Broadway star reunites with stranger who gave him free tickets to a show 15 years ago
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Fifteen years ago, Claybourne Elder was a twentysomething from Utah, standing in the back of a Broadway theater watching "Putnam County Spelling Bee," when a random act of kindness opened up a door to new possibilities.
"This man and woman came up to me and said, 'Hey, are you from out of town?' And I said, 'Yeah, I'm just here visiting.' And the man handed me $200 and said, 'You looked like you were having more fun than the people in the expensive seats. Go buy yourself a ticket to 'Sweeney Todd' tomorrow. It'll change your life,'" Elder told CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers.
Elder never got the man's name — just $200 and a photo.
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