Just thought I'd share a little of our experience at The Producers opening at The Pantages Theatre in Hollywood last night. Rex and I had a great time enjoying official opening of The Producers in L.A. and our thoughts on the show are shared on another thread. But I wanted to share a little of the Hollywood Premiere experience.
It started trying to navigate our way to The Pantages with an entire block of Hollywood Blvd being blocked off for The Producers creating a traffic nightmare, but this is L.A. what else would you expect. Red carpet lined the street with a VIP lane for the limos. All the celebrity TV shows and reporters were set up outside interviewing whomever they could grab before the show. The Animal Planet channel of course wanted an interview with Rex but he avoided them by sliping in unnoticed wearing his formal shades.
Inside we got to hang around a number of celebrities, almost all from the Hollywood film industry. Our best perspective came at intermission when everyone went to the lobby, we stayed in our seats and so did most of the celebrities. Those we saw included:
Tom Hanks Rita Wilson Billy Crystal Tim Allen Alec Baldwin Goldie Hawn Larry David* - Rex's personal hero! Julia Louis-Dreyfus Carl Reiner Rob Reiner Bea Arthur Joanne Worly Estelle Harris Red Buttons and of course Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
After the show, we did manage to end up with the invited guests strolling down Hollywood Blvd. a on two block long roped off Red Carpet (I kid you not) to the Hollywood Palladium. Alas, when we arrived, we lost interest seeing a line of about a 1000 people trying to get in. Rex said he'd rather go to Pink's and have a chili dog!
Overall the evening was alot of fun. The show was great. The atmosphere was electric. And Rex looked very cool!
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.
No, the playbill on opening night was the same one used when I went the first time on May 2nd, it does have Jason Alexander & Martin Short on the cover.
By the way, I still have 4 or 5 extra of the Producers L.A. playbill. If you're a fan and would like one, just send me a PM with your address and I'll send you one (U.S. only please).
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.