The juicy gossip I didn't wanna include in an unlocked post, heh. ;)
Last night at "Wicked" we had a bit of excitement, in the form of a celebrity in the audience! During our pre-show meeting we were informed that a certain someone would be coming, and picking up the box of free merch Marc Platt (one of Wicked's producers) had arranged to be left at the lobby booth for her, even...MILEY CYRUS, aka "Hannah Montana". Lol!! I had to text charmedgirl about it, figured she'd be amused...anyway, Miley was of course in town to do the Macy's parade today (which I watched on TV, decided I didn't wanna stand in the cold and massive crowds for hours in the morning - maybe next year?), and the Wicked higher-ups wanted to make a good impression on her. But, as Jill hastened to assure us, this does NOT mean they are trying to woo her for the cast or anything (yikes! Can't really even see her as Nessa, let alone Glinda or Elphie, and God know she's too young), so she didn't want us spreading that around lest it be taken that way. Hence, the friends-locked post, just in case! I couldn't resist sharing, though... :)
Alas, I never got a glimpse of her, though...was at South booth with James (back on the big booths again, yay! I'm working the added Fri matinee and evening as well as all weekend, btw) so we were fairly busy and I couldn't look around as much as I would've. The folks who interacted with her said she a) wasn't recognized or mobbed by anyone, surprisingly, b) was with her model boyfriend, who of course the gay boys found hot, c) wasn't that attractive a girl in person, and d) asked her mom (who I guess was there as well; no Billy Ray, though!) to buy her a bracelet (presumably the Wicked charm bracelet). What, like she doesn't have the money to buy it herself? :) Funny. Anyway, so, that was our little thrill of the night! One of the guys who works merch at "13" was telling us about the time the Ugly Betty cast came to the show, including Vanessa Williams and America Ferrara...normally we don't let people try on the shirts, but of course he let Vanessa do it, cuz she's frickin Vanessa Williams! ;) I think he said she bought the "I'm practically happy for you" Lucy tee...
As I was telling James, it's kinda nice that celebs have to go to the theatre with everyone else to see a show, and can't (usually) shut down the theatre to have it privately for them like they can with shopping sprees at stores...they might get a better seat perhaps, but they sit and watch the same show with everyone else. I'm surprised Miley hadn't seen Wicked before, though...or maybe she has? Then again, she is only 16, is probably pretty damn busy, and presumably doesn't live here.
We also had Stanley Tucci in the Araca office a week or two ago, too!! (The non-Wednesday interns were quite jealous when they heard, lol...) He was meeting with the head honchos in the conference room; I was out on the noon errand run when he got there, but I did sit up at the front desk for a while during their meeting and so would see him through the glass wall behind me whenever I turned around...I tried not to stare. :) Then Amanda had me photocopy three plays for him, cept he had to leave before I got them all done, so we UPS'd the others to him. Dunno what they were meeting about, and if it had to do with those plays...come to think of it, he was in at least one Araca show previously, their "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune," with Edie Falco I think? Hmm.
Alas, I never got a glimpse of her, though...was at South booth with James (back on the big booths again, yay! I'm working the added Fri matinee and evening as well as all weekend, btw) so we were fairly busy and I couldn't look around as much as I would've. The folks who interacted with her said she a) wasn't recognized or mobbed by anyone, surprisingly, b) was with her model boyfriend, who of course the gay boys found hot, c) wasn't that attractive a girl in person, and d) asked her mom (who I guess was there as well; no Billy Ray, though!) to buy her a bracelet (presumably the Wicked charm bracelet). What, like she doesn't have the money to buy it herself? :) Funny. Anyway, so, that was our little thrill of the night! One of the guys who works merch at "13" was telling us about the time the Ugly Betty cast came to the show, including Vanessa Williams and America Ferrara...normally we don't let people try on the shirts, but of course he let Vanessa do it, cuz she's frickin Vanessa Williams! ;) I think he said she bought the "I'm practically happy for you" Lucy tee...
As I was telling James, it's kinda nice that celebs have to go to the theatre with everyone else to see a show, and can't (usually) shut down the theatre to have it privately for them like they can with shopping sprees at stores...they might get a better seat perhaps, but they sit and watch the same show with everyone else. I'm surprised Miley hadn't seen Wicked before, though...or maybe she has? Then again, she is only 16, is probably pretty damn busy, and presumably doesn't live here.
We also had Stanley Tucci in the Araca office a week or two ago, too!! (The non-Wednesday interns were quite jealous when they heard, lol...) He was meeting with the head honchos in the conference room; I was out on the noon errand run when he got there, but I did sit up at the front desk for a while during their meeting and so would see him through the glass wall behind me whenever I turned around...I tried not to stare. :) Then Amanda had me photocopy three plays for him, cept he had to leave before I got them all done, so we UPS'd the others to him. Dunno what they were meeting about, and if it had to do with those plays...come to think of it, he was in at least one Araca show previously, their "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune," with Edie Falco I think? Hmm.