Michael Feinstein: At Blame it on Midnight in Palm Springs, he was seated next to us at the bar. There was a piano in the lounge. I said, “what do ya say, Michael?” He actually got up a played a few songs.
Ginger Rogers: I was performing in a regional production of “Hello, Dolly!” My friend was playing Dolly Levi. Previously, she was the personal assistant for Ms. Rogers. Ms. Rogers came to see our production and her assistant/friend. We chatted for a few minutes until ‘Dolly’ appeared.
Jerry Orbach (multiple Broadway musicals, Murder, She Wrote, Law and Order): He was at the table next to us at a restaurant in the Broadway theater district. We were chatting with a third table that didn’t know who he was. We were naming everything he did to get them to recognize him. It was no use, but I was able to name most of what he did. He looked a little sickly and older than I remembered. Less than a year after we met, he died of cancer.
Marlo Thomas: We were in an elevator together when she noted that I pushed the wrong button.