Raul gets a visit (Company)
Raul gets a visit (Company)
BwayLeadman
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
#1Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:24am
Stephen Sondheim came tonight and checked out the show.
He was so nice! Autographed my playbill!
just felt like sharing...
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:35amHe was not there to see the difficult Raul, but to congratulate the rest of the cast.
broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#2re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:39am
Amazing! I had a friend in the audience- but she doesn't stage door, nor would she have known what he looked like. Unfortunate. And she asked me to go with her. Funny.
I'm glad you were able to meet him!
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sparrman
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/07
#3re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:41am
"He was not there to see the difficult Raul, but to congratulate the rest of the cast."
It must be cramped, typing from inside Sondheim's head...
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#4re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:25am
I was at the show tonight, and had to leave at ten of twelve to make my train, just before he came out. I think I am going to cry now...
All I can think of now is that line from tick tick boom:
a composer-lyricist so legendary his name may not be uttered aloud by me....
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#5re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:39am
**sigh**
One day I will meet Mr. Sondheim...
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ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#6re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 7:07am
"He was not there to see the difficult Raul, but to congratulate the rest of the cast." - CurtainPullDowner
"It must be cramped, typing from inside Sondheim's head..." - sparrman
No kidding, sparrman. Why take such an unnecessarily cheap shot at Raul, CPD?
In any case, great that Sondheim stopped by, BroadwayLeadMan. Glad you met him.
#7re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 7:17amDo you mean that people actually wait outside until midnight?
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#8re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 7:28amHard to avoid Raul, CPD, when he has the only major dressing room.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#9re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 8:39amD2 - yup
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
SarahNYC
Understudy Joined: 5/15/07
#10re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 9:15amActually, Sondheim was there to meet with some people who won a charity auction. The auction prize was drinks and chat with Sondheim and Raul in Raul's dressing room. Just FYI.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#11re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 9:25amNobody told me about that auction! I could have gotten a second mortgage if I had known.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#13re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 10:00am
drinks and chat with Sondheim in Raul's dressing room...
wow. just. wow.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#14re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 11:01amBut what would you SAY?! I think I'd just sit there quietly peeing my pants, scared to death.
It's just a message board. Let's not take it too seriously.
#15re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 11:42am
How cool for those of you who went last night!
CPD likes his assumptions, and now, obviously living in Sondheim's head, has decided FOR Sondheim that he should come to loathe one of the actors he supports most and knows his precise decisions.
broadway_freak2
Stand-by Joined: 10/2/05
#16re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 11:43amI must ask among the others, what auction was that?!
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#17re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 11:44am
Wow, what was the winning bid? Lord knows.
That's so awesome that you got his autograph! Did you/he say anything? How many other people were there?
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misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#18re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 12:11pm
oh god, I'm going to cry. Why cant there be a later train thats an express...
I dont think a lot of ppl knew that he was there, otherwise I think ppl would have waited. There were maybe like, 12 people when I left? I think..
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
#19re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 12:19pm
BwayLeadman - I commend you on your ability to ask Sondheim for an autograph. 
I don't get 'starstruck' easily, but I think in his presence my brain would shut down and I'd be unable to speak.
Sorry you missed him misschung. Are you going to the last show? Maybe he'll be there then?
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broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#20re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:48pm
During the run of the Dustin Hoffman revival of "Death of a Salesman," Arthur Miller was there and he signed the copy of the play I was carrying with me.
Not really related to this thread, but when you have the opportunity to say hello and get the signature of a theatre legend, I say go for it.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#21re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:56pmSondheim was at the final performance of SWEENEY and he was sitting a couple of rows ahead of me. I didn't see him until the end because he sits on the aisle and tends to come in after the lights are down. I wouldn't know what to say to him - maybe that's what the drinks were for?
#22re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 1:57pm
wow, how much do i hate myself for leaving right after the show last night?
UGH!
Sargar
Stand-by Joined: 10/16/04
#23re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:10pm
are you kidding???
ugh, so close yet so far...sucks living in CT and needing to take the train home...
yay for everyone else who got to meet him!
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#24re: Raul gets a visit (Company)
Posted: 6/21/07 at 2:14pm
I was at the first preview with Sondheim. And when I wasn't looking he quickly left out of the stage door. talk about being crushed.
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