Running into Broadway stars on the streets of NYC- Page 3

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:15pm

Living in New York and spending a lot of time in the theater district, there's no way I could list all the sightings.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:25pm

Very true taylorPHENOMENON.

I live on 51st & Broadway, so I really don't think a day goes by where I don't see someone.

And...now you all know where I live lol Oops.

[loganatorr22]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:40pm

I was walking with a friend on 45th and he said "Oh ****, that's Jennifer Daminiano!" I didn't think it was her so I yelled "Jennifer!" and she spun around looking for who screamed her name. We were just staring at her aghast. Once she saw us and we weren't saying anything, she said "Hey?!" and then walked away. Not our best moment.

[allyk]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:40pm

Back in April before I saw Jersey Boys I was in Starbucks on 54th and 9th and Norm Lewis and Leslie Kritzer walked in.
Diana DeGarmo on 7th and 40th back in November (a week after I had seen Toxic Avenger)
Jackie Hoffman on 44th literally 10 minutes after The Addams Family matinee had finished (I had gone to the show that day)
Several people at the first preview of Everyday Rapture
Gavin Creel sat in front of me at the Kerrigan and Lowdermilk concert at Birdland in March (and 2 weeks before, a bunch of the Hair cast at Caissie Levy and Kacie Sheik's concert at Joe's Pub)
And when I interned at Playbill last year I saw Seth Rudetsky a few times in the office (the desk I used was right outside the radio station/podcast booth)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 1:45pm

I have too many stories to tell, so I'll choose one from my repertoire.

Roger Bart shopping for lingerie in the West Village. (Talk about don't ask, don't tell. I didn't ask and for a long time, I didn't tell. But the image of Roger Bart holding up a teddy is burned in my memory and I have to talk it out.)

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:10pm

I'm in the theater district all the time and never see anyone. I even went to the Tonys last years and didn't see anyone (up close), except for Elton John surrounded by a million bodyguards. I guess I'm just ignorant.

[Sirius Black]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:38pm

I've seen 'em all. THE BEST: I stole Jackie Hoffman's cab. She cursed me. HEAVEN.

[newintown]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 2:54pm

If you spend any time in NYC (let alone live here), if you don't see celebrities frequently, you aren't getting out enough.

I was with a friend at Marie's Crisis earlier this year; Cheyenne Jackson was staring at his butt, grabbed it hard enough to turn my friend around, tongue-kissed him, and said, "Hi, I'm Cheyenne. You're gorgeous." My friend was not experienced with this sort of thing and couldn't think of anything to say. Cheyenne moved on.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 3:00pm

Well, THAT'S easily the hottest story thus far. Totally jealous of your friend.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 3:11pm

Oh, I get out plenty. I just don't notice/ recognize people. Not even my friends.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:06pm

I don't keep a running tally, but since someone else shared their embarassing Will Swenson street story, I'll share mine.

Last summer, I had just seen Hair and was on the phone with a friend as I walked up 8th. I was discussing Twelfth Night with my friend, which I had seen the night before. I joked to my friend "I just want to be Anne Hathaway. She gets to make out with Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza every night- that's like my dream job!"

Heard a laugh, looked to my right and Will Swenson was passing me on the sidewalk. Awkward.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 4:08pm

I was totally that friend, wasn't I? And it's awesome.

Stories like newintown's make me wish I could be a gay man.

Updated On: 7/13/10 at 04:08 PM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 5:55pm

You were! You always seem to witness my finer moments.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 5:59pm

I consider this an honor.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:02pm

And nobody here doubts that story above? Really? Nobody?

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:29pm

noooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
its tooooooooOOOOOOOOtally truuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeee

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 6:55pm

Maury Yeston holds my record - 3 times

I met him once on the street & twice in to separate theaters.The last time he was trying to defend to me the decision for gutting the Nine score for the film. I did not buy it than & still do not buy it after seeing the film.

It had the makings for a great musical. We all know what happened.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 7:36pm

I interned in NYC last summer and was fortunate enough to see a lot of shows. After my last show of the summer, I was sadly walking down Shubert Alley when I ran into Alice Ripley. That was kind of a special little encounter for me because meeting Alice after N2N was one of the most special stagedoor experiences I've ever had. Sorry to sound like a crazed fangirl, it was just a cool little memory for me.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 7:45pm

Maury Yeston grabbed my butt and tongue kissed me.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 8:00pm

Now that I remember, I actually ended up accidently brushing shoulders with Tom Selleck once. I was working as an extra on the set of a pilot for a new CBS series he is going to star in this coming season. We were getting back to our spots to redo what we just did, and we were too close in passing, but I don't think he noticed. And Len Cariou is in this show too, so he was there as well.

[Andergoat]

Posted: 7/13/10 at 8:12pm

The Lunds grocery in northeast Minneapolis is the "hotbed" of seeing Broadway stars who are in town working at the Guthrie. I saw Hunter Foster, who was in "The Government Inspector" and my co-worker saw Kathleen Chalfant while she was in the new Kushner play last summer.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/14/10 at 12:09am

Oh Jordan, yes -- just stories/events of that type.

Updated On: 7/14/10 at 12:09 AM

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 7/14/10 at 7:12am

If that's true, hope Cheyenne and his hubby have an agreement....

My daughter's adventures:

She used to be obsessed with John Tartaglia and after a couple years of missed opportunities, she/we finally met him at Kids Night...two years in a row... Couldn't have been sweeter.

While sitting in the audience at "In The Heights" in Feburary 2009, I see her turn around and very casually say "oh hey Tyra." I turn around and there's Tyra Banks walking...with bodyguard, boyfriend or whoever...to her seat a couple rows back.
Updated On: 7/14/10 at 07:12 AM

[Steve2]

Posted: 7/14/10 at 9:04am

This past Memorial Day weekend I saw Neil Patrick Harris and friend in Hell's Kitchen, probably heading to dinner (as was I).

[LansburyLuPone]

Posted: 7/14/10 at 3:50pm

One night at the stage door of Gypsy/Encores I saw Marc Shaiman, Nikki Blonsky and Tyne Daly, all there to see the show. It's not exactly on the streets of New York, it's at a stage door, but even so, seeing all of them was a very pleasant surprise.