Topic of the Day: I am most fortunate to have BK's autographs on quite a few things. I also was able to get our very own Guy Haines' autograph on his first CD!
I have seen
Live and In Person: Betty Buckley (in
Sunset Blvd. on Broadway), Bernadette Peters (in concert, here in Olympia!) and Patti LuPone (in concert, in Seattle) and was able to get each of their autographs!
I also have autographs from all of the members of The Manhattan Transfer. I bought a couple of different sets of autographs on eBay, but last year, the group performed at Jazz Alley in Seattle and I brought a CD and a couple of DVDs that I was able to send backstage to the group to autograph. I didn't actually get to meet them, but they signed my DVDs and CD.
Jose actually was able to get the autograph of Laurel Massé, the original soprano and founding member of TMT, for me. Several years ago, he was dining with (if I remember correctly) Amanda McBroom and Laurel (and maybe Michele Brourman). I mentioned that I LOVE Laurel Massé and Jose was kind enough to get her autograph on one of his origami papers for me.
Cheryl Bentyne, the current soprano of TMT (for 30 years, now) performed a solo gig with her accompanist/husband at The Triple Door (also in Seattle) a couple of years ago and during the two sets (I stayed for both), she came to the back of the audience area and signed autographs and chatted with everyone. She recorded
Among Friends, an audio-DVD and I brought that for her to sign. Nobody else there had even heard of this.
And the one time that I went to London, my sister, niece and I went to see
Kiss Me, Kate with the WSMA Brent Barrett, Marin Mazzie, Nancy Anderson and Michael Berresse, as well as several prominant British musical theater performers. I got almost everyone's autographs,
except Brent's.
But the show was fabulous!
