Jim Dale - Scapino Philip Seymour Hoffman & John C. Reilly - True West Nathan Lane - Present Laughter Stephen Lang - The Speed of Darkness Robert Lindsay - Me and My Girl Marc Kudisch - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Alison Pill - Mauritius Lynn Redgrave - Moon Over Buffalo Lynn Redgrave - St. Joan Jan Maxwell - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Dorothy Loudon - Annie Madeline Kahn - On The Twentieth Century
Chiwetel Ejiofor in Othello. I cannot BELIEVE I forgot him. I mean, I'd still pick Slinger over him, but he was still so unbelievably amazing that I'll spend the rest of my life chasing Moors only to find them all falling short.
Best Actress in a musical: Samantha Spiro in the 2001 Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along.
Best Actor in a musical: Daniel Evans in the 2001 Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along.
Best Actress in a play: Barbara Leigh Hunt in the original 1992 National Theatre cast of An Inspector Calls.
Best Actor in a play: I'm so tempted to put Daniel Evans in the 2001 Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along again, but we'll call it a tie between Brian Dennehy in Death of a Salesman and David Threlfall and Neil Stuke both in Blue Orange.
I was the same age as The History Boys at the time that play was set.
The entrie cast of "Angels in America' at the Walter Kerr
Nancey Hayes as Mrs Lovett in the State Opera Company of South Australia, Australian premiere production of Sweeney
Anthony Warlow and Phillip Quast singing "Lily's Eyes" in The Secret Garden
The MTC cast of Death and the Maiden- Brillant
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
Play: Paul Muni in the original production of Inherit the Wind Musical: Ethel Merman or Mary Martin in any number of productions in the '50s and 60'. Yes, I am 72
Musical (male): Norm Lewis as Coalhouse Walker in North Carolina Theatre's production of RAGTIME.
Musical (female): Christine Ebersole as Little/Big Edie in GREY GARDENS on Broadway.
Play (male): Benjamin Walker as Mercutio in ROMEO & JULIET at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. This one is the only one I can think of that truly stands out from theatre-going experiences. This was the most difficult category to choose.
Play (female): Amy Morton in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY on Broadway.
I have 23 years of age.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Amy Morton in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Cherry Jones in DOUBT Swoosie Kurtz in FROZEN
Christine Ebersole in GREY GARDENS Alice Ripley in NEXT TO NORMAL Victoria Clark in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Jenna Russell in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
J. Robert Spencer in NEXT TO NORMAL Michael Cerveris in SWEENEY TODD Raul Esparza in COMPANY Denis O'Hare in ASSASSINS Michael Cerveris in ASSASSINS
Jeff Daniels in BLACKBIRD Geoffrey Rush in EXIT THE KING Bill Irwin in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Michael Stuhlbarg, THE PILLOWMAN Brian F. O'Byrne, FROZEN
Musical: Patti in Gypsy, Alexander Gemignani and Norm Lewis in Les Mis (random choice, i know, but i really love their performances) and (I'll probably get bashed but) Rapp and Pascal in RENT.
Play: Daniel Radcliffe in Equus (while i haven't seen many plays, his performance was truly amazing and I was shocked he didn't receive a Tony nomination.)
Musical: collectively, the revival cast of 1776; individually, Kevin Kline in Pirates of Penzance; close second Hugh Jackman in Boy from Oz (terrible show; amazing performer)
Play: three obscure ones - Tom Aldredge in Incommunicado (off-Broadway), Ken Jenning as Shylock in Merchant of Venice (in a cornfield in Pennsylvania!) and Carole Shelley in a national tour of Royal Family; close runners up Ian McKellan in Amadeus and Jim Dale in Scapino
And that was whittling down things to the bare bones.
I'm 18, and I confess I've never seen a straight play.
However, for most memorable performance in a musical (speaking strictly of what I've seen live), I'd say Carl Anderson as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. I'd seen him in the film and expected him to be good, but I also thought maybe his age would hinder his performance. Man, was I wrong.
I have never seen someone with so much energy on a stage in my life. It was a commanding performance, and he carried himself with a sort of dignified passion. Watching him destroy himself as Judas was like seeing a man set himself on fire before your eyes in terms of how intense this guy was. His voice was beautifully musical, and in a sense it was muscular.
His performance was the closest to actual method acting that I think I'll ever see. He put so much emotion into his performance that it scared me (especially during the Last Supper, where his delivery of "Cut out the dramatics / You know very well who" left me with a strange, eerie deja vu feeling). I'll never forget the moments before Judas committed suicide, seeing Carl staring into the spotlight with tears flowing from only one eye as he sang, "When he's cold and dead, will he let me be? / Does he love me too? / Does he care for me?"
Met him at the stage door after the show when I was seeking an autograph, and if it's ever said that anyone has given 110% for a show, it would apply to Carl. He literally had "no voice" when it was over. A few months later, he was gone. This performance remains one of my fondest theatre memories so far.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
Holy cow! I am thrilled to see someone else recognized how utterly brilliant she was in that show. Once of the best female comedic performances I've seen.
I'm so tempted to put Daniel Evans in the 2001 Donmar production of Merrily We Roll Along again, but we'll call it a tie between Brian Dennehy in Death of a Salesman and David Threlfall and Neil Stuke both in Blue Orange.
Ahhhhh...Blue/Orange...I almost forgot about that play. That was absolutely brilliant. I actually saw the same cast at the Duchess. I found Neil Stuke to be just a hair better than the other two, however. His transformation throughout the play was astonishing.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
I'm actually going to plug the Chicago theatre scene here for a minute and say that I recently saw a production of Hedda Gabler at the Raven Threatre, and it just blew my mind. One of the better performances I've seen. The Actress's name is Mackenzie Kyle...
Musials: Patti LuPone in GYPSY Nathan Lane in THE PRODUCERS
Plays: Nathan Lane in BUTLEY The cast of DOUBT
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS