seeing stars on broadway

what's a new york trip without catching up on my broadway shows, right?

three nights, but i only got to watch two this time. and no, i did not get to see monty python's spamalot (starring david hyde pierce and tim curry) nor christina applegate's 'sweet charity'.

i was able to catch 'hairspray' starring marissa winokur (who is back to reprise her role, only for four weeks) and bruce villanch. on friday night, we watched 'la cage aux folles,' the musical where robin williams' 'the birdcage' was based on.

while on my way home after watching hairspray at the neil simon theatre on 52nd street, i started to walk back to times square. five blocks down on 47th street, i saw group of people waiting outside the barrymore theatre. curious, i looked on and lingered. first up, i saw sarah paulson, the girl on the wb's now-defunct jack and jill. then they came out.

[i was chatting on the fone with a friend when i saw them come out. i ditched my fone pal and took crappy photos. damn, there wasn't enough light.]


jessica lange, two-time academy award winner


christian slater, he of untamed heart, mobsters and bed of roses.

stars on broadway are dime a dozen this season. denzel washington is doing julius caesar. ethan hawke and company are in hurly-burly. billy crystal in 700 sundays. liev schreiber and alan alda in glengarry glen ross. delta burke and rebecca gayheart, among others in the steel magnolias. natasha richardson and john c. reilly in a streetcar named desire. kathleen turner in who's afraid of virginia woolf? billy crudup and james goldblum in the pillowman.

and guess who'll be back? nathan lane and matthew broderick in neil simon's 'the odd couple' (coming this fall, i think).