Have you ever seen broadway stars just walking around New York? — Page 3

I spilled coffee on Barbara Cook in an elevator.
It was her fault, she stopped short, who does that walking into an empty elevator???

Updated On: 2/7/05 at 08:04 AM

Good lord, I've lived here almost 15 years and I can't begin to count the number of Broadway and movie stars I've passed on the street. When I first moved here and was persuing a career in Theatre, it was so exciting - my friends and I would make a game of it and call each other - "Guess who I just saw on the STREET!!"...nowadays I just nudge my boyfriend and say - something like "hey look, Elizabeth Berkeley."..and we keep on moving...

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I've seen the cast of Ave Q walking down 8th Ave several times.
I also saw Gregg Edelman once.

many many times throughout the years.......have actually had lovely conversations on the streets with:

Tyne Daly
Harry Groener
Ann Reinking
Bernadette Peters
Larry Blyden
Phyllis Diller
Monty Hall
Tony Roberts
Anne Meara
Mickey Rooney
Judith Lowery
Mark Baker

(those last two were over 20 years ago and on the subway! Judith Lowery was always the very old lady in a ton of things including the tv series PHYLLIS and was in a James Bond film--was shocked she was waiting on a subway platform--I approached her and said Miss Lowery????? She was so frail and old but her mind sharp as a tack, but I was shocked she was riding the subway.

Mark Baker( I believe that was his name ) starred in the Hal Prince/Sondheim revival of CANDIDE in the title role. He was warm, adorable and friendly and I wish the subway ride had lasted longer.

p.s. lots lots more..........i will list them as they come to mind, if I remember:)

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that's why i love just walking around. there's always a good chance that someone fun is going to walk by! my favorite was the time that john tartaglia crashed right into me in shubert alley. he was so aplogetic and it took me a second to realize that it was him. i definitley had a silent freak out moment.

wow, i don't know what i would do if i saw idina on my subway car...lol

It's really not that rare. If you live in the city, and spend any time at all walking around, you're bound to run into some of these people, especially in the theatre district. I mean, they have to go to work everyday so they're obviously going to be walking the sidewalks in that area. I've been going to school in the city for a year and a half and I don't think a week has gone by that I haven't seen someone 'famous'.

Daniel Davis across the street from Colony Records.

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I'm jealous of the person who saw VINCE VAUGHN. I love that man.

Sorry on topic. I've seen Idina on the subway. I've seen Craig Bierko, around where I work. I saw Ethan Hawke in Central and made eye contact with him. It took me a secodn to realize who it was because I remember thinking that man looks cute and kind of like Ethan Hawke. But Ethan Hawke hasn't looked good in a bit. But I was wrong because he had that smirk on his face like I know you know who I am.

I've seen a lot of other celebrities around but they aren't on broadway so it's not important.

Oh, Colin Firth and I locked eyes. :)

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How could I forget this one? I sat beside Carol Channing at a performance at Lincoln Center. She's the most beautiful woman in the world.

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when i was seeing wicked one night- i saw kendra kassebaum from rent walkin by. i was talking out loud and said her name- not realizing at the moment she wouldn't know me lol..

that's about it RANDOMLY walking around-the others i just follow :) lol

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I was exiting the Broadway store by the Marquis, hoping that I could "bump into" a Broadway star that was in Millie. I got to "bump into" Susan Egan. I got a picture with her.

One time, I also took a random picture of the Marquis Theater. I got the picture developed, and there was a guy who kind of looked like Richard Gere. He was wearing a trenchcoat, SNL hat, and was talking on a cell phone. Maybe he worked for SNL.

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