# TV/movie actors you've seen live on stage. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347 "2012-05-09T01:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/21 "2012-05-09T10:58:23Z")
David Tennant and Jim Broadbent in ‘The Pillowman’ Stephen Rea in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’. Later had a pub argument with him about said play. Michael Gambon and Lee Evans in ‘Endgame’. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan in ‘Waiting for Godot’. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/22 "2012-05-09T11:39:16Z")
**Tim Curry** , **David Hyde Pierce** and **Sara Ramirez** in _Spamalot_. **Harvey Fierstein** in _Hairspray_. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/23 "2012-05-09T11:42:50Z")
More than I realized, now that I think about it… \*\*William Petersen \*\*and \*\*Cherry Jones \*\*in _Night of the Iguana_ \*\*Gary Sandy \*\*in _Bleacher Bums_ \*\*Lorraine Bracco \*\*in _The Graduate_ **David Schwimmer** and \*\*Joey Slotnick \*\*in _Our Town_ **Joey Slotnick** again in _Animal Crackers_ There may be a couple more I’m not recalling right now. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/24 "2012-05-09T11:43:07Z")
Donny Osmond in Joseph Jamie and Adam in Mythbusters. ---
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**Patrick Stewart** and **Joshua Jackson** in _A Life in the Theatre_. **John Gordon Sinclair** in _The Producers_ I also had tickets to see Stewart and McKellen in _Waiting for Godot_ but came down with a nasty bronchial infection. It broke my heart to miss that. Oh, and **Eric Idle** , **Michael Palin** , **Terry Jones** , **Terry Gilliam** , **Carol Cleveland** , **Neil Innes** and (inexplicably) **Sanjeev Bhaskar** in _Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)_ ---
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I saw Ed Ames in _South Pacific_. He really was very good. We had obscured seats, kind of behind a pole, so I was craning my neck all night to see the stage. Saw Len Cariou and Cloris Leachman as Captain Andy and Parthy in _Show Boat_ at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Nosebleed seats. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/27 "2012-05-09T13:11:12Z")
I am seeing _Smash_’s Megan Hilty in _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_ on Saturday. She is actually a theater person, but now is probably better-known for her TV show. Frankly, I do not think she’s right for Lorelei, Lee, but I am going to bend over backwards to be fair to her! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/28 "2012-05-09T13:22:04Z")
Marilu Henner, Jeff Conway in “Over Here”, a Broadway musical about the Andrews Sisters. A hundred years ago, actress Peggy Cass in a play at a country club. Richard Harris in Camelot! Sandra Dee and Sylvia Sidney in a road show play at the Civic Center. Anne Miller at the same place, in “Panama Hattie”. There must be a couple more, can’t remember right now. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/29 "2012-05-09T13:34:05Z")
John Larouquette, Angela Lansbury, Candace Bergen and Eric McCormick. And that’s only counting this month. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/30 "2012-05-09T13:55:25Z")
And looking to the future, I’ve got tickets for September to see: Jon Beavers, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Thomas Hobson, & Tara Perry in concert. (Better known as **The Fresh Beat Band** ) (I have 2 little kids, you see.) (But I’m oddly excited too) ---
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**Debbie Allen** played Anita in the only Broadway show I’ve ever seen, West Side Story. This was a few years before _Fame_. **Sally Kellerman** at the Hasty Pudding Club. She was _Martha in Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolff_. Someone told me that Edward Albee was in the audience that night, but I very much doubt it. ---
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I saw Kaye Ballard, Georgia Engel and Lee Meriwether in _Nunsense!_ during the 20th Anniversary Tour. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/33 "2012-05-09T14:36:55Z")
**Patrick Stewart** as narrator of Stravinsky’s _The Soldier’s Tale_ with the San Francisco Symphony. They threw in a couple of Star Trek jokes. ---
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This is a bit obscure, but I recently saw Tony Heald (the director of Hannibal Lecter’s prison hospital) in a Shakespeare production in Oregon. Jimmy Stewart gave a spiel at my high school in the 60s wearing his military uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/35 "2012-05-09T14:45:24Z")
I haven’t been to as many live shows as I’d like, (especially not those with big names) but I’ve seen Tim Curry and David Hyde Pierce in _Spamalot_ on Broadway, (Hank Azaria was out for the day) and I’ve seen Bill Cosby doing standup at the Kennedy Center a few years back but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347/36 "2012-05-09T14:59:30Z")
I saw Martin Sheen in a touring production of “The Trouble with Roses”, a drama, back in the 70s. Got his autograph after, because he impressed me so much. He was very grateful and unassuming. Saw Betty Grable in a touring company of “Hello Dolly”. also saw Helen Hayes, in a show called “The Circle”. [gosh I’m old] I am so jealous of some of you for the performances you’ve witnessed! ---
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I know there must have been more because I have seen a lot of shows but the one I remember because it was a real thrill was Matthew Brodrick and Nathan Lane in The Producers. I noticed some people are listing comedians they saw live: I saw a ton of those: The two that did a lot of acting would be Seinfeld and George Carlin. ---
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I saw Michael Moriarty in a production of Richard III back in 1980. He was not great in the lead role. ---
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Angela Lansbury in _ **Sweeney Todd** _. Dustin Hoffman in _ **The Merchant of Venice** _. Tom Hulce in _ **Hamlet** _. Captain Picard’s one man show version of _ **A Christmas Carol** _. Stacy Keach in _ **Richard III** _. Avery Brooks in _ **Othello** _. Paul Winfield in _ **Merry Wives of Windsor** _, although it was a free outdoor play and I didn’t hear much from my vantage point. ---
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Oh, yeah - Derek Jacobi in _ **Breaking the Code** _. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-movie-actors-youve-seen-live-on-stage/621347.md?page=3)