LETS HAVE OUR OWN AWARDS....

[alphieboy]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:32pm

Lets Have our own awards! I will give you categories, (some old and some new) and you can put who you think, fits the best(in your own opinion) lets say that its anyshow, any year, anybody!So we are not limited,ok here are the categories.....

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)-
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)-
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)-
Best Duet(of all time)-
Best Female solo number(of all time)-
Best Male solo number(of all time)-
Best Ensemble number(of all time)-

And i will put on some more topics tommorrow!

Updated On: 11/2/04 at 07:32 PM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:42pm

Ensemble*

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:43pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- morrible
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- faith prince
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- nathan lane
Best Duet(of all time)- last night of the world (miss saigon)
Best Female solo number(of all time)- heart is slow to learn (drac)
Best Male solo number(of all time)- when i get my name in lights (oz)
Best Ensamble number(of all time)- farmer and the cowman
Updated On: 11/2/04 at 07:43 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:48pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)-Change/Time in Fiddler on the Roof
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Angela Lansbury (Mame)
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)-Nathane Lane
Best Duet(of all time)-"Lily's Eyes"
Best Female solo number(of all time)-"And I am Telling You"
Best Male solo number(of all time)-"Gethsemane"
Best Ensemble number(of all time)-"The Farmer and the Cowman"

Updated On: 11/2/04 at 07:48 PM

[mint0621]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 7:57pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)-Javert
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)-Bernadette Peters
Best Duet(of all time)-"All I Ask of You" POTO
Best Male solo number(of all time)-"Empty Chairs" Les Mis
Best ensemble piece = "All that Jazz", Chicago

[iRuvPrinceton]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:06pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- The Plant in LSOH
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)-...
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Nathan Lane
Best Duet(of all time)- "For Good" Wicked
Best Female solo number(of all time)- "Roxie"
Best Male solo number(of all time)- "One Song Glory"
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- "Forty Second St."

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:09pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Javert
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)-Kristin Chenoweth
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)-Nathan Lane
Best Duet(of all time)- "A Little Fall of Rain" Les Mis
Best Female solo number(of all time)- "Gimme Gimme"
Best Male solo number(of all time)- "One Song Glory"
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- "Forty Second St."

[bythesword84]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:16pm

When you put best comedy actor/actress in a musical do you want just the person or a person in a specific role?

[ponine24601]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:20pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Javert
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)-Kristin Chenoweth
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)-Nathan Lane
Best Duet(of all time)- "Another Day"
Best Female solo number(of all time)- "Defying Gravity" (yes i said 'defying gravity' don't fricking penalize me!)
Best Male solo number(of all time)- "One Song Glory"
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- 42nd Street

[callitquits]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:26pm

Best Villain in a Musical(of all time)- Sweeney Todd from the show of the same name.
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Bernadette Peters.
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Zero Mostel. After all, he did originate the shadow that Nathan Lane resides in today. (Kidding, kidding, no one kill me, I love Nathan Lane too.)
Best Duet(of all time)- Confrontation from Les Mis.
Best Female solo number(of all time)- Hard to choose. Rose's Turn from Gypsy, Glitter and Be Gay from Candide, or And I Am Telling You from Dreamgirls.
Best Male solo number(of all time)- Again, three choices because I couldn't narrow it down. I Am What I Am from La Cage Aux Folles, Ol' Man River from Show Boat, or Soliloquy from Carousel.
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- The Quintet (Tonight reprise) from West Side Story.

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:32pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Benny (RENT)
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Kristen Chenoweth (YAGMCB & Wicked)
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- John Tartaglia (Avenue Q)
Best Duet(of all time)- In His eyes (Jekyll and Hyde), A heart full of love (Les Mis), Title song of "POTO"
Best Female solo number(of all time)- Gimme Gimme (TMM), I'm not that girl (Wicked)
Best Male solo number(of all time)- Purpose (Ave. Q), One Song Glory (RENT)
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- 42nd Street (42nd street), Rent (RENT)

[jmaclover]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:50pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Javert, Les Misérables

Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked

Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Nathan Lane, The Producers

Best Duet(of all time) Follow Your Heart, Urinetown

Best Female solo number(of all time)- I Know Where I've Been, Hairspray

Best Male solo number(of all time)- Javert's Suicide, Les Misérables

Best Ensemble number(of all time)- 42^nd Street, 42^nd Street

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 8:59pm

Best Villain in a Musical(of all time)- Hmmmm I nominate Sweeny Todd and Javert but I'm not sure who should win
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical-Again, can't pick one so I nominate Bernadette Peters and Kristen Chenoweth
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- To many to even begin to narrow down
Best Duet(of all time)- 'What You Own' from Rent, 'No More' from Tick Tick Boom or 'Elaborate Lives' from Aida
Best Female solo number(of all time)- 'Climbing Uphill' from L5Y, 'On My Own' from Les Miserables (when done well) and
Best Male solo number(of all time)- 'Shiksa Goddess' from L5Y, 'Petrified' from Taboo, and 'Today 4 U' from Rent
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- One Day More from Les Miserables or The Gods Love Nubia from Aida

That was way too difficult. I named more than I should have for each category and I still feel like I'm completely Disregarding a ton of people/songs/musicals.... Oh well

[broadwaybound3]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:07pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Javert
Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Chenoweth and Peters- i cant choose...
Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Nathan Lane
Best Duet(of all time)recently i would say As Long As You're Mine or I'll Cover You
Best Female solo number(of all time)- " On My Own" or "WIzard and I"
Best Male solo number(of all time)- "Javerts Sucide"
Best Ensemble number(of all time)- not sure

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:10pm

Wow. Most of the shows mentioned are shows from the last 20 years. Come on, folks. Dig deeper in your musical repitoire for some of your answers.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:27pm

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Javert, Les Misérables

Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked

Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Pirates of Penzance

Best Duet(of all time) "A Little Fall of Rain" (Les Miz) "the Helicopter Song" "I still Believe" (Miss Saigon) LEA SOLANGA part of both

Best Female solo number(of all time)- "I'd give my life for you" Lea -Miss Saigon

Best Male solo number(of all time)-
sad: "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" Marius (Les Miz 10th anniversary)
fun: "When I get my Name in Lights" TBFO... Hugh


Best Ensemble number(of all time)- Farmer and Cowman (London Oklahoma!) ... One Day More (Les Miz 10th anniversary)

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:40pm

***These are out of the musicals I've seen.***

Best Villian in a Musical (of all time)- Hugh Panaro in Phantom of the Opera (does that count as villian?)

Best Comedy Actress in a Musical (of all time)- Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie

Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Alan Ruck in The Producers

Best Duet(of all time)- "All I Ask of You" in Phantom of the Opera

Best Female solo number(of all time)- "Gimme Gimme" in Thoroughly Modern Millie

Best Male solo number(of all time)- "If I Can't Love Her" in Beauty and the Beast

Best Ensemble number(of all time)- "Springtime for Hitler" in The Producers

Updated On: 11/2/04 at 09:40 PM

[gherbert]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:46pm

I almost cried when I read this post. Seriously cried. Now I understand that not everyone is old enough to have witnessed stage magic of legends gone by, BUT please, if there is any hope for the american musical theatre tell me that you are not serious! Look, I LOVE Nathan Lane and LOOOVE Kristen Chenoweth twice as much, but do you realize what the term "of all time" means. You are talking about the entire Golden Age of American Musical Theatre as well as the last 20 years. Let me just clue you in: there was theatre before Les Mis!!!! Years of it. Even if you weren't there to experience it there are recordings and books and videos to guide you. Please. If you call yourself a musical theatre fan and only know the shows from the last 10 years that will get you no where. The reason today's theatre is lacking is exactly this reason. No one is prepared to really examen the old material and work from past successes and failures to create a genuine GREAT piece of musical theatre.

Please tell me someone remembers Zero Mostel, Jerry Orbach, Robert Morse, Victor Moore, Phil Silvers, and John Cullum.

Please tell me that someone wants to give a shout out for Elaine Stritch or Bea Lillie or Barbra Streisand or Mary Martin or Angela Lansbury or Nancy Walker or Ethel Merman!!!!!

Because if no one does, I may just die.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:57pm

gherbert, did you read mine? Lansbury all the way!!! LOVE HER!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:58pm

"Please tell me that someone wants to give a shout out for Elaine Stritch or Bea Lillie or Barbra Streisand or Mary Martin or Angela Lansbury or Nancy Walker or Ethel Merman!!!!"

Then why don't you? What do you think?

Again, my opinion is based on what I saw, now out of all time, so I didn't answer exactly what the thread asked. Except "All I Ask Of You," but that is my opinion again.

[gherbert]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 9:58pm

Yes I did read yours and agree. Lansbury is one of the greats.

And I love how everyone chooses to ignore my rant.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:06pm

HELLLOOOOOOOOOO!!

Greatest villain of all time: Captain Hook!

THERE'S EVEN A SONG ABOUT IT, FOR BADNESS SAKES!

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:11pm

I totally agree with the posters who said that there was theatre before Les Mis. Now I love Wicked (*ducks the tomatoes thrown at me*), Hairspray and modern shows as much as anymore, but there are tons of amazing shows that were written more than 20 years ago, and if you love musicals, you really should check them out. You can't appreciate where things have gotten to without knowing where they came from.

That said, here are my votes:)

Best Villian in a Musical(of all time)- Jud Fry, OKLAHOMA

Best Comedy Actress in a Musical(of all time)- Ethel Merman. DUH! Bernadette is wonderful, too.

Best Comedy Actor in a Musical(of all time)- Zero Mostel, in anything he ever chose to do! But I'll cite FIDDLER, since I feel I need to choose something.

Best Duet(of all time)- If I loved you, CAROUSEL

Best Female solo number(of all time)- "Don't rain on my parade" from FUNNY GIRL

Best Male solo number(of all time)- "On the street where you live," from MY FAIR LADY

Best Ensemble number(of all time)- I've always been partial to "Brotherhood of Man" from HOW TO SUCCEED

Just my thoughts.:) Peace and Love, kids. Especially on this election night.

[gherbert]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:18pm

Magictodo: I can breathe again. Thank you. Your choices are all valid and interesting.

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:50pm

You're very welcome. I mean, I rock out (can we use the phrase rock out in regard to musicals) to Hairspray and the new crop of shows as much as anyone here, but I started loving musicals because of Cole Porter and the rest of the classics. :)