Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
#0Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:58am
Which celebrities have you seen other than at a show or at the stage door? ie. on the street, restaurants, etc.
I've seen Harvey Fierstein in a parking garage.
George Lucas at Carmine's.
R.L. Stein at Carmine's.
Laura Benanti on the street (and in The Wedding Singer)
Christian Borle (running in and out of The Drowsy Chaperone stage door)
and more that I can't think of.
How about you?
#1re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:10pmbump
#2re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:14pmJim Stanek at Starbucks.
#3re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:21pmI saw Sutton Foster buying water from some store on 8th Avenue.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:25pm
Megan Hilty and Steve Kazee, holding hands and walking down 45th Street to the Shubert.
Dominic Cooper and James Corden eating Sushi at Kodaga Sushi on 45th Street and 8th Avenue, across from the Hirschfeld.
Jenn Gambatese at that same place.
Michael Cerveris walking his dog by the Milford Plaza.
Sutton Foster walking by the St. James.
Kevin Kline on West 64nd Street.
David Schwimmer on West 64nd Street.
Harvey Fierstein chatting with a few teamsters who were putting up the Chita Rivera set.
Ali MacGraw walking through Shubert Alley.
Dick Van Dyke in the now defunct Bolanzo's.
Most of the Dirty Rotten cast in Dean and DeLuca's.
David Garrison walking down 52nd Street, quickly followed by John Lloyd Young.
Jeff Marx standing outside Avenue Q the other night, eating a tuna sandwich.
Updated On: 7/22/06 at 08:25 PM
Chevstriss
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#5re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:29pmmy hubby bumped physically into Rod Stewart when straightening up from the jewelry counter at a boutique in Coconut Grove.
I'd fire you... if you weren't so g*dd*mn beautiful out there. - Blades of Glory
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Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#6re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:52pm
Bob Martin walking down 45th
Bryan Batt walking past the Gershwin
Joe Mantello in Ft. Lauderdale (at Wicked's opening night)
Michael Longoria walking down some street
Mary Bond Davis doing the same
Garth Kravitz at a deli on 44th
2 people from History Boys in the same place
.. a friend saw Kristen Chenoweth at an airport...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:55pm
I saw Will Chase on the # 4 subway train, Matt Caplan on his motocycle (he fell off...) and Anthony Rapp at a booksigning, although it wasn't really that coincidential, as it was his own.
What is with me and the Rent cast?
Oh! And Michael Cerveris on Chambers Street.
Updated On: 7/22/06 at 08:55 PM
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#8re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:00pmUm I saw Stephanie D'abruzzo in a Duane Reade, David Gaschen (from phantom) in the store at the same time, at least I'm pretty sure that was him. And Megan Hilty making reservations at the restaraunt next to the Gershwin. She seemed kind of weirded out because my family was just about gawking at her, lol.
#9re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:01pm
I saw Sweet Charity June 11, '05 and on June 26th, I was in Shubert Alley and almost literally ran into Rob Bartlett. When I realized who it was I said "Rob!" and he didn't hear me. His younger son (of two) did, however, and kept saying "Dad! Dad! Dad?" until he said "um... Dad... you're deaf!!" and then Rob finally turned around my friend and then talked to him for awhile. =)
Then in January, my friend and I were walking down 8th telling her mom about the time we saw Sweet Charity and how it was Rob Bartlett's first performance in the show that night, how he was fantastic and we loved him, etc. Then we were just saying how we had randomly run into him in Shubert Alley and out of a restaurant comes...
Rob.
And we had just said "Rob Bartlett!" because we were saying how we had run into him in Shubert Alley... and he said, "Yes?"
Needless to say, my friend, Rob, and I all were confused and then laughed for about 5 minutes straight while trying to get the whole story out. He remembered us well and we chatted outside the restaurant (around the corner from where he was playing in The Odd Couple).
Both situations were just the oddest things I'd ever seen in my life.
Besides these...
- John Stamos and Mary Stuart Masterson (who I'm currently watching as Dr. Hendrix on Law & Order SVU, haha) at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on January 7th. (This was the day I ran into Rob.)
... and others that I can't remember right now...
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#10re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:04pm
You guys talk of these people as if they 'live' their job and it's somehow out of the ordinary to see them at other places. It isn't.
"I've seen Harvey Fierstein in a parking garage."
That was really funny for some reason.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
"I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178
defygravity2oz
Chorus Member Joined: 4/7/06
#11re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:10pmi saw Diane Sawyer and i just happen to be on the phone with my Grandma (who is her biggest fan ever) and i said "My Grandma loves you" and she said "Is that who your talking to? Let me say Hi!" So, I gave her the phone and Grandma was extremely confused and didn't beleive it was Diane and by the end of the conversation my Grandma called her "some fake wanne be Diane Sawyer" and Diane was extremely upset/mad at me (or grandma)....it was one of the oddest-embrassing-funniest moments of my life...
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#12re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:16pmI spot at least one person connected to Broadway everytime I am in NYC. Most recently I saw Samuel Barnett and Russell Tovey in The Coffee Pot on 49th and 9th. I'm surprised I recognized them as I have yet to see History Boys.
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
guitarperson
Swing Joined: 1/14/06
#13re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:53pmUpdated On: 3/2/20 at 09:53 PM
#14re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:53pmMabel Modrono (MOVIN' OUT) two days ago at the dance store I work at in Vegas where I fit her in pointe shoes. (Ahh!)
"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"
#15re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 11:08pmBarret Foa walking down the street is the only random one I've had.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#16re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/22/06 at 11:53pm
i literally bumped into Patrick Wilson on 8th Ave.
I got sassed by Rue McClanahan on 8th Ave.
Tony Roberts walking down Broadway.
Yoko Ono at the Marquis
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#17re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:03am
Anthony Rapp at Angus McIndoe
That guy who is like a professional President Bush impersonator at the Hard Rock Cafe.
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#18re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:13am
-Kate Hudson and John Corbet at my middle school when they were filming Raising Helen.
-Jodie Foster in Times Square.
-Toby McGuire walking in front of my house when they were filming Spiderman down the block.
-Jerry Seinfeld at my school.
-Kerry Russel at my school.
-Lindsay Lohan at Inside Edition studio.
-Mary-Kate and Ashley at Inside Edition Studio.
-Cyndi Lauper at her concert last December.
#19re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:14am
Sharon Lawrence
Matt Cavenaugh
Emmy Rossum
Nikki Renee Daniels
Malcolm Gets
Eric Idle
Cathy Rigby
Howard McGillin
Lindsay Lohan
Tobey Maguire
Wallace Shaun
Harvey Fierstein
Caroline Rhea
James Lapine
Julie Andrews
Glenn Close
Bernadette Peters
John Tartaglia
Michael Cerveris
Richard Griffiths
Ben Folds
John Mayer
Stevie Wonder
Carson from Queer Eye
Edward Albee
Ben Stiller
Roger Rees
Chita Rivera
...just to name a few
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
LYNX71
Understudy Joined: 5/12/03
#20re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:16am
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs at the stage door of Wedding Singer
John Cusack at Spelling Bee
That NY1 theater critic (no, the other one) at the New York Comic Con at the Javits Center AND at Urban Cowboy...
#21re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:19amI've seen Stephen Sondheim walking around.
#22re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:21am
I ran into Norb on the street on day.
Last time I was in NYC (July 15) I was across the street from the RiteAid by Wicked/Spelling Bee and saw Leah Hocking. I called out hello to her and she looked around. A huge bus went by then, but after it passed she saw me and pointed and waved. It was really funny. I crossed and we talked for awhile on the corner there. Apparently she had a sinus infection =( and was going to RiteAid =P Ick. I hope to catch her in Mamma Mia! soon.
#23re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 12:53amI nearly ran into Denis O'Hare one day, and then once on my way somewhere I walked past Jay Reiss and then not two blocks away Deborah Craig.
smashingasian
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/06
#24re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:11amAt the top of my head.... Garth Kravitz at my school. He's a very close friend of my theatre teacher and she invited him to give our class a workshop. He's very nice and even played the piano and sang for us.
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