Of the many stars I met, one of the greatest moments was when I was brought into Lillias White's dressing room, during the show, Dinah Was. Many years before, Lillias was standing in front of me in line at McDonald's, and I was too shy to say anything to her. Then I became friends with a friend of hers and told him this story. One night he called me with comp tix to Dinah Was, and after the show was invited to the dressing room. Chuck Cooper was also in the audience, and on our way to the room, we met Adrienne Lennox. It was nice to see Lillias and Chuck reuniting after the Life. But, when my friend introduced Lillias and I, he said "This is the one from McDonald's."
"Oh, you're the McDonald's boy", she said.
I think it brought me joy to know that she had already known who I was, even if she didn't know my name.
Most embarrassing star meeting: Meeting Mandy Patinkin and asking him what it was like working with Bernadette Peters.
And of all the greatest stars: Meeting Celest Holm, who, after having an hour conversation with her, was so genuine, and sweet. Surprisingly, she was very modest and shy.
Oh, and Sarah Jessica Parker bowed to me after I told her I loved her singing voice. That was a great moment.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
