Stars on the Subway
Stars on the Subway
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#0Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 5:46pmHow likely is it to catch a *star* (or at least featured performer) on the subway? I caught Hugh Jackman once last May (very generous man by the way), but I wondered how many of you have seen someone (recently on the SUBWAY)
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 5:48pmI saw Ms. Chenoweth on the 1/9 line the morning of June 1, 2000 (it was my 25th birthday, that's how I remember the date).
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#3re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:01pm
Marc Kudisch and I got on the same train after the ALW concert at Joe's Pub. Also, I once saw Trey Ellet and Donna Murphy.
ETA: Someone wanted me to point out that Marc was singing in the station. Well, if I hadn't known who he was, I would have thought he was a bit mental.....
#4re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:15pmMacaulay Culkin - don't remember which line.
#5re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:21pm
robbieJ we have the same birthday...
i have seen so many people on the subway...when i didn't live in the city i saw shoshana bean almost everyday, john jeffery martin, a girl who was in taboo. umm julia stiles is usualy a 1/9'er i too saw julianne moore. so it happens more than you think
#6re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:23pmI have seen Issac Mizrahi a few times on the train.
AlienOnBroadway
Stand-by Joined: 7/13/03
#7re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:24pmGot on the same train as Jack Noseworthy once. Since we were both leaving the same reading, it's not that hard to believe. But cool considering I don't live in the city and ride the subway all the time.
#8re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:26pmRichard Kind (not on the subway) but walking down 8th ave!
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#9re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:31pm
jwei- you have the same birthday as me! yay!
anyway...i've seen kristin chenoweth, shoshana bean, and hugh jackman on the subway. ben stiller actually was standing right next to me while we were waiting for the train. i was listening to one of the street performers (so was he) and i gave him a dollar. ben was like "wow. you have a great heart." and then wished me a good day. SUCH a nice man!
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#10re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:32pm
I saw Frenchie Davis coming out of the subway onto the street on her way to the Nederlander Theatre a couple weekends ago. Needless to say, I said hello, even though she was on her cell. 
Updated On: 4/11/05 at 06:32 PM
#11re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:38pmhappy (almost) bday, ponine...we'll celebrate together!
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#12re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:40pmyou too! yes we will! a big thread just for us!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:45pm
I saw Swoozie Kurtz coming out of the FROZEN theater walking down 51st near WICKED.
#15re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:54pm
I saw Raúl Esparza waiting for a bus, and I'm going to say that counts because it's still part of the MTA. 
It was after the 92nd Street Y's tribute to Larry Kramer last fall.
bonna
Chorus Member Joined: 2/8/05
#16re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 8:03pmHeading to Brooklyn (the borough not the show), I've seen Denis O'Hare three times.
#17re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 8:09pmI saw Louise Pitre a few months ago going uptown on the 1/9.
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#18re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:15pm
lol....I ran into Matthew Broderick talking to a friend in front of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Theatre. I literally ran into Harvery Fierstein on I forget what street. Um....Hes not a star but ran into Chris Freeman from La Cage Aux Folles on the Subway.
mmmmm, Hugh. Id love to run into him.
#19re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:33pm
I ran into Matthew Broderick once as well- it was this past August and I was (ironicly) standing by the Producers stagedoor...he was going into the restaurant next door (can't remember the name)
I ran into Deidre Goodwin in a restaurant last April...
#20re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:39pmA few weeks ago I saw Craig Bierko and Hank Azaria together at Starbucks and then we all took the 1 train to 42nd st.
#21re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:41pm
Do you think people besides us Broadway-nerds recognize them?
Other than those who have had film, television gigs.
MTRBOI24
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
#22re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:43pmNope....and Idina once said. Once she is past Time Square area she isnt recognized and its like shes a normal person, or something along the lines of that.
#23re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:46pm
Sort of gives you an idea of what Broadway celebrities are like compared to Hollywood. :
But, I've got to say, before I was introduced to a bunch of musicals and didn't know anyone in the business, I wouldn't have known who the HELL you guys were talking about if you used Menzelchenowethfostererricobutlerespinobeanleobutzesparza in the same sentence. :|
lisa902652
Stand-by Joined: 4/10/05
#24re: Stars on the Subway
Posted: 4/11/05 at 9:47pmI saw James Noble on the subway (from Benson) He went to a broadway show - He had a playbill with him.
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