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I was pretty shocked to see Patti LuPone will have a role on Pose this season
Posted: 6/15/19 at 6:19pm
I was thrown for a loop when I recently saw Brian d’Arcy James in the movie Dark Phoenix.
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Posted: 6/15/19 at 6:26pm
saw michael shannon on the train this week. (on his day off)
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I don't know if this counts, because it isn't about a contemporary artist, but it was a real surprise to me to discover Richard Kiley in a few decidedly non-musical 1950s films. I never did get to see him on stage, I only knew him from several original cast recordings, and I'd had no idea he'd had a film career. He is excellent in everything I have seen him in.
I'm never truly surprised to see Broadway actors pop up in films or on television these days. In fact, I expect it.
Posted: 6/15/19 at 11:09pm
Um Kulthum said: "Not totally off-the-wall, but it was funny to recognize Leslie Odom Jr in an episodeof Gilmore Girls when I was rewatching before the revival came out in 2016. He's in one episode of season 6,playing a pompous Princeton student who's on a panel with Rory. A Princetonian long before his success as Aaron Burr!"
Better yet, he was once a Demon on Supernatural.
Posted: 6/15/19 at 11:14pm
SugarButterBroadway said: "I saw Gavin Creel walk out of the Shubert stage door today. Anybody have any clue why he would be there? I thought Dolly closed a while ago LOL"
Aren’t Gavin and Celia pretty good friends?
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I loved Patti Lupone's performance as the rabbi on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, singing "Remember That We Suffered".
Posted: 6/16/19 at 3:26am
BrodyFosse123 said: "On Coral Way and Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, FL: Alice Ripley, Billy Porter and a small group walking by the intersection rather loudly."
Was this during the prebroadway tryout of Little Shop (the production where Alice, Billy, and basically everyone else was replaced before NYC)?
In terms of running into people, I spotted Norbert Leo Butz coming out of a grocery store after meeting him at the stage door of My Fair Lady only about 15 minutes prior. We made eye contact and continued about our business.
As for film/tv/commercials I was surprised to see Annaleigh Ashford pop up in the random Jennifer Lopez vehicle “Second Act”. Then I believe at some point Norm Lewis did an AARP commercial? Also Julia Murney openly talks about all the voice over work she’s done and continues to do. She tells a hilarious story about doing voice over for pay-by-the-hour cable porn.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 5:47am
Laura Linney is in a Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles movie. That just seemed incongruous to me.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 7:50am
A few here have mentioned Sherrie Renee Scott doing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tour - well check out when she appeared on Oprah as April with the TMNT (just search on Youtube). Very unexpected!
Posted: 6/16/19 at 11:02am
From 1990, here’s a permed raven-headed Sherie Renee Scott on The Oprah Winfrey Show:
Posted: 6/16/19 at 1:49pm
Ethan Slater played a police officer on Murphy Brown.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 2:11pm
Amanda Jane Cooper played a girl who got kicked out of a musical theatre program on Glee. Random one-off appearance.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 2:15pm
The four main players in the recent She Loves Me revival are all on Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (a follow-up series to the movie). My personal favorite was Gavin Creel as a supernatural villain with a French accent.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 3:36pm
All my students are obsessed with 13 Reasons Why so I finally watched it to see what they were so obsessed about and was surprised to see Kelli O'Hara there as Jackie.
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Laura Osnes stars in a Hallmark Channel movie on July 1. It's called "In The Key of Love". Surprisingly I have not seen a lot of Broadway stars on Hallmark which is disappointing. Though I believe Patti Murin will be in one of their Christmas movies this year.
I've seen a number of Broadway people pop up on Disney Channel cartoons, specifically The Lion Guard and Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. James Monroe Iglehart and Eden Espinosa are in the latter and I've seen Renee Elise Goldsberry on The Lion Guard. Lin-Manuel Miranda also has been on Ducktales. I think Patti Lupone and Brian Stokes Mitchell play the grandparents on Vampirina. If you follow the Disney Channel PR social media, they usually announce in advance when special guest stars are popping up on their shows.
Posted: 6/16/19 at 9:39pm
Saw Taye Diggs check his phone multiple times throughout a Hamilton performance. Not sure if this counts, but I saw Bobby Conte Thornton waiting in line for the men’s bathroom at Hadestown. By the way that line was ridiculous.
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Call_me_jorge said: "SugarButterBroadway said: "I saw Gavin Creel walk out of the Shubert stage door today. Anybody have any clue why he would be there? I thought Dolly closed a while ago LOL"
Aren’t Gavin and Celia pretty good friends?"
I think you’re right, but surprisingly enough, Celia wasn’t on for the performance that I saw. Who knows
Posted: 6/17/19 at 10:00am
