Your Favorite Performances
Your Favorite Performances
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:00am
What are your favorite performances that you consider yourself lucky to have been able to witness.
For me:
-Natasha Richardson in A Streetcar Named Desire*
-Bernadette Peters in Gypsy
-Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked
-Cherry Jones in Doubt
-Victoria Clark in A Light in the Piazza
-Raul Esparza in Cabaret
-Sutton Foster in Little Women
*Absolutely the most brilliant performance I've ever seen given by an actor. And my personal favorite.
#1re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:03am
Rent OBC. 8 times.
Chaim Topol in Fiddler.
#2re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:45am
Ann Miller in "Mame", "Panama Hattie" & "Sugar Babies"
Angela Lansbury in "Mame"
Kate Hepburn & Chris Reeve in "A Matter of Gravity"
George Rose & Cleo Laine in "Edwin Drood"
Zoe Caldwell & Patti LuPone in "Master Class"
Liza & Chita in "The Rink"
"Sweeney Todd" - OBC
Liza in "The Act"
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
#3re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:49am
Natasha Richardson, A Streetcar Named Desire
Mary Louise Parker, Reckless
Bernadette Peters, Gypsy
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Adam Pascal, Cabaret (Come on, I had to say it. Perfect? No. But I was damned freakin' proud of him.)
And the one that I consider myself luckiest to have witnessed:
Raúl Esparza, The Normal Heart
Hands down, no question.
(Dare I wave my "little one" flag? I do!)
#4re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 1:58am
Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation
Maggie Smith - Three Tall Women/Talking Heads
Christina Amphlett - The Boy From Oz (Aust Production) as Judy Garland
Joanna Gleason - Into The Woods
Debra Byrne - as Fantine in Aust prod of Les Miz
Drought Down Under.
#5re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:11am
I was lucky enough to see:
Carol Channing in Hello Dolly int he early 90's in SF - although thrilled to see her, I spent the majority of the show hoping she wouldn't fall and break something! She seemed quite fragile.
Keith Carradine/Dee Hoty/Cady Huffman/Dick Latessa in the First National Tour of Will Roger's Follies. - Talk about your "stunt casting", by the way...I was sure Carradine would suck and was pleasantly surprised when he not only didn't, but was amazing.
Savion Glover in Jelly's Last Jam - I had watched him from afar for years and when he came with the tour to SF, I was there and duly impressed by him. The show...not so much.
Jeffry Denman and Meredith Patterson in White Christmas - I was treated to two dancers that brought the meaning of "Broadway dancers" to life. I hadn't seen tapping and partner dancing like that on stage ever!
"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."
#6re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:37am
Eden Espinosa as Brooklyn (dont start)
Stephanie J Block as Elphaba
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#7re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:42am
Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls
I waited 15 years and it's a performance I will never forget
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#8re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 3:11am
Raul Esparza in The Normal Heart. Also last March, I saw the entire twelve hours of Wall to Wall Sondheim. That was incredible.
ETA: The revival of Sweeney Todd and Assassins are up there too.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
Updated On: 10/16/05 at 03:11 AM
#9re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 8:02am
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in SWEENEY TODD
Maggie Smith in LETTICE AND LOVAGE
Michael Rupert and Alison Fraser in MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS
Raul Julia, Jill Clayburgh and Frank Langella in DESIGN FOR LIVING
Rosemary Harris, George Grizzard and Elaine Stritch in A DELICATE BALANCE
Audra McDonald in RAGTIME and MARIE CHRISTINE
Toni Collette in THE WILD PARTY
Patti LuPone in EVITA, ANYTHING GOES, MASTER CLASS, and SUNSET BLVD.
Alison Fraser in THE SECRET GARDEN
Melissa Errico in CALL ME MADAM, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, MY FAIR LADY, ANNA KARENINA, HIGH SOCIETY, AMOUR, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, FINIAN'S RAINBOW and THE THREEPENY OPERA
Raul Esparza and Miriam Shor in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
The ensemble cast of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (2003 revival)
Donna Murphy and Marin Mazzie in PASSION
Bernadette Peters in everything I've ever seen her in
Kate Burton as HEDDA GABLER
Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner in SIDE SHOW
Natasha Richardson and Alan Cumming in CABARET
Harvey Fierstein and Estelle Getty in TORCH SONG TRILOGY
Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine and Sheryl Lee Ralph in DREAMGIRLS
Michele Pawk in HOLLYWOOD ARMS
Sorry for the length...
There are a lot that I left out but this list should suffice for now.
Updated On: 10/16/05 at 08:02 AM
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#10re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 8:23am
Chita Rivera as Roxie - CHICAGO
Bebe Neuwirth as Velma - CHICAGO
Brian Stokes Mitchell - MAN OF LA MANCHA
Peter Karrie as The Phantom - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Harvey Fierstein - HAIRSPRAY
And the actress I saw play Julie in SHOW BOAT revival in London and whose name I sadly can't remember.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#11re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 8:47amSutton Foster in Little Women. I haven't seen very many, but I felt honored to be able to watch her perform.
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CK2
Understudy Joined: 10/29/03
#12re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 9:03am
Bernadette Peters - Gypsy
Harvey Fierstein - Hairspray
Mary-Louise Parker - Proof
Chita Rivera - Nine
Mary Stuart Masterson - Nine, National Anthems (London)
Kevin Spacey - National Anthems
Updated On: 10/16/05 at 09:03 AM
#13re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 9:36am
Brian Stokes Mitchell: MAN OF LA MANCHA
Phil Bosco- 12 Angry Men (Dont even start to argue, i was in tears)
#14re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 9:37am
Brian Stokes Mitchell: MAN OF LA MANCHA
Phil Bosco- 12 Angry Men (Dont even start to argue, i was in tears)
Eden Espinosa Elphaba Wicked (broadway and tour)
another sloe eyed vamp
Stand-by Joined: 8/18/04
#15re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 10:25am
Robert Sean Leonard, Billy Crudup, Victor Garber and Blair Brown in Arcadia.
Jeff Goldblum and Billy Crudup in The Pillowman.
Robert Sean Leonard in The Invention of Love.
Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone in a tour of The Robber Bridegroom (the Acting Company, 1974).
#16re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 10:35am
Mary Alice in "Fences" (I went back to see the show again just for her.) Also, James Earl Jones in "Fences"
Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Ashley and Maryann Plunkett in "Agnes of God"
Betty Buckley in "Cats"
Harvey Fierstein in "Torch Song Trilogy"
Michael Crawford in "Phantom of the Opera"
Cherry Jones in "The Heiress"
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#17re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 10:40am
kathleen turner in who's afraid of virginia woolf
doubt obc
i will admit jan and marc in chitty
carol channing- hello dolly
harvy fierstein- hairspray
kristen chenowith and roger bart- YAGMCB
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#18re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 10:44am
Obviously, I am going to say Norbert Leo Butz as the Emcee.
Norbert Leo Butz as Mark in Rent
Alan Cumming/Natascia Richardson in Cabaret
OBC of Rent
Original Revival Company of Chicago
Nathan Lane in Forum
Savion Glover in Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk
Neil Patrick Harris in Rent
Patti LaBelle in Chicago was an experience if nothing else
Sutton Foster as Sandy in Grease
#19re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 10:54am
That I was able to see live? Lord.um.........
I gotta say I went to see Guys and Dolls for Ewan..and I honestly loved his performance, I thought he did great..but as far as the characters go...Nathan Detroit is a much better character than Skye anyway...and Douglas Hodge was PERFECT. He was geeenius. When I think about it, the whole cast of Guys and Dolls was great...but as far as character and perfection goes...Douglas Hodge.
Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
PLEASEEE LET ME DECIDE USING CDs AND erm..YES BECAUSE I NEEEED TO SAY ROGER BART IN YAGMCB!! PLEEEEEEEEASE
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rose&lark
Featured Actor Joined: 10/10/05
#20re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:37pm
I suppose I'd have to say (and these are National Tour, not Broadway, for I haven't seen much on Broadway, someday I hope to fix that):
Marla Schaffel in The Sound of Music--I had really enjoyed listening to her in the OBCR of Jane Eyre, and was ecstatic to find out she was going to be my Maria! Such wonderful energy and life, took a beloved character out from under the solid base that Julie Andrews provided and spinned it in a new direction.
Keala Settle (Hairspray Tour)-- I suppose this was also because I got the chance to meet her after the show, but onstage she
showed me the energy and enthusiasm that is Tracy Turnblad. It was wonderful to see her dance up on that stage with as much life as Tracy ought to have, and have a darn good singing voice as well!
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RaininSmilies
Featured Actor Joined: 3/31/05
#21re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:45pmI haven't really seen anything on Broadway before. But I definitely have to say Tonya Dixon as Fantine in the National Tour of Les Mis. She absolutely blew me away with her version of I Dreamed A Dream. It was so gorgeous!
#22re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:46pm
And the actress I saw play Julie in SHOW BOAT revival in London and whose name I sadly can't remember.
Lonette McKee?
farfrombway
Understudy Joined: 9/27/05
#23re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:16pm
Hi!
1. The original company of Beauty and the Beast in NYC and LA
2. Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison, Jenn Gambetese, Mary Bond Davis , Kathy Brier in Hairspray.
3. The original company of Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters
4. The entire cast of the Little Women National Tour.
5. Sutton Foster and Christian Borle in the Three Musketeers. A few months before she started in Millie.
6. Paige O Hara in Joseph
QOM
Stand-by Joined: 8/28/05
#24re: Your Favorite Performances
Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:28pm
Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun & Gypsy
Sutton Foster- Millie and Little Women
Al Pacino, Diane Wiest & Marisa Tomei in Salome reading
Brian Stokes Mitchell- La Mancha
Kathleen Turner- Virgina Woolf
Bebe Neuwirth- Chicago
Linda Eder- J & H
Kristen & Idina in Wicked
The cast of Rent
Most everyone in the cast in Spelling Bee
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