Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
smashingasian
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/06
#50re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:58pmThis technically isn't a show on broadway (it used to be) but at our school's musical Seussical, my friend's grandpa was in the audience. Her Grandpa is Philip Bosco! After the show, he congratulated us... even techies like myself haha
#51re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:00pm
Audra McDonald at Little Fish during its run at Second Stage!
(You know I got a picture with her after the show! No shame when it comes to A McD!!)
#52re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:07pmI saw Joanna Gleason and her husband at The Pajama Game on its June 4th performance.
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#53re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:11pm
Robin Williams sat in front of me at "The Rink" years ago.
Pia Lindstom stepped on my foot at the final performace of "A Chorus Line". (She was covering it for WNBC). She apologized several times.
Bruce Villanch wearing a t-shirt at "Tallulah" (Kathleen Turner) in SF.
#54re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:12pmI saw Matthew Perry -- AKA Chandler Bing -- cheering on Hank Azaria at Spamalot in March.
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Swing Joined: 5/30/06
#55re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:17pmI saw Mike Tyson's ex-wife, Robin Givens, at Lion King a year ago in May! She sat two seats to the left with her children. 10 minutes before the show ended she left with the woman she was with and her children!
#56re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:43pmLauren BaCall at Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
#57re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 10:45pm
Steve Bushemi (sp?) and Dan Akroyd sat two rows behind me at Spamalot last March. Also saw Jack O'Brien, Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs at a performance of DRS.
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Christopher
#58re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/18/06 at 11:42pm
When I saw the touring production of Annie in LA, Joel Grey was sitting behind me with his daughter and grandaughter!
#59re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:04am
Today at History Boys, Natalie Portman, Bernadette Peters, and Joel Grey were all in the audience. People actually stood and pointed at them. Oy.
And Lauren Bacall and Liz Smith were in the audience when I saw Boy From Oz. Ms. Bacall was extremely gracious :)
Devyan1
Chorus Member Joined: 2/24/06
#60re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:27am
daisy fuentes at Three Days of Rain tonight...
I met Lenny Kravitz at Boy from OZ (he actually sat next to me)
larry64
Stand-by Joined: 3/3/06
#61re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:41amBarbra Streisand and her son Jason at 'Angels In America' at the Taper in Los Angeles.
#62re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:42am
Jane Krakowski at John Lithgow's last performance of DRS.
Rosie O'Donnell and Alan Cumming at last performance of Les Mis.
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jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#63re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 3:14am
More recently --
Blythe Danner at HISTORY BOYS ( June 13) and Mary Tyler Moore at DROWSY CHAPERONE (June 14).
#64re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 6:52am
"To answer algy's question (which is not actually stupid at all), producers set aside a certain number of house seats and celebrities have their people call and they get to purchase these house seats.Sometimes they get comped in (it's up to the producers) but generally they purchase their seats."
Thanks Overthemoo28 - so it's pretty much the same as the West End with regard to the house seats etc. I guess the "cooler" you are, the more likely you are to get in free with regard to celebs - get the show mentioned in the spotted columns of the papers/magazines.
#65re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 7:50amSaturday night when I was leaving The Wedding Singer, I ran smack dab into Chris Noth. He's tall and has a moustache now.
EltonJ
Understudy Joined: 6/16/06
#66re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 8:17amCarol Burnett: Sweeney Todd 5/13 Matinee
mirramar
Broadway Star Joined: 2/3/05
#67re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 9:43am
David Schwimmer and Judy Greer at Sweeney Todd
John Lithgow at Uncle Bob (off off Broadway)
I also used to go to lots of openings, and (obviously) saw a lot of celebrities at those. I'm not going to list them!
#68re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 9:58am
Broadway:
Barbara Barrie at Amadeus
Hank Azaria at The Full Monty
Gladys Knight at Noise/Funk
Richard Dreyfuss at Titanic
Dina Merrill at Chicago
Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman at The Pillowman
London:
Andrew Lloyd Webber at The Beautiful Game
Glen Carter at Peggy Sue Got Married
Sandra Bernard at Closer to Heaven
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#69re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/19/06 at 10:36pmEdward Albee was at History Boys when i saw it 2 weeks ago (June 6th) and Wallace Shawn was at Stuff Happens on Wednesday.
#70re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/20/06 at 12:00am
alfree woodard - color purple
diana ross - color purple
jennifer holiday - color purple
this was when it was in preveiws
haha
oh and
jerry orbach - boy from oz
he sat right in front of me
amazing man very nice
oh
bebe nuiewerth - caroline or change
yeah thats really it
and i see actors on the street all the time
like john tartaglia ,see him everywhere i think he lives on the east side
denise2
Chorus Member Joined: 10/2/05
#71re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:18amElizabeth Taylor, years ago, at Anna Christie with Liv Ullman. I've seen other since but Ms. Taylor was the biggest.
#72re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/21/06 at 10:30am
I saw Taylor Hanson (yes of the 90s boyband HANSON, which i lived for) at RENT. He was there with his wife.
And was just smokin' hot. haha
#73re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:16pmThere was a guy from Happy Days at spelling bee on fathers day.
#74re: Famous people who you saw at a broadway show
Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:26pmI see Doris Roberts (Mari on Everybody Loves Raymond) all the time.
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