Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Celebrities Who Love Theatre
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#0Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 12:18amI was wondering if there were any celebrities out there who love to listen to broadway music as much as the next person. I was just wondering because today while I was scanning through television channels, I happened to see Kanye West wearing a Les Miserables sweatshirt while he was on the Elled DeGeneres show which I thought was pretty awesome.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 12:36am
Rosie loves it, as we all know. And Oprah's a big fan as well.
David Letterman and Regis Philbin are actually theatre-lovers as well. I once read that they each push for as many Broadway performances as they can on their shows, and they do so because they're giant fans. Good to know. :)
#3re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 12:39am
Rosie big time. I remember watching her bio on A and E a while ago and she said during a tough time in her life all she said to herself was " . . my name until I die be no more than an aliby, must I lie?" (LES MIS)
Star Jones also is into the NY Stage, she saw Wicked alone 4 times.
Brookes Shields is also really into the stamina of the shows and hardly ever misses a show!
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
evilNpunk
Understudy Joined: 2/14/06
#4re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 1:47amWas Oprah really a big fan before The Color Purple? Sorry if that's an ignorant question, but I just wondered...
#5re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 1:59am
I know Jason Alexander is a huge fan. He has said that if he wasnt a devout heterosexual for his entire life he'd be sure he was gay.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#6re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:09amEvil, I do remember her having several Broadway stars on her show on different occasions before The Color Purple. Also, she's been pictured in several opening night red carpets, such as A Raisin in the Sun and Caroline, or Change. Anyway, even so, she seems like one of those personalities who wouldn't mind a good Broadway show.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#7re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:14amI've seen Nicole Kidman at more than a few Broadway shows. And Reese Witherspoon has expressed her love for Wicked several times.
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#8re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:16amJake Gyllenhaal has professed a love for Sondheim, more specifically, A Little Night Music. Now there is a hollywood actor who has the right idea!
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#9re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:51amOh, how could I forget Marc Cherry, the creator of Desperate Housewives!? Every episode is named after a Sondheim tune. :)
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#10re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 2:56amsteven spielberg, julianne moore and halle berry were all at Wicked
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#11re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 8:06amLauren Graham has expressed her love for the stage numerous times and the fact that she is a musical theatre lover.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#12re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 8:56amKatie Curic LOVES Broadway. She's a self professed RENThead and she and her daughters have seen WICKED many times.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#13re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:15amNicole Kidman sees just about every show on Broadway. I've personally seen Glenn Close, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jodie Foster at multiple performances.
#14re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:20amYeah, SJP loves musical theatre. I've seen Ben Stiller and I know people who've seen Cher at shows.
#15re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:31amMeredith Veira, future Today show host, loves theater as well.
#16re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 12:54pmThe Bush family, condoleeza rice
Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 1:02pmDustin Hoffman was in the audience when I saw Wicked.
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#19re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 3:05pm
Don't forget, Katie's favorite show is Jersey Boys too! 
#20re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 3:15pm
So true about Marc Cherry. The titles of all of the episodes are famed Sondheim songs.
"The Ladies Who Lunch"
"Sunday in the Park with George"
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#21re: Celebrities Who Love Theatre
Posted: 7/1/06 at 3:45pmHoward Stern is also somewhat of a closeted theater fan, at least with regards to Wicked. He discusses the show on his talk show a lot, but always prefaces it by saying his daughters love it. Robin usually calls him on it, though.
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