Famous people enjoying the show w/ u... — Page 3

I've been waiting for someone to start a thread like this i have tons.

1st- Jai Rodriguez and Rocco Dispirito(I could've sworn they were holding hands at one point, but you didnt hear that from me) at Chicago. Jai was singing all the songs. they sat directly in front of me and my sister.

2nd- Bebe Neuwirth( whom my mother went to Juilliard with) at the ill fated "Look of Love". she remembered my mom and said " oh yes...the infamous Sheila...", which was really wierd and im guessing an inside thing. i asked my mother about it and she jus smiled.

3rd- whitney and bobby at Grease when Jasmine Guy was playing Rizzo. they were soooo interesting.

4th- Phylicia Rashad and Lynn Whitfield at the Black Theater Fest in NC. They were INCREDIBLE. so sweet. and we are all sorority sisters so when i told them and of course proved myself as an AKA, they invited my best friend and I to lunch. it was awesome they gave me all this great advice.

5th- I jus recently saw Quentin Tarantino at Spamalot. he was very tall.

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Gloria Estefan was sitting a couple of rows behind me at The Boy From oz last June. A woman tried to get herself chosen as the the Bi-Coastal participant that day by throwing a thong (in a plastic zippered bag) on to the stage. "Peter" wouldn't play along, gently chastising the woman for throwing something that could hurt someone. He did put the thong on over his pants though. At the end of the number he took it off and threw it to Ms. Estefan.

too many to mention. but two that stand out: sat next to maggie smith at a performance of amy's view in london. was very hard to keep my eyes on the stage in spite of judi dench. dame maggie had a marvelous time, laughed and applauded her friend heartily.
sat in front of jacqueline onassis at The Petition with tandy/cronin.
ps. oh i forgot-- katharine hepburn at orpheus descending. she was there with arthur schlesinger and her secretary.

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Updated On: 8/9/05 at 09:15 AM

I'm going to date myself.

When I was in high school, I saw a pre-Broadway tryout of THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG at the Ahmanson in L.A., and Lucille Ball was in the audience, two rows ahead of me. Watching her baby girl, Lucie Arnaz. That wig was hard to miss...so incredibly RED.

i saw a small Jason Robert Brown concert last fall. my roommate and i were waiting in line to go in and this guy in a baseball cap walked by. my roommate (not i) recognized him as Ethan Hawke. then he walked back by to the end of the line (the people at the door sent him back to wait like the rest of us) and i saw that she was correct. however, once we got inside, he got PRIME seating, and ours were fine. i think he enjoyed the show...after it started, i stopped paying attention...

oh, and he was with Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña.

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Updated On: 8/9/05 at 09:34 AM

Judi Dench was in one of the boxes at a performance of The Producers that I saw in March '02.

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i saw hunter, jen and christian at LW on its closing night, and selma blair and her boyfriend (who i know is famous for something, i'm just not sure what) were sitting infront of me at WICKED a few months back.

Maybe it's a new game. Six degrees of Jai Rodriguez.

I saw Alan Rickman and Sigourney (sp?) Weaver at Spamalot. I also saw Colin from Who's Line is it Anyway. Someone else famous was there... but I can't remember right now.

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Altar Boyz on July 9th (last full cast show) - Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms from the RENT movie...apparently Tracie is friends with Ryan Duncan who plays Juan. The Altar Boyz cast and the girls took a big group photo in the lobby of Dodgers as we were all standing there...lol.

Lil Shop of Horrors - Lance Bass from Nsync sat a few seats down from my friends and I. He came to see fellower Nsync-er Joey Fatone in the show.

Lion King like years ago...my mom sat across the aisle from Bruce Springsteen

When I saw Gypsy one night, Kiersten Dunst and Jake Gylenhall were a row in front of me bopping along to the overture.

I sat next to Steven Sondheim at the final performance of Gypsy. Well, there were like 2 people between us, but still. I had to climb over him to get back to my seat before act 2 started and I didn't realize it was him until I was half way in his lap. Before that I had tapped him on his shoulder to say, "Excuse me sir. I need to get to my seat." I couldn't understand why everyone around me was giving me strange looks.

He laughed at me when I made that, "Oh SH*T face" and said to my friend, "I just made Steven Sondheim move so I could get to my seat."

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Updated On: 8/9/05 at 12:28 PM

My first time at The Boy From Oz, John Travolta and Kelly Preston were there, and at the last TBFO, Joel Grey, Barbara Walters and Matt Damon were there(my mom took photos of him, Barbara, and Hugh just like everyone at the show did).
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My two favorites:

When I saw Debbie Does Dallas, Matt Damon sat behind me, laughing hysterically.

When I saw Titanic, I sat next to Zoe Caldwell, and we spent some time discussing that show and The Life.

And I've seen Rosie at three or four shows.