Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
#1Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 2:35pm
On this thread, tell your tales (if any) about running into various performers on the streets of NYC...
My stories:
When I saw 9 to 5 in '09, I nearly knocked over Marcia Gay Harden (who was carrying armfuls of Applebees) while I was making my war to the Marquis stage door...I also walked by Chrstine Ebersole (then in Blithe Spirit) in front of the Marquis.
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#2Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 2:45pmStephanie J Block was in the audience the night I saw The Drowsy Chaperone. Probably about a half an hour after the show let out I saw her walking under the breezeway of the Marriott Marquis Hotel. I told her I loved her in the Wicked tour when it played in Pittsburgh, and got a picture with her. Very kind woman.
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#2Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 2:59pmI also ran into Gregory Jbara twice and Will Chase once walking past the stage doorat the Imperial...I just recognized them when they had both walked into the theatre....
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#3Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 3:02pmKristin Chenoweth lives in the same apartment building and floor as a pal of mine so many packages he has signed for her, etc. I still find it cool whenever I'm visiting and she knocks on his door to get her packages, etc. She's very sweet and ALWAYS has scarves on. Always.
#4Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 3:15pmI have a recollection of being in Manhattan in 1998, obsessed with the DePalma film Obsession and its score by Bernard Herrmann. Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, and John Lithgow starred. Anyways, I stepped out of a Chinese restaurant and there was John Lithgow lightly jogging past. I turned to him and abruptly said, "I loved you in Obsession." He turned his head, still jogging, wrinkled his brown in confusion and said, "Thanks!"
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#5Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 3:20pmWhen Denzel Washington was doing Othello, he and I were both on phones walking towards each other, we bumped into one another, I onto the street, turned to tell him to eff off, saw who it was and changed my mind...he gave me a dirty look and kept going.
#6Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 3:23pmLooking back this doesn't seem as surprising now as it did then, but a few years ago my friend and I saw "Sunday In The Park With George" and Norbert Leo Butz was visiting a friend in the show at the stage door. It was my first time in New York, and my first time seeing shows on Broadway, so seeing a "big star" like him was pretty cool! We did not acknowledge him, though, because we figured since he wasn't in the show it would be kind of rude to bother him when he was just there to support a friend. But who knows, maybe he wouldn't have minded!
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#7Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 3:23pmI was just told a story yesterday how one of my friends turned the corner this weekend and literally elbowed Bernadette Peters in the arm. If anyone sees her this week with a bruise, I know the person to beat up!
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#8Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 7:04pmJennifer from N2N twice on 9th ave., Christopher sieber on the subway, Catherine zeta Jones w/ hubby Michael Douglas right outside the al hirschfeld theater
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#9Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 7:11pmI almost got run into literally because of a Broadway star. I was walking back to near Herald Square on my lunch hour, I noticed Laura Benanti walking down the street. As we both made eye contact, a bike almost crashed right into me. She asked if I was ok, and I said, "yes Laura thank you."
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#10Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 7:35pmwhen Jude Law was in town for Hamlet, my parents were literally next to him at Bubby's in Tribeca. I got there as soon as I could, but a minute before I got there he was escorted into a private room. I was really upset, however the next day as I got out of class, I was talking to someone outside and saw Jude walk by with his father and sons. Needless to say I was freaking out. not only because it was Jude Law but because what were the chances I got to see him after missing him the previous day!?
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#11Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 7:37pm
I passed by Jackie Hoffman one day and then Laura Bell Bundy the next a couple of months ago.
Updated On: 7/12/10 at 07:37 PM
#12Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:22pm
when i was in nyc i saw many broadway stars. it was so fun.
i LITERALLY walked into constentine (sp?) from rock of ages, as he and i both turned the corner. it was cool, i didn't know it was him until a moment later he got into a cab and i said stupidly, 'rock on!'
i also saw one of the original broadway boys from billy elliot. he had a billy elliot shirt on. it made me smile.
and jennifer damiano from next to normal walked by me while i was outside avenue q. i didn't say anything.
when i was in toronto my friend and i were waiting to be let into the canon theatre to see the final tour of rent. we were the only ones there. anthony rapp walked by us, and we didn't say anything cause we didn't know how to process it. but it was a great moment. he looked at us, we looked at him, and he was gone. i will always have that memory. a few seconds later we heard a bunch of screaming girls down at the end of the street, and we knew he had arrived.
it's cool seeing stars on the street. makes you remember that they are, for the most part, still people like us with jobs to go to and things to do. except they have the coolest jobs ever.
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#13Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:24pmBumped into Matthew Morrison Friday night after Merchant of Venice in Central Park. I shyly asked for an autograph, and he was a complete doll and obliged.
#14Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:32pm
A lot of times I see actors on their way to work, for example...
Allison Janney on 45th as she was heading to the
Marquis for 9 to 5. I was just about to take a sip of my water when I did a double take of this TALL woman in white walking passed me... good thing I didn't spill or spit anything out.
Andrea Burns walking to the In the Heights stage door as we were standing outside the theater.
Bryce Ryness (sp?) walking up 45th (presumably to Hair).
And Richard H. Blake and Manuel Herrera (sp?) walking into Second Stage while Next to Normal was playing there.
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#15Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:48pm
I've seen several on their way to work...Norbert Leo Butz to name one...and walked past Sean Hayes in Chelsea in March. He still had the goatee and I think we made eye contact. Maybe I was dreaming.
In the creepy department, I saw Gary Beach three times in the same spot on three different occasions on 8th Av...always surrounded by a posse of fawning 20-year-olds.
#16Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 8:58pm
I use to work in a very popular building on 43rd Street (houses Telsey, Dodgers, BB&B, etc...) and one morning I shared the elevator with Catherine Zeta Jones. I didn't talk to her out of intimidation, but that same day on my way home I shared the elevator with Angela Lansbury. I turned around and started a conversation and she was such a sweetheart.
I feel like every time I eat at Eatery on 9th Avenue I see Cheyenne Jackson, Nick Adams, and Vanessa Williams. I literally see one of those three every time I go there.
And last night I was standing outside Emmett O'Lunney's on 50th and Bernadette Peters walked past me walking her dog. Her dog stopped right in front of the building to take care of his business...her response was, "Damn thing always picks the most embarrassing places to do this." lol
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#17Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 9:15pmAlso saw Mary Testa on the subway last June...think it was the day before "Guys and Dolls" closed...couldn't get up the nerve to say anything...was tempted to quote "Xanadu" but thought better of it.
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#18Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 9:53pm
Martha Plimpton on the subway she was very nice talking to strangers and even offering to throw out there trash when she got off at her stop.
Sutton Foster refusing to take a picture with me on the street. Woops. Stanley Tucci outside of Angus's he was very nice and signed for me.
#19Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:10pmWas walking away from losing the Avenue Q lottery, and literally bumped into Charlotte D'Amboise as she was walking to A Chorus Line. I said, 'I'm so sorry", and she said, "Hey, it's New York! It happens all the time", and smiled and continues walking.
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#20Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:12pmI've walked past Christopher Seiber, J. Robert Spencer, Greg Jbara, and Heidi Blickenstaff. I saw Marc Shaiman visiting the stage door of another show (I think it was Mary Stuart) and Phylicia Rashad getting take out from Juniors. I saw Bye Bye Birdie at the same time as Lori Loughlin, and according to someone else in the audience, I saw Next to Normal with Chris Matthews, but I wouldn't recognize him from a hole in the wall so I don't know if the person was right. I also literally ran into Alec Baldwin once when I was leaving the theater after seeing In the Next Room. I don't know if he was also leaving the theater or just walking by the door.
#21Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:17pm
I saw Olga Merediz from In the Heights walking her dog in the Time Warner center. And Lisa Brescia was waiting at the stagedoor of {title of show} when I was there. Didn't say anything to either of them.
And on the lines of being in the theatre with other stars, Billy Joel was at Spring Awakening when I was there, and Sondheim was at Next to Normal at Second Stage when I was there as well.
#22Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:20pmWonder: Bernie walking and chastising hey dog cracks me up. I can so see it.
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#23Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:26pmJackie Hoffman outside of Penn Station, Christian Borle at the next table at Pigelle, Brandi Burkhardt on 8th Ave, Ashley Spencer on 8th Ave, Martha Plimpton on 8th Avenue, Kate Shindle on 8th Ave, Brian Sears on 8th Ave, Ashley Spencer and Max Crumm on 46th St, Leslie Kritzer at the piano bar in the Edison. Dustin Hoffman at Studio 54.
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#24Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC
Posted: 7/12/10 at 10:47pm
Let's see...
When I saw Rent with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, Tyra Banks was also in the audience. She sat way down front in the orchestra and didn't come in until about a minute before curtain. I remember telling my companion, "Gee, that woman looks like Tyra Banks" as she walked down the aisle, and the girl in front of me turned around and said "That IS Tyra Banks!".
Walked past Justin Kirk once on 45th. That same day, I saw Alice Ripley, looking very excited in a pink trench coat, carrying furniture from the Booth stage door to a car. I ALSO ended up walking behind Aaron Tveit that day as he walked to work.
Ended up accidentally following Jeff Daniels as he left God of Carnage. We were going to the same place.
Ran into Brian D'arcy James and Adam Chanler-Berat(?) at the Marquis Starbucks on my birthday a few weeks ago (also almost knocked over Douglas Hodge as he was leaving La Cage, and saw The Soup host Joel McHale filming a movie in Times Square. It was a pretty good birthday!).
Well that was long.
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