Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
#1Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:01pmor London Underground or any kind of subway/rapid transit system?
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#2re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:25pm... No....... Updated On: 10/4/08 at 12:25 PM
#2re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:33pm
No, but I read in an interview with Norm Lewis that when he gets on the subway, he's always covered in glitter from playing King Triton, and people look at him funny and make assumptions about where he works. 
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/4/08 at 12:33 PM
#3re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:36pmI thought they all lived in the theatre.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#4re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:42pm
No, I think that's just the Phantom of the Opera...
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/4/08 at 12:42 PM
#5re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:44pm
I saw Nicole Mangi (Agnes "Amanda") on the Subway after Gypsy's matinee, still in full make up.
I also saw Andrea Burns and Mandy Gonzalez of In The Heights
and Leigh Ann Larkin running into the subway after stage door
Updated On: 10/4/08 at 12:44 PM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#6re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:48pm
Yes.
Mary Louise Wilson
David Burnham
Jill Paice
and
Michael Berressi all the time, as he lives near the same stop as me.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#7re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:49pm
They don't live in the theatre?
What's next? Santa Clause isn't real either?
#8re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:03pmI saw Ethan Phillips, recently of November, and John Pankow getting on the 1 train (on separate occassions) at 66th.
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#9re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:05pm
Yes. It was even someone I'd interviewed (just a survey) a few months earlier regarding public transport in that city. Coincidence number 2: She once played the mother of a former pen-pal of mine in a TV series.
(/Pointless post of today.)
EDIT:
No, it wasn't a "Broadway performer", but since the OP mentioned other cities and transport systems, I assume the question also extends to actors in general. Not too many Broadway stars around in Tokyo, for example ... (Yes, I'm a nitpicker.)
Updated On: 10/4/08 at 01:05 PM
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#10re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:07pmWhen Stephanie J. Block sprained her ankle it was in a subway station after a performance of WICKED. I'm sure people saw that...
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#11re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:09pmI saw Saycon Sengbloh.
#12re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:23pm
I saw Remy Zaken of SA on a subway to Grand Central once.
What was really funny was when she showed up on my Metro North train fifteen minutes later, lol.
#13re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:25pmNot yet. Those of you who have seen someone, did you approach them?
#14re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:27pmI've never seen a Broadway star while on a Subway, but one time, I was riding a bus and this woman stepped right in front of it. The bus driver swore under his breath, and then announced, "The girl who wasn't watching where she was going wearing the see-through dress is Ivanka Trump." I thought he was kidding at first, but it was.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#15re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:37pm
I once saw Susan Sarandon riding a bicycle in the Village.
So I guess my answer's no.
#16re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:44pm
I once crossed the road at the same time as Alfred Molina. Except we were going in opposite directions and I didn't want to get run over, so that's as far as that anecdote goes. 
#17re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:52pm
If we're going to talk about celebrities walking down the street, I have a pretty stupid story...
The night I saw "The Little Mermaid," I left my purse at the theatre. I didn't realize it until I'd already finished stagedooring and was halfway back to the hotel. The next day, we came back to see if they still had the purse (amazingly, they did), and a matinee had recently ended. When I was walking back from the theatre with my purse, I saw Derrick Baskin (Jetsam) walking with a friend, and he waved and exclaimed, "She got an autograph from me last night!"
I guess I have memorable-looking hair?
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/4/08 at 01:52 PM
#18re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:59pmDuring the strike, I saw Sebastian Arcelus in McDonald's eating french fries like a fiend. Fun times.
#19re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:16pmSaw Boyd Gaines once. He was with his daughter. A guy got on the train, looked at him and said "aren't you an actor?" Boyd nodded his head and that was about it.
Waiting for tickets to Hair August 2008
desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#20re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:32pmI saw Barrett Foa once and we chatted until 42nd street!
#21re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:38pm
, looked at him and said "aren't you an actor?"
THAT is what you said to an accomplished 4 time Tony winner?
#22re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:47pmhaha, I saw Nicole Mangi on the subway in full makeup after a matinee, too!
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#23re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:53pmI was on the subway gushing to my aunt right after I saw Spring Awakening, and I looked up and Skylar Astin was about two feet away. To make matters worse, we got off at the same point and walked in the same direction for awhile so it looked like I was following him. I tried to walk ahead of him to get away. It was uncomfortable.
#24re: Have you ever seen a Broadway performer on the Subway?
Posted: 10/4/08 at 2:55pmI can't believe this is a thread.
Videos