Famous people who you saw at a broadway show

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:05pm

What famous people have you seen at a b`way show?

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:21pm

When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, the guy that plays Hurly on "Lost" sat two rows behind me. He left during intermission, however.

EDIT: Sorry!!! That was at Sweeney.

Updated On: 6/18/06 at 09:21 PM

[mijofly19]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:24pm

That would be Jorge Garcia. What show was it at?

[missyrose87]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:29pm

I sat next to Pierce Brosnan when I saw the Wicked tour in LA last June

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:29pm

I saw Susan Haskins of Theater Talk and Katie Couric at The Drowsy Chaperone in early May.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:34pm

I saw Alfie Woodard at a performance of THE PRODUCERS.

[mint0621]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:35pm

I saw Jason Mraz at DRS last year.

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:38pm

I saw John Kassir (from Reefer Madness) and Ashley Williams at The Wedding Singer in May. And I saw Christine Baranski, Jeff Blumenkrantz (famous to some of us, :o) ) and Katie Couric at a few broadway-inspired concerts.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:42pm

Alan Thicke at DRS and when I was at the stage door after the same performance, Gene Wilder and his wife walked out.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:44pm

So many famous people in audiences over the decades, too many to list.

But at one show in the 70s, both Henry Kissinger and Mohammad Ali were in the same audience I was.

[withoutlove78]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 9:45pm

Jesse Martin at Color Purple.

[wackjack132]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:02pm

Julia Stiles when I saw 3 Days Of Rain

And not me but when my parents saw Wicked they sat right behind Rosie O'donel (sorry if I butchered her name....long day)

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:05pm

Fran Drescher's parents at 700 Sundays
Victor Garber and Craig Bierko at Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Christine Baranski at Doubt
Harris Yulin at Shining City
Mia Farrow and Marissa Tomei at Rabbit Hole
Phil Rosenthal and Monica Horan at The Odd Couple
David Hyde Pierce, Michael Stuhlbarg, Zeljko Ivanek at As You Like It
Eric Idle and Mike Nichols at Spamalot


Updated On: 6/17/06 at 10:05 PM

[timote316]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:09pm

Lea Thompson was a few rows behind me when I saw Avenue Q. She used to be famous.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:13pm

Paul Newman and Joanna Woodward at Seascape

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:27pm

I saw Johnny Depp, Laurence Fishburne, and the lead singer of Counting Crows at Sweeney Todd all in the same night.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:29pm

I sat next to Hunter Foster when I saw WIcked in the Summer of 'O4, a couple of days after he had finshed his role in Little Shop.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:33pm

Paul Newman- Pajama Game

Liam Niesan (SP?) - Phantom of the Opera

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:36pm

This has been discussed to death, please do a search.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:42pm

Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry were sitting a few rows from each other, though many from me, at DRS October. Saw Hugh backstage afterwards, he looked really happy to be there again. Angela Lansbury was at The Drowsy Chaperone when I saw it a couple months ago.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:44pm

People don`t like using search to post one thing on a dead board!

[wickedbway]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:55pm

I met Bernadette Peters when I saw The Glass Menagerie last year she sat 2 rows in front of me

[DrunkyMcWasted]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 10:59pm

Both Peewee Herman and Judi Dench were at Spamalot one of the nights I went. It was during BC/EFA and they were offereing a picture on stage with the full cast in costume for $300... Judi Dench did it. :P

[maybethistime]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 11:03pm

Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer at THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Anthony Hopkins and Billy Joel at HAIRSPRAY

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/17/06 at 11:40pm

Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, and Cole Porter at the opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pipe Dream. Loretta Young at The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, Ivana Trump at Buddy, Joan Blondell at the opening night of Me and Juliet, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn at A Chorus Line, Lena Horne at Jerome Robbins Ballets USA, Carol Channing at Bring in 'da Noise-Bring in 'da Funk, Kaye Ballard at The Saint of Bleecker Street, Noel Coward at Mary Martin's Peter Pan, Tennesse Williams at Tallulah Bankhead's performance of A Streetcar Named Desire,Hermione Gingold at The World of Suzie Wong, Batty Comden and Adolph Green at a revival of On The Town, the Fade-Out Fade-In tryout in Boston, and a preview of A Doll's Life in NYC, Tammy Grimes and Al Capp at many shows in Boston, Shirley MacLaine at Redhead, Garson Kanin at the tryout of Come On Strong in Boston, Merle Oberon and The Duchess of Windsor at Lorelei, Elizabeth Taylor at Richard Burton's Hamlet, Sammy Davis at Dreamgirls, Betty White and Peter Marshall backstage at Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Harold Arlen and Liza Minnelli at the closing night of Judy Garland at Home at the Palace, Liza Minnelli at the Sail Away concert at the Weill Recital Hall, Walter Cronkhite at Dracula, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. at 42nd Street, Gene Hackman at City of Angels, etc.