Has anyone recognized actors anywhere but a show?- Page 4

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 10/31/19 at 4:20pm

"Oh wait, how could I forget? Kyle Mooney was nothing. I was in the men's room line at the Cort before King Lear and Matt Damon came down the stairs. He saw the line and grinned and said, "Guess everybody knows it's long, right?"

 He turned around and left. I wondered if maybe he got to go backstage and use one of the cast restrooms. :) "

Bathrooms backstage are very much in demand at intermission, so I'm guessing no :)

I have worked in Times Square for decades. If I told you all of the celebrity sightings I've had, I'd run us into the next page. One of my favorites was Bill Irwin. We literally ran into each other as we stepped out into the street at the same time to avoid after show crowds. I probably would haven fallen if he hadn't had steadied me.

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 10/31/19 at 8:56pm

Almost 4 years ago, ran into Megan McGinnis on the "A" train as she was on her way to perform in Daddy Long Legs, off Broadway. What a sweetheart. Couldn't have been nicer.

[JPeterman]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 4:02am

My brother CLAIMs that Mira Sorvino flirted with him on the subway .... TWICE.

And Anthony Michael Hall complimented the regal beauty of my brother’s dog on the front steps of the American Museum of National History. I can vouch for that one, I was there.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 11:31am

I was in new york for five days last week and within three days, I passed Raul Esparza on the street, rode the C train with Lin Manuel, and saw Melissa Erico at the Hal Prince exhibit at the NYPL. In all three cases, I didn't bother them.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 3:58pm

JPeterman said: "My brother CLAIMs that Mira Sorvino flirted with him on the subway .... TWICE.

And Anthony Michael Hall complimented the regal beauty of my brother’s dog on the front steps of the American Museum of National History. I can vouch for that one, I was there."

There may be some truth to what your brother stated.  Cause she kind of flirted with me years ago in LA, during the afterparty for From Dusk To Dawn.  Might just be her personality.  She really was sweet.

Updated On: 11/1/19 at 03:58 PM

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 9:07pm

"There may be some truth to what your brother stated.  Cause she kind of flirted with me years ago in LA, during the afterparty for From Dusk To Dawn.  Might just be her personality.  She really was sweet."

Just curious how she kind of flirted -lol.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 10:19pm

yankeefan7 said: ""There may be some truth to what your brother stated. Cause she kind of flirted with me years ago in LA, during the afterparty for From Dusk To Dawn. Might just be her personality. She really was sweet."

Just curious how she kind of flirted -lol."

Laughing and smiling at everything I said.  Then again.....it could have been a side effect from the red food coloring (for blood) that was in the beer.  Who knows?

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/1/19 at 11:07pm

"Laughing and smiling at everything I said.  Then again.....it could have been a side effect from the red food coloring (for blood) that was in the beer.  Who knows?"

Now now, give yourself some credit -lol.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 1:14am

Brian D'arcy James works out at my gym, and then, on my way home, I held the door for Sutton Foster and her daughter. What a Shrek filled day. 

I've seen Christian Bole at Glasshouse Tavern a ton. 

 

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 8:51am

GavestonPS said: "dramamama611 said: "Except being famous because of bway isnt really the same as being Hollywood famous. The can often lead uninterrupted lives easily.

And, to be fair, NYers are a lot less into the whole...gah! A famous person, squee! than you might think."

Exactly. When I lived in Manhattan it was considered the height of "uncool" to acknowledge any celebrity outside of a work situation.

New Yorkers are supposed to be ever so blase about meeting show business entertainers, but are they? Stage door is a constant topic on this board. The "Did You Get Anything Back" thread is very popular. And this topic is very popular. 

I don't live in Manhattan and I don't even know three quarters of the stars others speak of. But once after the end of a show I was still standing at my seat listening to the orchestra finish and Mel Brooks on his way out came down my aisle and as he got passed me he put his hands on my shoulders and smiled. (But Mel Brooks is far from you average Broadway performer. He will reach legend status.)

Why is it that even sophisticated New York theatergoers get a kick out of meeting Broadway stars? Many of us are highly educated professionals successful in our fields. No one stage doors us when we leave work.

As Gaveston says, there is a rule about approaching celebrities but even those who follow the rule must be feeling the temptation or there wouldn't have to be a rule.

There must be something unique to the show biz experience. The actors play characters that engage our emotions and make us care about them, and we transfer the emotion feelings created in us by the character to the actor that plays the character? And we do often follow the lives of the actors as reported in the news. But the news wouldn't carry so many stories and interviews on the stars unless there was a demand for them, and there is certainly a demand.

Is a puzzlement.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 9:48am

"Why is it that even sophisticated New York theatergoers get a kick out of meeting Broadway stars? Many of us are highly educated professionals successful in our fields. No one stage doors us when we leave work.

As Gaveston says, there is a rule about approaching celebrities but even those who follow the rule must be feeling the temptation or there wouldn't have to be a rule.

There must be something unique to the show biz experience. The actors play characters that engage our emotions and make us care about them, and we transfer the emotion feelings created in us by the character to the actor that plays the character? And we do often follow the lives of the actors as reported in the news. But the news wouldn't carry so many stories and interviews on the stars unless there was a demand for them, and there is certainly a demand.

Is a puzzlement."

I think it is human nature to get a kick out of seeing somebody famous especially if it is from something you enjoy like Broadway theater. Obviously, I am a huge NY Yankee fan and many years ago I was on the same plane from Las Vegas to NY as Joe DiMaggio. I did not bother him but it still was kind of cool for me to see a living legend. 

 

[markypoo]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 10:23am

This is a long time ago, but I'll never forget meeting Groucho Marx in the lobby of the Ambassador Hotel in Chicago.
I had seen him give a talk at Northwestern University the night before.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 11:39am

I think it is human nature to get a kick out of seeing somebody famous especially if it is from something you enjoy like Broadway theater. 

Good, observation, Yankee Fan. Probably it is not necessarily that they are entertainers, it is just that they are famous perhaps.

I went with my father to an Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium in the mid-60s, and Joe hit a clean home run down the left field line into the seats. More on topic, my uncle was one of the best amateur golfers on Long Island in the 70s and belonged to the same private golf club as Whitey Ford. One weekend my uncle organized a foursome that included Ford and my father, and i was invited to tag along. Ford went out of his way to come over to talk to me and a friend while walking a fairway.  I was so intimidated that I could barely get out a word. 

So perhaps it is more the fame than the occupation.

 

[Phantom4ever]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 12:28pm

I sat in front of Chris Rock at The Color Purple revival, and I sat behind Quentin Tarantino at Hello Dolly. I was entering the Paramount Hotel as Leslie Odom was leaving at the height of Hamilton mania. I was so proud of myself for ignoring him. And one of my biggest Broadway crushes, Ephraim Sykes, has crossed my path countless times somehow--crossing 8th Avenue, in line at Duane Reade, walking down 45th Street, 46th Street, and on the subway are just a few. 

I have a close friend who is celebrity obsessed and on night we ran into each other at the corner of 50th and 8th and as we were hugging, he whispered to me "Is that David Hyde Pierce?" and I turned around and sure enough it was. 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 6:03pm

This topic makes me laugh. Today before heading to a matinee (I saw the Rose Tattoo!), I passed Sofia Anne Caruso from Beetlejuice, Sharon Wheatley from Come From Away and William Ivey Long.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 11/2/19 at 7:49pm

"More on topic, my uncle was one of the best amateur golfers on Long Island in the 70s and belonged to the same private golf club as Whitey Ford. One weekend my uncle organized a foursome that included Ford and my father, and i was invited to tag along. Ford went out of his way to come over to talk to me and a friend while walking a fairway.  I was so intimidated that I could barely get out a word. "

Wow, that must have been so cool. Glad he was very nice to you and your friend.

[SoCalDirector]

Posted: 11/3/19 at 3:33pm

Many years ago, probably in the mid '90s, I saw Jonathan Pryce in West Hollywood at a gay bookstore flipping through the magazines.