| Actors Before They Were Somebodies | |
| Posted by: winters 08:10 am EST 03/03/19 | |
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| For regular theater goers we have gotten to see a number of actors at the beginning of their careers. How often do we look up the work of a now famous celebrity actor and get to say....gosh, I got to see him as spear carrier number three in that play at the public. I’m curious as to some people’s memories, particularly if you recall that person as someone you thought at the time was going places. I got a front row center orchestra ticket for A Matter of Gravity. I needed to be as close to Katherine Hepburn as possible to see her work her craft. (Hey, I was young. I wanted to see a celebrity close up.). I definitely remember a very tall, very handsome young man in a small role. To this day I remember him....for his looks anyway. A few years later Christopher Reeves donned his cape and saved the world as Superman. Quite a few of my friends saw Bette Midler make her Broadway debut in Fiddler. I always ask...did you see that special something in her at the time? To the ones that claim that they just knew great things were on the horizon for her I usually point out that...this was not really a good thing. She was playing a role...a small one at that...she should have fit in...not stood out. I’d like to hear responses from people who remember the future stars and those who only know by some reference in a playbill. |
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