Weird things you've said to Broadway stars

To Rebecca Naomi Jones: "I don't want to sound like a creep, but I was your first follower on Twitter."
This was true, and said the day after she made a Twitter account.

I was such a creeper when I spoke to Laura Benanti after In the Next Room. I told her that I didn't mean to sound creepy, but I remembered seeing her in the ensemble of The Sound of Music. It was terrible.

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To Adam Chanler-Berat: So what's really in the green bong?

To Jimmy Smits after GOD OF CARNAGE: "Oh my God, Jimmy Smits! My mother wants to kiss you!" (she went with me to see it)

My mother got kissed and I got embarrassed...Win/Fail

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I met Sutton Foster after Young Frankenstein and I talked about a million miles a minute "we just did Millie at our school and I was jimmy and we love you so much and you are so great and we are close to where you went to high school and you did a few touring shows with my old music teacher." I bet she wanted to be like shut up!! But she was like oh thanks and signed my playbill and walked off.

Prefacing with Guys and Dolls '92 revival was the first show I saw (that I remember), first CR I totally memorized, and is a very important production for me. A few seasons back when Nathan Lane was in November, Faith Prince was in A Catered Affair, and Peter Gallagher was in The Country Girl I saw all of them, which was incredible. Nathan didn't come out after November, but when Faith Prince came out I told her how much that production meant to me and she appreciated it. When Peter Gallagher came out after Country Girl, I told him how much I loved him, and that my brothers name is Sky cause my dad loves the show (and other reasons), and he looked like he wanted to run as fast as he could.

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I guess I just feel odd because I'm so shy, so it is hard for me to talk to people, especially in huge crowds, so it usually is just a hi and thank you for them signing my playbill. I always walk away wishing I could say a little more so I don't have them think I'm weird.

But, when I went through the autograph line at the Broadway Flea Market last year, I don't know why I needed to tell Christopher Sieber that I saw him in both Spamalot and Shrek, thinking he would really care.

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I don't know why, but I am so comfortable talking to the actors after the show. I especially like going to the same show multiple times and the actors recognize you and you have more in depth conversations, ala HAIR. I don't think I have ever been tongue tied or shy at a stagedoor before.

^My friend cried when we met Alice Ripley and my friend made no sense when she was talking to her. I think many have been through that.

CockEyedOptimist... that is exactly what I would do, hahaha. I love Terrence Mann.

I have met Norm Lewis, who I adore, twice, once extremely briefly after Little Mermaid, and once for a good several minutes after First You Dream (a Kander and Ebb concert). The first time, there was a huge crowd and he was the first person out of the door. I told the guy in front of me, "When Norm Lewis comes out, could you please let me in front, because I'm a really big fan of his." And surprise surprise, he grinned at me and said, "SURE, I KNOW NORM!" So as soon as Norm Lewis came out, he yelled, "HEY, NORM, THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL HERE WHO WANTS TO MEET YOU!"

I was so startled, I had no idea what to say, so I just blurted, "...You were my favorite Javert." This is really weird because I've never seen him as Javert. The second time, we had a pleasant chat and it was going very well, but then right near the end, I said randomly, "My mom wanted to come, but she couldn't make it. She loves you, every time we get in the car, she makes me play 'You Should Be Loved,' no matter what I listen to." I have no idea why I said that...

Oh, plus one time, I was interviewing Hugh Panaro for a thing at my school, and I made a joke about his 'toilet brush sideburns' that he wore in Sweeney Todd. He told me they were REAL, and that they were his idea. Ulp.

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Eh.. In Los Angeles I approached a performer who did a popular show in New York and was now doing a different show here in L.A.
I asked them about the previous show they were in on Broadway and when they asked, "did you see it?" I said "not in person."
hahaha ooops.. they got it I was talking about..um.. a bootleg. lol

I went to the Little Night Music signing at the theater last April. i wanted to say something to the cast is better than, "you're so amazing!" i thought about all these things i could say. Yet in the moment all that came out was, "You're soooo amazing." To Mr. sondheim i said, "i love your work! you are such a genius" and ran off.

im sure he never heard that before....

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I have seen Blanca Camacho play Abuela Claudia so many times in In The Heights that when I saw her go on as Daniela, I was so glad to see her survive all of Act Two.

So, when she came out and was signing, I said "You were fantastic. It was so good to see you finally survive Act Two."

She looked at me like I had three heads, until my friend and I explained what I meant to her, which amused her.

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