Famous people who you saw at a broadway show- Page 7

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 5:27pm

One night at Encores--Sweet Adeline, I believe--I saw both Betty Comden and Kitty Carlisle Hart.

THAT was New York.

I peed next to Bob Fosse at the old Broadway Arts rehearsal studios, cigarette dangling from his lips as he stood at the urinal, deep in thought, but I've told that story before.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 5:28pm

I saw Phyllis Newman at the 2003 Gypsy revival.

[tonytonytony]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 5:36pm

Who I saw at a Broadway Show:
Sidney Poitier (Lion King)
Mrs. C from Happy Days - Marion Ross (Kiss of the Spiderwoman)
Harvey Fierstein (Grease)
Tracey Uhlmann - (Spring Awakening)
Jeffrey Katz of Avenue Q (Wedding Singer)
Rosie O'Donnel (Spring Awakening)

[jerseyboyschick2]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 7:51pm

I saw Carson Kressley at Young Frankenstein.

[broadwayjoe476]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 8:36pm

Beyonce' at Aida
Jessica Simpson at Fiddler on the Roof
Leslie Segrete at Mary Poppins and Tarzan

[alliez92092]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 8:44pm

Stephen Sondheim at Next to Normal 2/19/08
Billy Joel and Paul Riser at Spring Awakening 12/27/06 (or the 28th, I can't remember.)

[BNN]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 9:44pm

Jeff Goldblum at Sweeney (he is very, very tall!) and Stephen Sondheim at the closing of Sweeney.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 10:03pm

Oh and I saw Liza at Angels in America. That was very gay.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 4/3/08 at 10:09pm

i sat next to Lorraine Bracco in Grey Gardens.
i saw Jerry Stiller at Encores! Face the Music.
and i saw Matthew Broderick, Mark Shaiman & Lewis Black at The Ritz revival at Studio 54.

i'm sure there's been more but i'm old and it's late.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 8:39am

At a preview of Wicked in London, I sat behind some people who I later found out were the cast High School Musical. I did wonder why all these American kids kept wandering up and asking them for their autograph, but I was just happy the guy with the afro wasn't directly in front of me...

[Tom148502]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 9:04am

I saw Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli at DO RE MI, Liza MINNELLI at the SAIL AWAY concert, Noel Coward at PETER PAN, Loretta Young at THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT-THE SMELL OF THE CROWD, Ivana Trump at BUDDY, Kaye Ballard at THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET, Tennessee Williams at A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Mary Martin and Ethel Merman at PIPE DREAM, Joan Blondell at ME AND JULIET, Merle Oberon and the Duchess of Windsor at LORELEI and Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn at A CHORUS LINE, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at 42ND STREET, Lena Horne at JEROME ROBBINS' BALLETS USA, and Walter Cronkite at DRACULAto name a few.

[PlayhouseBeauty]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 9:17am

I saw Rev Run from RUN DMC at Hairspray...He brought the whole family and since they have a reality show on Mtv everyone was yelling out to the kids and him...I also got to sit in front of Norbert Leo Butz during the Miracle Worker at the Papermill Playhouse

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 9:41am

Good GOD, Tom148502. With glittering audience members like that, did you even look at the stage?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 9:48am

But Tom, Tom, TOM! HOW can you put Ivana Trump in the same list as Judy Garland, Tennessee Williams, Merle Oberon and the Duchess of Windsor!

[luceecool]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 9:51am

Saw George Takei at The Viewing Room in London (it was press night, I was expecting more people). Felt kinda bad for him though as he wasn't allowed in the VIP area

[nybearhugz]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 10:49am

Cynthia Nixon at Gypsy City Center
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at Duece
Hillary Clinton at Pajama Game

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 10:51am

I saw Newman from Seinfeld at "Rock 'n' Roll". Beat that!

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/4/08 at 10:52am

I usually have to have people pointed out to me.

I saw Bo Derek at an Atlantic City casino last weekend!

[Eleah]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 10:36pm

I saw Jonathan Groff at August: Osage County

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 4/11/08 at 10:52pm

I caught Mel Brooks and Don Rickles at the last preview performance of NOVEMBER as I was waiting for Nathan and Co., at that SAME performance, I sat 3-4 rows in front of Marian Seldes (whom I later 'bumped' into - hehe!) I was making my way to the exit and she was all, "Excuse me." to which I gladly stepped aside, she smiled and nodded thankfully, and LASTLY at that SAME performance, I was oodles and oodles of rows in front of him, but I heard rumblings that he was in the house - later proven by his posts elsewhere - "Ross" from FRIENDS, Mr. David Schwimmer, ladies and gents! Quite an eventful evening!

[fosca3]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:07am

Gabriel Byrne was at the Saturday matinee (6/7) of PORT AUTHORITY

(I hope he loved it as much as I did)

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:15am

I saw Michael Eisner at "On the Record" in Cleveland.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:25am

Not necessarily famous, but Julia Murney was at the matinee of A Chorus Line last Wednesday.

[Patash]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:36am

Bob Hope who entered with a lot of hoopla at City of Angels, as they were holding the curtain for him, and he took a bow in the aisle. Then he disappeared at intermission. Guess he didn't like it?

Carol Channing at a Joan Rivers performance of Broadway Bound. She started a standing ovation for Ms. Rivers. (which, I felt very surprisingly was deserved).

Liza Minelli at The Life, the night after it didn't win the Tony. As planned, after the show, she was hoisted onto the stage, her accompaniest rolled on a piano and she did several numbers, and the cast joined her in a couple others. When we arrrived at Joe Allen's nearly an hour late, the host said, "well, you've had quite a night haven't you?" News travels fast.

[Thomas14850ny2]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 11:37am

Ethel Merman and Mary Martin at the opening night of PIPE DREAM
I sat next to Joan Blondell at the opening night of ME AND JULIE
I sat next to Kaye Ballard at THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET
I sat behind Meredith Willson at a City Center revival of THE MUSIC MAN
Elizabeth Taylor sat across the aisle from me at the original Broadway production of A CHORUS LINE. Audrey Hepburn was sitting behind her.
Lena Horne at Jerome Robbins' BALLETS USA
Liza Minnelli at the concert version of SAIL AWAY
Ivana Trump at BUDDY
Loretta Young at THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT-THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
The Duchess of Windsor and Merle Oberon at LORELEI
Noel Coward at Mary Martin's PETER PAN
William Johnson at HOUSE OF FLOWERS
Sammy Davis Jr. at the original Broadway production of DREAMGIRLS
Tennesse Williams at a City Center revival of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE starring Tallulah Bankhead
Betty Comden and Adolph Green at the tryout of FADE OUT-FADE IN in Boston, at a revival on ON THE TOWN in the basement of Carnegie Hall, in the lobby during previews of A DOLL'S LIFE and they sat behind me at the BELLS ARE RINGING revival
Carol Channing at BRING IN 'DA NOISE-BRING IN 'DA FUNK
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Jack Benny at Judy Garland's opening night at The Palace in 1956
Harold Arlen and Liza Minnelli at the closing night of Judy Garland at The Palace in 1968
Hermoine Gingold at THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG
Phyllis Diller at Richard Burton's HAMLET
Shirley MacLaine at REDHEAD
Tammy Grimes at the opening nights of several tryout in Boston
Al Capp at the opening nights of several tryouts in Boston
Jule Styne in the lobby at the tryout of FADE OUT-FADE IN in Boston
Garson Kanin during the intermission of the tryout of COME ON STRONG in Boston
Walter Cronkhite sat next to me a Frank Langella's DRACULA
Cole Porter at the opening night of PIPE DREAM
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. at the original production of 42ND STREET at The Winter Garden
Stephen Sondheim at the original Broadway production of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Gene Hackman at CITY OF ANGELS
Al Hirschfeld at one of the Encores! concerts
...etc., etc., etc