Famous People at Brodway Shows- Page 5

[viola13]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:18pm

I saw Barbara Walters and Nancy Pelosi at Hair. Not at the same time, different shows.

[Renart]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:21pm

I saw Randy Travis at Blood Brothers many years ago. During intermission he was just standing and stretching his legs by his seat and we wondered if it was really him. Then someone came up to him and asked for his autograph so we figured we were right.

[Hahabimbi]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:24pm

Matthew Perry on Guys and Dolls last weekend.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:27pm

Frank Langella at Hair, Glenn Close at Speed-the-Plow, Jerry Stiller at... Speed-the-Plow. But back in October.

[TIGGOSAURUS]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:35pm

Joan Rivers was at God of Carnage on 14th April.

Also, closing performance of Curtains: Christine Ebersole, Victor Garber.

Opening night of Curtains: Rhea Perlman & Danny DeVito, Tyne Daly, Nathan Lane.

At Prelude To A Kiss a year or so again I recognised David Lee, one of the co-creators of 'Frasier'. I happened to have the S11 box set in my possession (had only bought and watched parts of it the previous day). I took it along for John Mahoney to autograph it, so I got two for the price of one.

Updated On: 4/24/09 at 04:35 PM

[Rudy2]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:53am

Marian Seldes - 33 Variations
Mario Cantone - Liza's at the Palace
Martin Short - Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance
Marvin Hamlisch - Liza's at the Palace (different performance)
Steve Sondheim - Gypsy (final LuPone)
Arthur Laurents - Gypsy (final LuPone)
Caroline Rhea - 9 to 5 (first preview; didn't attend myself)

Probably a few more that I cannot remember. Martin Short was a real asshole, by the way. My mom did not say a word to him and he gave her the look of death. She used to be quite a fan of his. Now you couldn't pay her to go see him. I love her strength of conviction.

Updated On: 4/26/09 at 12:53 AM

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 1:24am

Rosario Dawson at the second last perf. of RENT
Michael Greif at Hair
Andrea Goss at the lottery for [tos]
Sean Earl at In The Heights

oddly enough those are all RENT related lol

ETA: ah-ha! one that isn't RENT related...robin de jesus at Why Torture Is Wrong..

Updated On: 4/25/09 at 01:24 AM

[Just_John]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 1:30am

Susan Lucci was also at the same performance as Joan Rivers of God of Carnage.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 1:35am

-Roundabout 'Night Music' Benefit- Liam Neeson, Barbara Cook, Nathan Lane, Bernadette Peters, Marvin Hamlisch, Andrea Martin, Debra Monk, Mario Cantone, Alec Baldwin, Stephen Sondheim
-Young Frankenstein- Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen
-Dead Man's Cellphone- Tony Kushner
-Sunday in the Park- Lynn Redgrave, Brian Stokes Mitchell
-Speed-the-Plow- Fred Armisen, Eric Bogosian
-'West Side Story' invited dress- Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, Constantine Maroulis, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines (actually pretty much the whole 'Gypsy' cast minus Patti)

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 9:47am

I saw Tobey Maguire, Zac Efron & DeeSnider at Rock Of Ages - on different days.

[faith587]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 11:33am

Norm Lewis sat a few seats away from me at the final performance of [title of show].

[jv92]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 11:51am

In recent months, I saw Ben Brantley at one of the last Road Show previews. I saw Sondheim face to face at the last LuPone Gypsy, and of course saw him take the stage with Arthur Laurents at the end.
What surprised the hell out of me was that I saw NOBODY famous or mildly well known at the Sondheim-Frank Rich evening at Avery Fisher in January. I sat in good seats too. I thought for sure I'd see someone, especially after learning who was there. Strange.

[dg22894]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 11:54am

America Ferrria(sp) at in the heights.

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 5:32pm

Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Keaton, and Lynn Manuel at Rock Of Ages

[breakfree303]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 7:17pm

Not "famous" in a movie or TV way, but 2 ladies of Broadway and West End noteriety (sp?).

I saw Jenna Russell and Hannah Waddingham at Young Frankenstein back in July.

They both stood right in front of me in the concessions line. It was cool, but I was too nervous to say anything.

(I regret that...)

[bwaygirl211]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 8:23pm

At Young Frankenstein a couple weeks before the show closed, I was waiting in line at intermission to go to the bathroom, and when I walk up to the stall...I see Andrea Martin.

[vlegra]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 9:08pm

James Earl Jones at Blithe Spirit when I saw it. And Joseph Cross at Next To Normal. I spoke to him after the show he was kinda rude

[James2]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 9:12pm

As I can best remember...

1. Lonny Price at the stage door of 110 in the Shade

2. Des McAnuff at The Farnsworth Invention

3. Peter O'Toole at Blithe Spirit

4. Jerry Stiller at Exit the King

Two unconfirmed sightings from long ago...

1. Eric Idle at Seussical (my brother said he saw him, but I didn't get a view)

2. Judi Dench at The Producers (the person we were looking at was in the boxes, so we didn't have a complete view of her face)

[jaxel614]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 9:13pm

I saw Fran Drescher at August Osage County

[snowskittle]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 10:05pm

I saw Paulie from the Sopranos at Spring Awakening. I can't remember his name, though. Sorry.

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 4/26/09 at 7:46am

Steven Van Zandt was at Rock Of Ages Last Night.

[jagfkb]

Posted: 4/26/09 at 8:45am

9 to 5 First Preview, I sat right in back of Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Michael Berresse. Caroline Rhea was somewhere in the Orchestra, apparently. At Young Frankenstein's third preview, Gary Beach was there, and at a random Sunday night performance of In the Heights, I saw Kelli O'Hara. I saw Heidi Blickenstaff, Steven Shwatrz, and a ton of other celebrities at Cry Baby's opening night, and I saw Doug Wright at Soul of Shaolin's Closing Night.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 4/26/09 at 7:21pm

I was sitting about 4 rows back from Nancy Pelosi at Hair on March 13th.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 4/26/09 at 7:25pm

John Stamos and Audra McDonald were at Hair today.

[singer73192]

Posted: 4/26/09 at 9:08pm

I sat literally the seat right behind John Stamos today at HAIR. It was really exciting. He seemed to really enjoy the show, but the people he was with kept on getting up and down to go out and the come back in. It got sort of annoying but whatever. I'm mad that I didn't see Audra McDonald!