Broadway star Ariana DeBose brought the razzle-dazzle to the Townhouse this weekend, surprising patrons at the upscale gay piano bar with some spontaneous showstoppers.
A spy tells us the “Hamilton” star — who won an Academy Award for her role in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” — got on the mich to perform “Suddenly, Seymour” from “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from “Evita” in front of an adoring crowd.
A source tells us the chanteuse was at the spot for New York Magazine Editor-at-Large Erik Maza’s birthday.
“It’s not everyday an Oscar winner stops by the Townhouse,” said a spy.
The piano joint, which the New York Times once described as drawing “dapper gentlemen and their younger male admirers,” has long been a magnet for scene-stealing female stars.
In March 2023, a fresh out of rehab Wendy Williams caused a stir when she was seen spotted drinking at the hotspot and asking the doorman, “Do you watch ‘The Wendy Williams Show?’ I’m Wendy Willams.”
“It was so odd because obviously people know who she is,” a second source told us at the time, revealing that once she made it inside, the place “exploded.”
“She posed for a lot of pictures with all these gay men,” our source said, adding that she was a “hit” at the hotspot.
Not all diva drop-ins have gone so smoothly.
Page Six spies famously saw reality star Luann de Lesseps having an extremely off night at the bar in 2022, drunkenly hijacking the mich and telling booing patrons “f–k you” before she was eventually kicked out.
“Luann thought she was doing her act. She tried to sing [her own song] ‘Money Can’t Buy You Class,’ but they didn’t know it. They know standards,” a source told us at the time. “It’s not a Cole Porter standard, it’s not ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow.’”
De Lesseps apologized after the incident, making a statement on her Instagram saying, “I want to apologize to the staff at Townhouse and anyone else I may have offended by my behavior. Clearly my struggles with alcohol are real! While I’ve made great strides over the years, there’s been times I’ve fallen. It’s one day at a time! I’m in recovery and taking steps to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”
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