Celebrities at shows?

[Grace Omalley]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 8:56pm

Longtime lurker, first time posting. So please be patient with me.

How often do you see a celebrity at a show?  While exiting Jersey Boys this evening, I thought I saw Larry David. Awesome, fun sighting. My companions were further behind me & didn't notice

 

So I'm wondering if anyone else saw him this evening.

 

And what is your best celeb siting, either at a show or around town.

 

i also have no ides why the font changed in the middle of my post. I apologize, I'm still trying to figure this all out!  Thanks everyone I've learned so much from ALL of you!

 

??Gracie

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 9:37pm

I've seen lots....The Clinton's, Rita Moreno, Cheno (Who stomped on  my foot with her stilettos)....spring to mind.

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 9:42pm

Seeing the Clintons at A Little Night Music is a memory I really cherish. The audience applauded them as they entered the orchestra, and they were extremely generous to those excited to see them.

 

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 9:47pm

The last time we were at Hamilton, my mom and I were on line when Spielberg and his family were heading towards the back of the line. They were seated two rows behind us and I kept looking back to watch him watching the show. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 9:52pm

Met Ricky Gervais on the sidewalk, and then we both were going to see Pacino in Glengarry Glenn Ross. While celebrity-spotting at intermission at Hamilton, I accidentally ended up talking with David Byrne the whole time (not even realizing who he was until someone came up to shake his hand, and then it was like WTF?!?). Bought Billy Joel a drink at intermission at The Producers, and then he introduced me to his daughter, while we talked. At that same performance: Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Martin, Anthony Edwards, and supposedly more, but those are the only ones I saw. Sat across from Wallace Shawn off-Broadway. Also saw Anna Wintour at A View From The Bridge, Bobby Moynihan at the final Bridges of Madison County. Probably dozens more I'm forgetting...

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 10:49pm

Saw Katie Holmes and Steven Spielberg at The Elephant Man; Spielberg was sitting two rows in front of me. Saw Jerry Stiller at On the Town (he was seated across the aisle from me and he was the person they called out at the top of the second act). Was standing next to Didi Conn on the bathroom line at H2S (she was extremely kind). Saw Lance Bass at Priscilla and Jorge Garcia (Lost) at Something Rotten. Most recently, Tina Fey and her daughter sat across the aisle from my Mom and I at Bright Star. I'm sure there are more but those are the ones that come to mind off the top of my head!

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 10:55pm

I sat directly in front of Cher when I saw Hamilton at The Public.

[whatdoesntkillme]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 11:33pm

In line for the bathroom at The Color Purple, I swear I made eye contact with Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

[Boston Friend]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 11:36pm

I've seen lots too.

Saw Zachary Quinto at Sweat on Saturday. Also saw Isaac Mizrahi and Darren Criss at Falsettos on Friday. 

[pc1145N]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 11:47pm

I've seen a lot of celebrities at shows over the years but the biggest pack of them was at Book of Mormon. I saw it in previews and in attendance that night were Kate Hudson, Michelle Williams (not from Destiny's Child,) Gerald Butler, Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Fun sightings.

[tresora]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 11:49pm

I saw Zachary Quinto, too! On a Wednesday show of The Cherry Orchard. :)

[Andy51]

Posted: 11/13/16 at 11:59pm

Many over the years.  Most recently, Jake Gyllenhall at Hand to God.  He was across the aisle from us - my wife kept turning to look at him and semi-stalked him at intermission.

[kjck89]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 12:08am

I talked to Nia Vardalos at the Public lobby this weekend -Tiny Beautiful Things rehearsals.Wished her the best for the show's previews this week.

[PatrickDC]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 12:39am

Ha! As I was reading the thread about bad stage dooring I kept thinking conversely that my most memorable experiences are seeing actors just walking down the street. I never stage door as I don't feel comfortable in large crowds packed into small spaces, particularly if the fans are rude and raging to get as close as they can to the stars. Stagedooring just isn't my thing anyway. Maybe seeing actors on the streets is common for you who live/work in NYC, but it's really special for me. I am respectful and usually just nod and smile (if they are looking my way) and never gush or ask for a picture, not my thing either. 

My last trip I had just seen the final preview of TUCK EVERLASTING the night before and was walking down 8th around 10:00 a.m. I passed Terry Mann near 44th and said I really enjoyed the show. He said thank you. A block later Michael Wartella passed by singing softy to himself. Great show, Hugo I said. He paused and smiled and said thanks. Then as I was entering Duane Reade Fred Applegate was coming out. I thought ok this is too weird. He shook my hand and he struck me as being a very kind and gracious man. I truly did like the show, particularly his character's comic duet with Hugo in Act 2. He said he needed to run as they had to meet press and get ready for opening night. Walking back to my hotel I kept expecting to see Carolee Carmello and Andrew Keenan-Bolger but alas, no such luck. But what a fun experience, bumping into three actors in the span of a block or two. Like I said, maybe this is common for NYCers but it made my day. 

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 1:00am

I've seen some but probably the most notable at a Broadway show was Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman at Desire Under The Elms in 2009. In Los Angeles, I've seen some as well including Mike Farrell from M*A*S*H, Craig T. Nelson and one of my favorite character actors, Robert Forster probably best known for the Tarantino film Jackie Brown, who chatted for 10 minutes and could not possibly have been any nicer. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 1:23am

I saw Streisand at Porgy and Bess. She came in 10 minutes after it started, left before intermission, came back 10 minutes after act two started and left a few minutes before it ended. 

 

Ive seen a million more over the years, that was just the strangest. 

Updated On: 11/14/16 at 01:23 AM

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 2:12am

tresora said: "I saw Zachary Quinto, too! On a Wednesday show of The Cherry Orchard. :)"

Zachary (and his twinkie bf) was the only celebrity I did spot at Hamilton while I was unknowingly having a conversation with David Byrne whilest looking for celebrities. at Hamilton. D'oh!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 3:15am

And I sat next to Susan Sarandon at Fela, off Broadway.  Jordan's story  sprung that memory....very similar, but not as extreme.

[itsshowtime2]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 5:28am

I have seen tons over the years.  Those that spring to mind that I saw at shows are: Glenn Close, Jerry Mitchell, Graham Norton, Alan Alda, Neil Patrick Harris, Caitlin Jenner, Jai Rodriguez, Joanna Gleason, Allison Mack, Leslie Odom Jr, Andre De Shields, John Glover, John Simm, J. Robert Spencer, Cliff Robertson

In restaurants/bars or on the street:  Doris Roberts, Bernadette Peters, Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, Edward Hibbert, Jean Marsh, Bryan Cranston, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, John Benjamin Hickey, Victor Garber, Cuba Gooding Jr, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Rich Sommer, Cady Huffman, Georgia Engel, Judy Kuhn, Will Chase, Hank Azaria, Peter Boyle

 

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:11am

Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Tom Stoppard, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter, Charlie Cox, Sheridan Smith, Elaine Paige, Derek Jacobi...

[hairspraydude1962]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 6:44am

Specifically at shows, two spring to mind: Scott Adsit at The Book of Mormon and Graham Norton at Over the Rainbow.

[The Other One]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 8:07am

Over the years...Jacqueline Onassis at the original Chicago, Liza Minnelli and Candace Bergen at the original Lydie Breeze, Tennessee Williams at the Cocteau for his Something Cloudy, Something Clear, Diahann Carroll at Torch Song Trilogy, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and her mother at Six Degrees of Separation, Robert Redford at the original Master Class, Tony Shalhoub and daughter at Spamalot, Kathleen Chalfant at The Little Dog Laughed, Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey at Three Days of Rain, Tommy Tune at Mary Stuart and Forbidden Broadway, Celeste Holm at the Delacorte for Hair, Jill Clayburgh and David Rabe at the Delacorte for The Merchant of Venice, Al Pacino at CSC for Hamlet...probably too many to remember offhand.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 8:40am

Ran into Christian Borle near the City Center stage door on the day I saw Little Me. I told him he was great in Sound of Music Live.

Robert Creighton and I attended the same performance of On the 20th Century, and we had just worked together on Cagney so that was neat.

I also encountered Tyne Daly on a random street near 6th Avenue. She was on her way to speak in a documentary about Terrence McNally.

[smidge]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 9:07am

Audra at The Last Ship, Harry Belafonte, Annie Leibovitz, Julie Chen and Les Moonves at Hamilton  (Public Theater), Orlando Bloom and Michael Sheen at Twelfth Night, Lynn Redgrave at Grey Gardens, Tommy Tune at Patti's Gypsy at City Center (luckily not behind him!)

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/14/16 at 9:09am

More than I can count over the years. Most recent one was sitting next to Robert Morse at Oslo.