Famous People at Brodway Shows — Page 3

Diane Keaton stepped on my foot on the was out of Grey Gardens. It was rather exciting....

Paul and Joanne at Seascape
Mia Farrow and Marissa Tomei at Rabbit Hole
James Lapine and William Finn at Spelling Bee
Sondheim at Sweeney
Phil and Marlo at Frost/Nixon

Those are all I can think of now....of course various celebrities at different opening nights.

Will Farrell at WICKED (in Chicago)
Oprah at THE COLOR PURPLE (in Chicago)
Tyne Daly at THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Stephen Sondheim at SWEENEY TODD
Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) at THE APPLE TREE

Not Broadway, but WICKED in LA sees some celebrities. I was at the performance Britney Spears reportedly walked out on. Then last week, I saw Kevin Nealon a couple times before the show. And Johnny Depp(!) was supposedly sitting in the mezzanine. I may or may not have stuck around to get a glimpse.

I didn't see him

I saw Audra MacDonald (sp?) at the closing performance of Little Women.

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I saw Sutton Foster at one of the final Producers performances (Hunter was in it at the time). I also saw Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith at The Producers, as well as some of the main cast of The Sopranos were sitting in the row behind me at a performance. I don't know The Sopranos at all, so I don't know their names. I also saw John Stamos and random girlfriend at The Producers.

And then, of course, at the final performance of The Producers, I saw and FORTUNATELY got to meet Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman.

I saw The Producers a lot. =)

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Ray Ramano was in the row behind me at The Wedding Singer back in November. That was exciting!

Alan Cumming and Zach Braff were there when I saw Spring Awakening a few months ago.

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I just got back from the Sunday matinee of "Xanadu" and gotta tell y'all it was such a blast.
My friend Rick & I had just walked into the theater and were near the concession stand when I turned to see a familiar looking woman in a black trench pass behind me. I did a Regan-like "Exorcist" spin when I realized who it was... "OMG Lisa Rinna!" I gushed. She looked at me & smiled. Some guy cut in front of me and never left her side so I didn't get a chance to talk to her. I heard her tell the guy she was waiting until the show started to go in 'cause her knees were killing her!
Rick said to me "Where's Harry Hamlin???" & I laughed.

We went inside & had great seats in row E left side aisle. Then Rick (sitting on my left) looked over my shoulder & said "There's Harry Hamlin!!!" I did my Regan-like spin in the other direction this time (now my head's back on straight) & saw him sitting alone in row F, left of center 4th seat in. I wished for a pen & Rick pulled one out of his bag - duh. I buzzed over & sat in the empty seat next to Harry & I must say he was a doll. He looks even better in person than on TV. He asked my name & signed my "Xanadu" program & I told him I'm a big fan. He said he heard there was a comparrison to his "Clash of The Titans" in the show. I nodded in shellshock. I don't remember what else I babbled but he was really sweet, addressing me by name & chatting away. I thanked him & went back to my seat.

Lisa came in just as the show started. I kept checking their reaction to "Xanadu". Harry who is ususally very stoic was smiling broadly, lauging & chewing gum all the way through. They both seemed to enjoy it alot, but it was Lisa who clapped & laughed like mad all through the show, which is FABULOUS btw. It's a must see! I'm now a Fanadu!
OH - and yes - they not only mention "Titans" but at one point Cheyenne Jackson says "I must be Harry Hamlin!" and the Hamlins were really tickled by that, as were the audince members who knew they were there. Read my posts on the "Xanadu" love thread...
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?page=25&thread=939600
And then go to The Helen Hayes Theater & see "Xanadu"

As WonderRobbie would say "Do the du!"

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Updated On: 7/29/07 at 07:25 PM

Apparently Martin Sheen was at Grey Gardens on Saturday. I only heard though, I never saw him.

Duncan Sheik and Stephen Sater were at Gypsy on Thursday (I saw 'em myself)

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During my performing career I met the following people:

Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
General George Marshall
Felix Frankfurter
Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Henry Morgentahu
Dwight Eisenhower
Missy LeHane
Wendel Wilkie
Groucho Marx
Bette Davis
Leslie Howard
Clark Gable
Joan Crawford
Gail Russell
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Sylvia Sidney
Arthur Sulzberger
Golda Meir
Mrs. Harry Truman
Arthur Hitchcock
George Cukor

Lots of others!

Miriam

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When I went to see Beauty in April 2006, one of my friends noticed that Jacob Young was also there.