Nicest Broadway Peformers — Page 5

Michael Cavanaugh is the nicest person ever. He is so down to earth and will sign everyones playbill and pose for pictures. He would never just walk away. He wonders why anyone would want his autograph. juss like lubtheemcee said. I could write a whole page on how great he is!!!!

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i would have to say Sebastian Arcelus. We were waiting out in the cold some time in March, and we came inside, and he kept apoligzing over and over! We was all like, "I should have been out there! I am SOOO sorry!" We were like, "oh, no big deal, it's fine." Haha, he was really nice. And Michael Cavanaugh, Gavin Creel, Sutton Foster, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Corey Reynolds, Harriet Harris, Sherry Lee Ralph. All so nice!

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Kristin Chenoweth (probably the nicest person I've ever met period.)
Michelle Ferder (soaked up the people waiting at the stage door and good for her, she deserves it)
Matt Caplan
Maggie Benjamin
Idina Menzel (Some people are saying that doesn't really talk. Its b/c she is extremely shy.)

Everyone I've met at the various stage doors has been lovely. But I have to say my hands down best experience was with Daniel Sunjata. Especially when he hugged me and then kissed me! I totally melted.
It's funny cuz I have a friend who did some european tour ten years ago and hasn't worked since and she acts like a total diva and then you have these extremely brilliant broadway performers and they are some of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet.

Anyways...the Hairspray cast is GREAT! I met Marissa, Kathy, Mary Bond, Eric Anthony, Judine Richard, and probably some others, but those stick out the most.
I met a few other people from Take Me Out and they are a sweet bunch of guys.
Sebastian Arcelus is GREAT! I saw Rent when I was in town with my college choir last year and he took pics with a group of us and he was so funny and sweet and just down to earth.

Hugh Panaro. Oh, I wanna meet this guy sooooooooooo much, and I will once I see Phantom in NY. Such a cute little thing. *pinches Hugh Panaro's cheek*

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Updated On: 5/22/04 at 02:27 PM

Okay... VERY nice Broadway (and off-Broadway) people....

most definately the casts of Hairspray and Bare...

on my last trip to NYC, my encounters with them were the highlight most definately. They all remembered me when I returned.. and what we had chatted about and everything.. and numerous ones even took the time to SEEK ME OUT rather than me approaching them again to say hi.

Extra noteworthy ::

Carly Jibson
Brooke Tansley
Jeff Martin
Serge Kushnier
Tracee Beazer
Adam Fleming
John Hill
Jenna Leigh Green
Romelda T Benjamin

But I restate, they were all more than passingly friendly and I look forward to encountering them ALL again!

I've seen that too... it's more than marginally alarming, sometimes!

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Sutton Foster
Jennifer Cody
Deven May
Christian Borle
Ann Harada
Carly Jibson
Kerry Butler
Hunter Foster (Ok, I have my doubts)

Susan Egan and Linda Eder are the two most friendly and loving and generous people in the whole wide world.

I've seen Hunter Foster mentioned many, many times on this thread, and I have to say that when I saw LSOH for the first time, he wasn't too friendly. His only reply to me was a grunt and he looked as happy as someone gnawing on a lightbulb. However, he signed my playbill and another for my friend who could not attend, so I guess maybe he just wasn't having a good day or something.

Or maybe my hyperventilating and bouncing up and down frightened him a little. *shrug*

I do agree with the people that say the cast of Hairspray, Kerry Butler...actually the entire cast of LSOH is a very pleasant group.

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Updated On: 5/23/04 at 05:12 PM

The sweetest person I have ever met was John Cariani from Fiddler on the Roof. He was quite kind and gracious. We chatted for quite a bit then for a few min after we finally went to see the show later in the week. The show...It was so fun to see him perform after meeting him!! The cast of Little Shop was great too...Rob Bartlett and Douglas Sills were very kind gentlemen. Hunter was quiet but sweet. Harvey Fierstein was quite kind and made a fun comment about the Gypsy program my friend had in his hand from earlier in the day...lol.

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For some reason I get way too embarassed to wait for people at the stage door, and I am not a shy person, I just feel...WEIRD. But, I have a meting a "celebrity' story that happened yesterday that I will tell.
I was having a conversation with some people(apparently loudly) and Rita Moreno's name came up because she is in town. I said something along the lines of "she's so cool" or something and out of nowhere this woman bursts onto the corner and grabs me by the hand and takes me away from the group a little. She goes "I know Rita Moreno, I can take you to meet her." Well it was a little scary but also kind of fun so I go "OK." well it turns out she was Rita's lawyer and she took me to meet her and it was so cool. Rita was really nice...we had like a 20 minute conversation and she kept asking me questions about myself and being very compimentary. Anyway, it was cool cause it turns out she is going to a fundraiser that I am working at and it was time for her to go but she was like "We'll talk then for sure...we haven't finished this converstaion yet!" So then I left and went back to doing whatever it was that I was doing, but more happily. And that is the story. Oh BTW: the woman looks amazing for 70!

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