What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
AudreyTwoTwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
#1What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 2:41pm
I searched for a board, couldn't find one, so if there is indeed one, I'm sorry.
What big stars have you seen in the audiences of shows you've seen? I saw Chris Rock at Little Mermaid, Shirley MacLaine at Seussical, and Tom Hanks at the same show. I actually was dumb enough to say, LOOK, IT'S WOODY!! And everyone applauded and crowded him. I was only 9.
Oh! And we saw John Tartaglia at Xanadu.
#2What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 2:48pmBernadette Peters was at Promises Promises the same night as me. Samuel L Jackson was a few rows behind me at Fences while Clive Davies was sat next to me.
#2What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 2:53pmZac Efron was at In The Heights this past Saturday night. At Cyrano De Bergerac, Ben Affleck was sitting across the aisle, Phoebe Cates was in front of him, and Angie Harmon was a few rows back. At Chicago (Usher's opening), Clive Davis sat directly in front of us, Penelope Cruz was a few rows back, S. Epatha Merkerson and Gabrielle Union were also nearby. Sat behind Tony Goldwyn at the Drowsy Chaperone. Saw Donald Sutherland at the Lion King. At Gypsy at City Center, saw Barbara Cook, Victor Garber, Michael Serveris and Stephen Sondheim.
#3What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 2:58pmHow many celebrities have noticed us??????
#4What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:04pm
Liam Neeson (sp? Natasha Richardson's husband) at Young Frankenstein
Lucas Grabeel at The Little Mermaid
Richie Sambora (sp? Bon Jovi band member) at Spring Awakening
Lance Bass at American Idiot
Rachel Dratch at Mary Poppins
Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young at HAIR- before they were in HAIR
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#5What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:10pm
Doris Roberts ( Everybody Loves Raymond) at Memphis
Joey Macintyre at Hair
I was also in the middle of a big group of Broadway performers at Hair last year.
#6What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:12pm
Nathan Lane at Rock of Ages...WTF?
And Tuesday night at LEND ME A TENOR...Cheri Oteri and Margaret Mosier (SP?) - the first American woman to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on a Broadway stage.
AudreyTwoTwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
#7What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:16pmAHH! I would have DIED if I saw Nathan at ROA.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#8What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:16pm
Tyra Banks at In The Heights in Feb 2009.
Mario Cantone a couple rows behind me in the mezzanine at The Women in 2001.
John Waters at August Osage County--January 2009
Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Wyatt Russell directly in front of me and Victor Garder behind me at L'il Abner in 1998.
Didn't see them in the audience, but Patricia Heaton, Laura Bennett stage doored at "The Little Dog Laughed" in January 2008. Patricia was a pill, Laura was all smiles.
hairspraydude1962
Leading Actor Joined: 7/20/09
#9What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:27pm
A couple of weeks ago, I saw Paul Vogt at The Producers in Pittsburgh.
Updated On: 7/30/10 at 03:27 PM
#10What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:34pm
My idea of "celebrity" is a bit weird. I mean, Kevin Spacey at Spring Awakening in the West End, that's a pretty good sighting, and Susie Blake at the same is all right too, albeit not quite at the same level.
Trevor Nunn was at the last performance of A Little Night Music at the Chocolate Factory; similarly, I can't quite stop spotting Dominic Dromgoole at the Globe (Macbeth and Henry VIII, not to mention mingling with the crowd at the open day).
I've seen Tim West and Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse (both A Streetcar Named Desire), Jamie Parker at the National (London Assurance), and Dominic Rowan at the Globe (Macbeth). Oh, and Luke Neal, Lenora Crichlow, and Charlie Cox at the Young Vic (all just in the bar before shows actually), which appears to be this summer's It Place to spot people in London, as long as you're not after Hollywood A-listers. And Sir John Mills came to my school play once, that was nice.
So of the twelve names, how many do you recognise? If anyone's heard of more than seven, I'll be SUPER impressed with you. And if anyone's heard of all twelve, I think we need to be friends. XD
Updated On: 7/30/10 at 03:34 PM
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#11What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:34pmI forgot----Matthew Broderick at Rock of Ages.
#12What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:43pm
George Burns (Barnum)
Barbara Streisand, David Bowie (Tommy)
Betty Buckley (Into the Woods)
Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks (The Producers)
David Hyde Pierce (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Bruce Springsteion (Spamalot)
Matt Dillon (Rent)
Stephen Sondheim, Raul Esparza, Phyllis Newman (Legends)
Tyne Daly (The Royal Family)
Phil Donahue, Marcia Lewis (Falsettos)
Jerry Orbach (Will Rogers Follies)
Mathew Perry (The Graduate)
Natalie Schaefer (Loot)
John Malkovich (Nicholas Nickleby revival)
Lily Tomlin (9-5)
Updated On: 7/30/10 at 03:43 PM
#13What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:52pmThe eeriest was a fight I witnessed mid-afternoon in the otherwise empty lobby of the Alemedia Theatre in London (as I was picking up tickets for PLENTY starring Cate Blanchett) between John John Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette. They were beautiful people, beautifully dressed and obviously very unhappy. A week later they died in the plane crash in Martha's Vineyard.
#14What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:54pmWeez, did you know Kevin Spacey produced Spring Awakening in London?
#15What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:55pmRod Blagojevich at Wicked Chicago when only Illinois knew he was corrupt.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 3:56pm
Bunches...and I don't tend to remember these sort of things.
I sat next to Susan Sarandon at Fela! (off bway)
Neil Patrick Harris at Shrek. (He made my daughter, 10 at the time, swoon.)
and...yup, that's all the old memory is releasing.
MusicAngel
Stand-by Joined: 9/26/08
#17What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:02pm
So far.. NPH at Next to Normal
Geez, I guess I should start paying more attention to my surroundings!
#18What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:04pm
The most famous people I've seen were Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick (along with Andy from that show Watch What Happens on Bravo) at La Cage Aux Folles a couple weeks ago.
Also I sat a few rows in front of Neil Simon at Next to Normal last May.
And I don't know if this really counts, but Sondheim stood behind me at A Little Night Music back in December.
Updated On: 7/30/10 at 04:04 PM
angelplays
Stand-by Joined: 3/11/10
#19What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:07pm
Whoopi Goldberg in the audience at Xanadu before she was even announced as going in.
Marian Seldes at The Year of Magical Thinking.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Joanna Gleason at Everyday Rapture when it was at Second Stage.
Kevin Bacon, Hal Prince and Susan Sarandon at next to normal.
#20What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:16pm
ClapYo'Hands: yes I did, which is why I was more surprised at my recognising him than at his presence. I'm not usually good at facial recognition. XD
#21What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:21pm
Nathan Lane at Bye Bye Birdie
David Hyde Pierce at Lend Me A Tenor
Mike Starr at Jersey Boys
America Ferrera at Next To Normal
Jeremy Sisto at Uncle Vanya
An "unknown celebrity" at Red (people were taking pictures of him, but I didn't recognize him)
Does Ben Brantley count? Haha, right... Saw him at La Cage in London.
#22What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:27pm
Marian Seldes and Sigourney Weaver at God of Carnage.
Alan Rickman at A Steady Rain.
Shia Labeouf and *i think* Emile Hirsch at A Behanding in Spokane.
Bernadette Peters at Next to Normal.
Angela Lansbury at Promises, Promises.
America Ferrara and Tobey Macguire at American Idiot.
bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#23What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 4:38pm
richard simmons in a white suit at MY ONE AND ONLY
rachel welsh ..lots of foundation on at the same show
sat in front of Kevin Kline and Phoepe Cates at Les Miz
Ken Howard at Chita A Dancers life
#24What Celebrities Have You Seen at Shows?
Posted: 7/30/10 at 5:03pmI always look but I've yet to be at the same performance as any celebrity. Though I did sit behind a whole row of Christy Carlson Romano's family and friends at her opening night of Beauty & the Beast.
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