met him after the preview of "Red Dragon". I missed Anthony Hopkins, which somewhat ticked me off. Ed could tell I was looking forward to seeing Hopkins, so he stopped to chat about how fun it was working with him..and the like, for a while. A rather nice guy, very funny and joking. Quite bitterly sarcastic...something I didn't expect, but not in any way rude or unsocial.

#36

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 3:55am

very cool! thanks for sharing

(i don't have any interesting encounters to relay... everyone i've met is broadway related!)

#37

re: Non-Broadway Celeb encounters

Posted: 10/18/04 at 4:18am

you're quite welcome, feinstein.

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