From RevGals:
"In the coming days, I'll be meeting my creative/artistic role model--a singer-songwriter who has been a part of my spiritual journey for some 10 years now. I'm psyched!David Letterman used to have a feature on his show called "Brushes with Greatness." Members of the audience would share stories of encounters with famous people. And so..."
1. Tell us about a time you met someone famous.
Hmm. The best was meeting Ted Neeley (who I will be seeing again very soon!!) when I was in high-school and he was doing a touring production of my favorites, Jesus Christ Superstar. I actually waited at the stage door after the show with a small group of fans and we got to go into the theatre and meet and get autographs. He was very warm and friendly, I thought. In seminary, while I was fortunate enough to have work-study jobs at two professional theatres - The Playwright's Theatre of New Jersey and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, I got to 'meet' several, or at least serve them at the bar/concession stand/opening night party: Jay O. Sanders, Dana and Christopher Reeve, Peter Parros, Tamara Tunie, Robert Cuccioli, Jared Zeus. But this is hardly as cool as my little brother/actor Todd, who actually has acted in the same company with some of these people!
2. Tell us about a celebrity you'd like to meet.
No one in particular. Maybe musician Tracy Chapman.
3. Tell us about someone great who's *not* famous that you think everyone oughta have a chance to meet.
My mom, and my late grandfather, both people who everyone loves. My mom has always been the mom that other kids call mom too. I've never called anyone else's mom mom, so I assume it must be that my mom is extra cool. Ditto my grandpa.
4. Do you have any autographs of famous people?
See #1 - Ted Neeley.
5. If you were to become famous, what would you want to become famous for?
I've talked about this at length with my little brother, and told him when he gets famous I would like to be the spiritual guide for all the big stars ;). Either that, or a famous tap dancer.
4 comments:
Bob Dole once personally told me to shup up from the floor of the US Senate. I voted for him anyway in '96.
That's my only brush with greatness.
Now that I would like to see.
Oh, _t_ap dancing. Never mind....
wonderful 5 Beth, like the bit about your younger brother, I tell my oldest daughter (22) that when she is rich and famous she can keep me in a style I have only dreamt about....
ah well... pipe dreams she is a classical musician!!!
Just saw Ted Neely in JCSS in Pembroke, NC. Didn't get to meet him but his voice was as powerful as ever. "Gethesemene" rocked!
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