2006 Great Performances- Page 2

[TWSFan4Ever]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 6:32pm

The entire cast of...
WEDDING SINGER
MARY POPPINS
SWEENEY TODD
RENT

Select people...
Ana in WICKED
Amy Spanger in WEDDING SINGER
Josh, Jenn, and Meryl in TARZAN
Ashley Brown in MARY POPPINS
Diana DeGarmo in HAIRSPRAY

and many other members of the WEDDING SINGER!!!

[joanna2]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:48pm

Drew Sarich - Lestat (it's what got me hooked!)
Amy Spanger and Tina Maddigan - The Wedding Singer
Michael Cerveris - Sweeney Todd
Matt Caplan and Karmine Alers - Rent

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:59pm

The performance that really struck me this year was Cherry Jones in "Faith Healer."

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 8:23pm

From ACL:
Mara Davi
Natalie Cortez
Deidre Goodwin
Jason Tam
James T. Lane

[jv92]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:19pm

1. Christine Ebersole- Grey Gardens
2. Mary Louise Wilson- Grey Gardens
3. Raul Esparza- Company
4. Patti LuPone- Sweeney Todd
5. Michael Cerveris- Sweeney Todd

Incredible performances.

[Marie2]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:10am

Diana DeGarmo in Hairspray. What a revelation that girl has been. I hope she is able to land another role in 2007.

[Bwaygirl717]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 7:48am

Tina Maddigan, Amy Spanger, and Stephen Lynch from The Wedding Singer! The whole cast is wonderful though!!!

[JB Fan]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 5:08pm

You all do know that Jersey Boys, Sweeney Todd and The Color Purple all opened in 2005, right?

[Anthony3]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 5:16pm

Entire Cast of:

Drowsy Chaperone
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Mary Poppins

Specific People:

Beth Leavel, Danny Burstein, Sutton Foster (Drowsy)
Jennifer Hope Wills (Phantom)
Howard McGillin (Phantom)
Eden Espinosa (Wicked)
Megan Hilty (Wicked)
Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins)

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 5:36pm

The thing that bugs me about threads like this, or any thread that singles out an aspect of a show, is that people simply pick their favorite shows and write them down regardless.

The great performances I've seen this year are John Gallagher Jr in SA & Mary Louise Wilson in GG. Ebersole goes without saying, but I really feel Wilson's portrayal is the more consistent of the two. In a good way.

I wish there was a "really damn good but not quite great" performances thread. I'd have tons of people to post there.

Oh! Also: Edward Hibbert in Curtains. FANTASTIC.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 5:48pm

2006 BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS, for now:

Harry Connick, Jr. as Sid in The Pajama Game
Christine Ebersole as "Little" Edie/Edith in Grey Gardens
John Gallagher, Jr. as Moritz in Spring Awakening
Alexander Gemignani as Valjean in Les Misérables
Jonathan Groff as Melchior in Spring Awakening
Jerzy Gwiazdowsky as Davey in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Jay Johnson as Jay/others in Jay Johnson: The Two and Only
Judy Kaye as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
Beth Leavel as The Drowsy Chaperone in The Drowsy Chaperone
Bill Nighy as Oliver in The Vertical Hour
Alison Pill as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Martin Short as Martin/others in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Jason Tam as Paul in A Chorus Line
Julie White as Diane in The Little Dog Laughed
The ensemble of Awake and Sing!
The ensemble of The History Boys

And I haven't seen (to my dismay) Company and any part of The Coast of Utopia trilogy, among others.
Updated On: 12/28/06 at 05:48 PM

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 5:51pm

JB Fan: "You all do know that Jersey Boys, Sweeney Todd and The Color Purple all opened in 2005, right?"

My thoughts, exactly. That's why it's only Judy Kaye I can include for Sweeney Todd. At least, in my opinion.

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 6:01pm

Is anyone else pained to see THe Grinch and Stephen Lynch on the same list as Christine Ebersole...or without Christine Ebersole?

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 12/28/06 at 7:03pm

Being jeremiah- doesn't Harry Connick Jr for The Pajama Game also count for 2005 or am I forgetting my dates?



And a lot more people like The Wedding Singer than I thought. I can't say much, the only shows I saw in 2006 were Of Thee I Sing, Guys and Dolls in London, and Les Mis. And we all know I'm gonna say Aaron Lazar for Les Mis and Ewan McGregor for Guys and Dolls.

So why Wedding singer? I have to know - I never saw it but I don't like the CD at all.