Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door- Page 2
Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#25re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:20am
Eh, the only person I can think of is Gregory Jbara...but it probably doesn't count since he was very close to the DRS theater.
I LOVE Leah, lamenting. That's awesome 
She was kind of sassy when I met her at the Hairspray stagedoor. I told her I was a big fan of ASU and she said, "I was too." I didn't know if she was just joking around or bitter--but I laughed quietly (more like nervous laughter because I didn't want her to kill me, but I wanted her to know that I found it funny?)
...and then I found 5 dollars.
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#26re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:26amBilly Porter at the Sondheim in the Park festival in Chicago...that was cool!
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#27re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:33amRalph Fiennes and I walked past eachother in front of Toys R Us in Times Square last month.
#28re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:51amParks your last comment made me laugh out loud, literally.
"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
#29re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:32amI saw Miss Eartha Kitt in the ladies room of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. I couldn't believe that she'd actually seen me in a show, or so she claimed.
#30re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:56am
I met Orlando Bloom outside of a hotel one night when they were filming Elizabethtown here in Louisville. I also got autographs (but didn't get to talk to) Kirsten Dunst and Cameron Crowe on the same day.
One time when I was in the Pittsburgh airport I was standing 5 feet from Cedric the Entertainer at baggage claim.
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
#31re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 8:34am
Since I've lived in NY, I've seen too many to count. Since I've worked in retail in NY, (which only just happened this year) I've waited on Brooke Shields (had a long chat with her, she is VERY nice, incredibly beautiful, and tall as hell!), Cherry Jones (just this past friday) Leslie Uggams (yesterday - she said she and her daughter are heading off to do a production of Cinderella, I believe she said in Maine), Lorraine Bracco, Liev Schreiber, Molly Ringwald, Kathleen Chalfant (adorably sweet), Talia Balsam, and many others. That is the ONLY good thing about my job...LOL...
On the street over the years, I've seen Steve Martin, Liam Neeson, Steve Gutenberg (jogging shirtless in CP - woof!)...Elizabeth Berkley, Tyne Daly,,,and so many others.
I've been fortunate enough to get letters back from Tyne, Julie Andrews, Steven Sondheim, Carolee Carmello, and Tommy Tune.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Updated On: 7/23/06 at 08:34 AM
#32re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:21am
Well, I don't live in NYC. But I know that people who live in NYC say that it's a regular thing to see celebrities walking around. But that doesn't stop me from listing my encounters BUAHAHA.
Ahem.
Caroline Rhea and Ben Curtis (The Dell Dude) outside of The Pillowman stagedoor. My cousins and I wound up standing in a huge circle talking with them as well as Jeff Goldblum, that was pretty cool and random. Ben was advertising his show and we kept him around for a good 15 minutes. I don't think he minded, though.
I've also seen Michael McKean and Hank Azaria walking around 45th (not together).
Parsley
Featured Actor Joined: 1/7/06
#33re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:38am
I sat next to Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs on a flight from London to NY for a week of shows I was aiming to see in NY on my bi-annual "pilgrammage" to NY. That really made my trip special and they were both so wonderful and pleasant.
I didnt really want to do the star struck thing as so many embarrass themselves and do in squirming fashion, but I asked for their autographs before we flew and was prepared to leave it at that. However, Idina asked me how I knew who she was and she said she was always surprised when a brit recognises her. Taye joked that noone ever knew who he was - even in NY.
I told her I'd seen her in Wicked the previous year. Thereafter we chatted further about theatre stuff and non-theatre stuff, often prompted by one of them. Both were delightful and made a long flight pass wonderfully.
RandomPerson
Swing Joined: 7/23/06
#34re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:41amI've met Mr. T in LA at the airport.
#35re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:08pm
"I've met Mr. T in LA at the airport."
I laughed when I read that. I don't know why I laughed but, it sounds funny to me.
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#36re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 1:15pm
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins walking hand in hand at the boardwalk in Vancouver. The both smiled at me, probably cause I just stared at them in surprise. He had a giant cigar sticking out of his mouth.
Kirsten Dunst at my local movie theatre.
Minnie Driver at a park near my university.
Michelle Federer walking to DRS in NYC.
Danny Masterson (Hyde from That 70's show) sitting right behind me at a Pearl Jam concert.
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
#37re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:26pm
I see Norbert walking all the time...
I think I passed Isabel Keating the other day too...
I also literally BUMPED into Larry King at Starbucks at the Marriot Marquis a few months ago...
tabbynyc
Stand-by Joined: 4/3/06
#38re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:32pm
David Hyde Pierce - walking up 44th St, also in Angus a few times
Alan Cumming - walking up 8th Ave
History Boys in Angus
Hank Azaria crossing 45th St
Rue McClarahan in restaurant on 1st Ave
Ralph Feinnes walking on 45th St toward 8th Ave
#39re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 3:42pm
Joe Machota [Who I actually know personally] I saw at the Tony Awards.
&& at The Wedding Singer and just walking down the street!
Sherie Scott walking to DRS
Will Chase on the other side of the street waiting to cross.
Merle Dandridge on the subway.
Jenny Felner walking her dog.
OHH and at the Tonys the year of Taboo I saw Euan Mortan outside when it was over. We talked for a while....
[He remembered me from when I came to the stage door.]
Updated On: 7/23/06 at 03:42 PM
canirollerskate
Swing Joined: 12/18/05
#40re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 4:09pmKelli O'Hara literally running down Broadway in heels, talking on cell phone, about 30 minutes until curtain for Pajama Game. Talk about cutting it close! This was the Friday before the Tonys- I imagine fittings and rehearsals had something to do with it.
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#41re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 5:16pm
Robert Goulet coming out of the stagedoor for DRS, I believe.
Kitty Carlisle Hart in the bar before After the Fall. She. looks. BEAUTIFUL!
Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
#42re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 5:45pm
David Hyde Pierce at The Derby in L.A.
Bernadette Peters crossing Melrose Ave
Anne Bancroft at the Rexall Drug Store by the Beverly Center
Jamie Lee Curtis waiting for AAA in Beverly Hills
Christine Ebersole, Rosie O'Donnell and Molly Shannon at Megan Mullally's show at the Time-Warner Center
Charlene Tilton, Michael Chiklis and Richard Schiff at Kristin Chenoweth's concert at the Greek Theatre
Most of the cast of 'West Wing', Michael Chiklis, Joel Grey, and Hugh Jackman at Kristin Chenoweth's Disney Hall concert
George Clooney, Jason Alexander , Courtnet Cox Arquette, David Arquette and David Schwimmer at my old office building
Donna Mills, Shirley Jones,Tony Danza, Reese Witherspoon and JoAnne Worley at the opening night of 'Wicked' in LA
All I can think of at the moment
-Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.
Dabadoll
Featured Actor Joined: 9/9/04
#43re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 6:17pm
Aaron Lohr
Anthony Rapp
Justin Timberlake
That's all.
Women should be obscene and not heard.
~Groucho Marx
Nepotism is only unfair when it helps other people.
Nepotism is only unfair when it helps other people.
#44re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 7:44pmI saw Billy Joel with his daughter while I was visiting a little town in Maine. Apparently, he docks his yacht there all the time. I don't think he was drunk...
Who would play you in the movie? "Taye Diggs." --Brian d'Arcy James
#45re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 8:16pmI've seen too many celebrities to name them all. Chances are that since I started going to Broadway shows back in 1974 I've seen well over a hundred people who would fit into the celebrity category. There are, however, some Celebrities whom I've had closer contact with over the years but I think to start listing them might seem a little bit like name dropping.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
alicia_11212
Understudy Joined: 2/11/06
#46re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 8:28pm
"I got sassed by Rue McClanahan on 8th Ave."
AWESOME.
"We all get blue, I say,
Hang on tight, I'll be your bodyguard."
-Tick, tick..BOOM!
#47re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 8:37pmI literally ran into Alan Cumming on 5th Avenue a few days ago. I said: "Excuse me!" and was fascinated by his rose-colored sunglasses before he hailed a cab.
#48re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:19pmI met Topher Grace when he was filming Spiderman 3 & got a pic with him!
"For example, if I should paint my fingernails green -
and it just so happens I do paint them green. Well, if anyone should ask me why, I say: 'I think it's pretty!'"
Tokyogirl119
Swing Joined: 7/4/06
#49re: Celebrities that you've seen other than at a show or at the stage door
Posted: 7/23/06 at 10:48pm
...Matt Caplan on his motocycle (he fell off...)...
Is it bad that I find this incredibly funny?
Must be schadenfreude....
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