Can you imagine going to a concert and then being asked to take the stage with the artist you came to watch? And not only take the stage, but sing a duet to a much-loved song from a popular musical? That happened to music teacher Sarah Horn who wound up on stage with Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood Bowl in front of 10,000+ concertgoers singing “For Good” from Wicked.
“I heard the roar of the crowd during that first line, but then it all faded away,” said Horn, describing the experience in an interview with BroadwayWorld.com. “I think I’ve seen it done cinematically before, but I never imagined my perception of a performance would appear like this. The 10,000+ people of the Bowl faded away. There was no one else there. No noise. No people. I could heard the beautiful music of the orchestra but there was no one onstage, just Kristin and I. I reached my hand out as I sang the word ‘friend’ and she stepped forward and took it. There was such joy, elation, a spontaneous musical spark that we shared in that moment. It was unlike anything I have ever experienced.”
Horn swears she wasn’t an audience plant and that being pulled up on stage was absolutely not planned prior to the concert.
