Broadway star sightings! — Page 6

Jesse L. Martin walking down 2nd Ave, eating french fries from Pommes Frites, where I was headed. I smiled at him for his good taste.

And not a Broadway star, per se, but I saw and briefly spoke with Tony Kushner at the production of Waiting for Godot at NYU's Skirball Center. He seemed more afraid of me than I was of him.

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At Bob Martin's last day: Jeanine Testori, Janet Van De Graff, Lisa Lambert

And Lauren Molina at teh stage door of City Center. Had a nice little chat with her.

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Updated On: 3/13/07 at 11:16 PM

When I went to go see Wedding Singer, I walked around the area before they opened the theater. Around the block from Drowsy Chaperone, I was walking with my head down, when I noticed a dog on a leash. I looked up, and it was Sutton Foster walking to work. It was so quick, otherwise I would have simply been like, "I know you! You are great!"

Also, "Wanna Be A Foster" mentioned John Jeffery Martin. I actually saw him at my high school. His mom was the choreographer there for many years. So when we did Oklahoma, he came to a dress rehearsal with a friend of his (who was in Music Man on Broadway(I think he originated the role of Tommy in the recent revival). Both were really cool guys, although it was really nerve-racking to do a big tap dance number (among other big dance numbers), for Broadway actors. They were nice enough to be very complementing.

I'm cat-sitting, and brought my laundry. I'm on the first floor, but there are no stairs to the basement, you have to take the elevator.

Just as I'm walking to the elevator, the door opens and out flies Joanne Worley, practically knocking me over. Startled, I said, "Hi!' and she said, "Hi!" and off she went to her matinee.

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This has never happened to me, but it happened to my friend. She saw Taye and Idina in an airport once... she said Idina was mean and Taye was sweet.

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"...to the show...not so much" What do they say about the show? Do they regret being a part of it?
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I saw Ashley Brown at Ariba Ariba a few weeks ago.

I gave Brent Carver his ticket to see "Hotel Peccadillo" last night at the Shaw Festival box office last night. It took maybe ten seconds, but he was very sweet.

I saw Christopher Sieber in a Ranch 1 when he was doing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. I really wanted to tell him how much I loved my TRIUMPH OF LOVE CD and how my dad and I bonded over the re-runs of his Olsen Twins TV Show, but there was some little girl talking with him.

I saw Sutton Foster outside DROWSY. That was very exciting. She was on her cell phone.

I saw Chuck Wagner walking down Broadway when he was in rehearsals for the KISS ME, KATE tour. I wish I would have stopped to meet him. He was great in the JEKYLL AND HYDE tour.
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I see Jackie Hoffman a lot. I don't know why.

And I've seen Alisan Porter a couple of times, both of which she was on her cell.

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In the alley next to the Shubert theatre, my friend and I were walking down there before Les Miz and I heard some guy walking towards us cough really loudly, I looked up and lo and behold it was Gary Beach! He smiled at me...probably b/c my jaw was down to my feet. It took me a second to realize what just happened and when my friend and I turned around to watch him walk away he was limping....it was odd b/c in the show an hour later he was fine.

Walked by Christian Borle after seeing Beauty and the Beast

Walked by Cheyenne Jackson in the middle of Times Square

Some guy from All Shook Up offered my friend and I free tickets to it, but we had other plans...and I didn't want to see it lol

I walked by Brad Garret on 5th ave and then after a performance of The Odd Couple he ran out into the street and sat on someone's car. Hilairous yet strange. The person in the car had no idea what was happening

After the big coconut record breaking thing last year outside the shubert theatre, my friend and I were just hanging around the St. James theatre to see if Gary Beach would come out (which he did) and the ENTIRE original cast of Spamalot just walked on by. It was very funny.

I went to the after party at Patti LuPone's AIDS benefit last year and talked to John Doyle, Micheal Cerveris, Donna DiMarzio, and Manoel Felciano. Angie Schrowner was walking around, so was Edward Hibbert, and Marc Shaiman.

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This happened awhile ago, but I was walking down 8th (I think it started around 54th but I could be wrong) and stopped at an intersection, and I looked to my left and there was Jonathan Groff. I had just seen the show, and stared with my mouth open for a second. He looked over and grinned, and (in my complete dorkiness) spewing out how amazing I thought the show was. Well, he was walking to work so he chatted and walked with me the entire time. Such a sweetheart....

And I see Anthony Rapp all the time... Like, at least once a week. And its always in a new place.

And Diane Keaton stepped on my foot. I still love that story *grins*

John Tartaglia on 45th.

An ensemble member from Mary Poppins at Starbucks (name espcapes me).

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