Meeting Broadway Stars — Page 4

I've met Idina Menzel, JLT, Joey McIntyre, Bernadette Peters, Eden Espinosa, Kevin Anderson, Ramona Keller, Cleavant Derricks, Karen Olivo, Jenny Powers, Amy McAlexander, Megan McGinnis, Danny Gurwin, John Hickock, Brooke Shields, and Jennifer Hope Wills . Out of all them, Bernadette and the cast of LW were probably the nicest. Idina was very warm, but signed everything quickly and didn't say too much except "sure" or "thank you so much." Jennifer Laura Thompson was a bit of a goof ball at the stage door, which I loved. It showed that she was a really fun person in general.

I've met alot, but the ones that I can vividly remember having conversations with are:
Euan Morton: so sweet. I met him after SBC in Sept. and at his concerts in November. He had remembered me from SBC and b/c my friend he knew was rite next to me. He gave me a hug and a kiss and thanked me for coming.
Kate Reinders: so nice. Met her after a performance of Good Vibrations. She was really sweet and complimented me on my camera when I asked her for a picture.
Jeffrey Carlson: such a great guy! Not only did I meet him at Taboo, but after Last Easter and at Euan's concerts in November. He remembered me and talked to me like an old friend.

and of course---Raul Esparza
I talked to him once after a performance of The Normal Heart(with the help of my mother, so I guess it doesn't count as much) and then again, by myself after the tribute to Larry Kramer in October. They were possibly the two greatest conversations I've had with anyone, Broadway or not.

I know there are more, but I can't remember any right now.

harriet harris, cast of avenue q (minus natalie), kerry butler, Rob Bartlett, Douglas Sills, Carla J. Hargrove, Trisha Jeffrey, DeQuina Moore, Laura Bell Bundy, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Cheyenne Jackson, Alix Korey, Leah Hocking, and Jonathan Hardary. All of them were very gracious and nice. I treasure all my broadway star meetings.

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I've figured it out, andd here's a pretty full list:
Melissa Errico
Emily Skinner
Alice Ripley
Donna Murphy
Carolee Carmello
Bernadette Peters
Billy Crystal
Patti LuPone
Elaine Stritch
Gregg Edelman
Mary-Louise Parker
Rosie Perez
The entire cast of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Billy Crudup
Kate Burton
Edie Falco
Stanley Tucci
Harvey Fierstein
Faith Prince
The entire cast of "Pacific Overtures", including SONDHEIM!
The entire cast of "Passion", including Sondheim

That's all I feel like typing right now.

broadwaynut....Greg Edelman was very nice to me....r u talking about the star of "into the woods" and "wonderful town"? maybe im mistaking his name.

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Rathnait62


britney spears is known becuz people buy her records...and maybe that person she was rude to ,bought her stuff...so she has to be nice to everyone....every star should be nice to all their fans.she is rich because people buy her records.she has to be nice.

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Swifty, I've always heard fantastic things about Antonio. Just because he didn't have time doesn't make him mean - maybe he had to get somewhere. I've seen some of the sweetest people simply not be able to sign because they were pressed for time.

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when writing to B'way actors-ok I've brought this up a couple times... but when you send actors a pre-addressed envelope, you have a good chance of them writing back right? I've never tryed it yet so thats why I'm asking...


omg I've met so many stars... not going to list them all but once I went backstage at the Majestic and that was a lot of fun.=-D

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Has anyone met Patti Lupone? I had this terrible dream, where I was in some lobby and I saw her walk out of a room. I approached her for an autograph, and she jsut shook her head at me and said "No". It was a total nightmare. I love her to death after seeing her in the Broadway's Lost Treasures video. What was she like?

Sutton Foster back in 97- I got an autograph, and a huge hug from her.
Christy Carlson Romano 2x- I can't stand her anymore. Her voice is just...irritating. She was kinda rude at the Beauty stage door. AND she gave me her laryngitis.
Andrea McArdle- too many times to count. My parents are on a 1st name basis w/ her and her husband. She's the nicest.
Paige Davis- she was a total sweetheart.
Jennifer Hope Wills, Tia Zorne, and Terrance Mann were walking on the street (separate times)- they were all awesome.
LW cast- nicest people in the world! Jenny Powers and I discovered the random fact that we were both wearing $40 jackets that day LOL. Meg McGinnis commented on my hair color. She said she liked it. John Hickok gave me and my mother directions back to Penn Station.
Bebe Neuwirth didn't even look me in the eye at the last Flea Market when I asked for her autograph.
Jenna Leigh Green let me walk around the Flea Market with her and this other guy.
Jen Cody- I sang "the internet is for porn" with her at the flea market auction.
There was more, but it's kinda boring.
Oh yeah, Chris Seiber called me a lunatic,

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I made an ass out of myself in front of Michael Arden and Jenna Leigh Green at the Bryant Park concert last summer... me and my friend were running towards them and I tripped down some steps like two feet away from them. It was mortifying. And then I felt even worse because I wanted to take a picture with Jenna (I already took one with Michael) but I didn't want to interrupt her conversation with Michael or anything, so the whole situation was awkward. Michael ended up taking a picture of me and her but both of them kept giving me weird looks from across the park...

I also had a pretty bad experience with Adam Flemming... my friend and I went up to him and began to tell him how much we loved him in BARE, and he just took one look at us and walked away. He started talking to some blonde guy, who was like, "Hey, I think those girls wanted your autograph or something..." and I heard Adam say, "Whatever". Ouch. I just thought that was incredibly rude.

Updated On: 2/25/05 at 10:45 PM

im too lazy to type mine so just email me at danni1352@aol.com if you want to hear them.

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Norbert Leo Butz is one of the nicest ppl! When I saw WICKED, I was at the stage stage door and he came out and signed stuff. He had to catch a train in 15 min.!

Met Idina! She was SOOO SWEET!

Met Michelle Federer and some of her friends. She and her friends were all REALLY nice!

Harvey F. Very nice!

Bumped into Tammy Blanchared(SP?) at the stage door of GYPSY. We both laughed about it.

Met the last Angel from RENT. He seemed to be shy, but he was really sweet. I had my pic with him. I also met the last Roger. He sold me my signed poster during the BC/EFA fund raiser.

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