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#26

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:42pm

This took some thought because I have favorites for different reasons.

Rachel York is my pick for best singer and all around musical, comedy, and acting talent.
Brian Dennehy is my choice for best dramatic actor.
Vanessa Redgrave for best dramatic actress.
Bernadette Peters is my favorite female diva, meaning boffo musical stage presence.
Nathan Lane is my favorite male diva - same definition as above. (Would that make him a divo???)
Matthew Broderick has the greatest puppy dog appeal.
Kristin Chenoweth is tops in the perky category.
And Brent Barrett cuts a nice figure as musical leading man.

I'd go to see any of these performers in any role.

lc

#27

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:43pm

8 Non-musical:

Zoe Caldwell
Vanessa Redgrave
Rosemary Harris
Eileen Atkins
Kathleen Chalfant
Cherry Jones
Swoosie Kurtz
Jeffrey Wright

8 Musical:

Chita Rivera
Gregory Hines
Nathan Lane
Elaine Stritch
Audra MacDonald
Bernadette Peters
Jennifer Holliday
Cleavant Derricks

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#28

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 5:44pm

Sutton Foster
Bernadette Peters
Nathan Lane
Julie Andrews
Raul Esparza
Carolee Carmello
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Donna Murphy

#29

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 7:12pm

Idina Menzel
Raul Esparza
Sutton Foster
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Bernadette Peters
Patti LuPone
John Tartaglia
Kristen Chenoweth

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#30

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 8:44pm

marissa jaret winokur
matthew morrison
harvey fierstein
kerry butler
mary bond davis
carly jibson
clarke thorrel
jackie hoffman

"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

#31

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 8:57pm

bernadette peters
kerry butler
stephanie d'abruzzo
john tartaglia
kristin chenoweth
hunter foster
sutton foster
veanne cox(though more for acting than singing)

shalom kitty

#32

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 9:00pm

Based on performances I've seen live over the past 10 years:

Karen Ziemba
Marin Mazzie
Nancy Opel
Idina Menzel
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Nathan Lane
Brian D'Arcy James
James Brennan

#33

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 9:04pm

Bernadette Peters
Sutton Foster
Idina Menzel
Kristin Chenoweth
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian D'Arcy James
John Tartaglia
Hunter Foster
Kerry Butler

#34

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 9:09pm

Based on performances and recordings:

-Heather Headley
-Laura Benanti
-Idina Menzel
-Amy Spanger
-Sherie Renee Scott
-Michael Arden
-Christian Borle
-Jennifer Laura Thompson

That was in no particular order, of course.

#35

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 9:12pm

1. Adam Pascal
2. Idina Menzel
3. Raul Esparza
4. Brian Stokes Mitchell
5. John Tartaglia
6. Taye Diggs
7. Jai Rodriguez
8. Daphne Rubin-Vega

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

Updated On: 8/28/04 at 09:12 PM

#36

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 9:18pm

In no particular order:

JLT
Idina
Douglas Sills
Linda Eder
Cheno
Terrance Mann
Bob Cuccioli
Hugh Jackman

#37

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:02pm

Idina Menzel
Kristin Chenoweth
Kerry Butler
Bernadette Peters
Hunter Foster
Laura Bell Bundy
Matthew Morrison
Marissa Jaret Winokur

#38

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:05pm

susan egan
adam pascal
terrence mann
brian stokes mitchell
heather headley
idina menzel
stephanie d'abruzzo
john tartaglia
jen barnhart
mattew morrison

sorry i can't figure out who to cut!! i guess brian and john if you forced me

"Nothing is an accident, We are free to have it all, We are what we want to be, It's in ourselves to rise or fall!!" - "Fortune Favors the Brave" from Aida - the love that never died

Updated On: 8/28/04 at 11:05 PM

#39

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:08pm

Sutton Foster
Susan Egan
Hugh Jackman
Julie Hanson
Idina Menzel
Kristen Chenoweth
Hunter Foster
Kerry Butler

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#40

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:27pm

Jeremy Kushnier
Idina Menzel
Audra MacDonald
Rachel York
Lea Salonga
Raul Esparza
Wilson Cruz
Eden Espinosa
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Jefferson Mays
Ian McKellan
Dame Judy Dench (west end but still...)

more than 8 but too bad i could go on forever

The theatre is one of the most expressive and useful instruments for the edification of a country; it is also the barometer which makes its greatness or its descent. A theatre which is sensitive and well oriented in all its branches from tragedy to vaudeville can in a few years change the sensibilty of the people; theatre which has been destroyed, in which cloven hooves take the place of wings, can put to sleep an entire nation. A people that does not aid and encourage its theatre is moribund if not dead; the theatre which does not gather to itself the best of society, of history, the drama of its people and the genuine color of its landscape and its spirit, with laughter or tears, does not deserve to call itself theatre, but rather a place for that horrible thing which is called killing time.- Federico Garcia Lorca

#41

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:40am

Hmmmmmmm

Sutton Foster
Idina Menzel
Kristin Chenoweth
Bernedette Peters
Kathy Brier
Kerry Butler
Linda Eder
(even though I've never seen her perform live) Heather Headley

#42

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 2:56am

Margot - thanks for reminding me to add Elaine Stritch to my list. I do so wish to be a lady who lunches... Off to a show, then to a fitting, pretending I'm fat...

I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

#43

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 3:00am

No particular order...

Patti Lupone
Hunter Foster
Donna Murphy
Michael Cerveris
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Marin Mazzie
Marc Kudisch
Sutton Foster

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

#44

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 3:37am

hey margo -
i obviously know you have seen a lot, but what else did you see Cleavant in besides Dreamgirls? i like him..i would have been too young to see him in Dreamgirls, but hes obviously great on the recording - though i feel he is vocally inferior to Billy Porter. and have you seen Billy "act" the part beyond the 2001 concert?

But I won't live alone in a house of regret.

#45

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 3:58am

Cleavant starred in Fosse's last show "Big Deal" and was wonderful, getting nominated for a Tony. I also saw him in the revival of "You Arms Too Short To Box With God" that co-starred Jennifer Holliday (that production was where Bennett and company saw both of them, resulting in both of them being cast in "Dreamgirls"). I know Cleavant was playing Horse in the national company of "The Full Monty" not long ago and getting rave reviews (I didn't get a chance to see him in it, though). Cleavant is finally returning to Broadway with "Brooklyn" in a month or two.

Billy's a hell of a singer, one of the best around (I saw him in the Dreamgirls concert, "Radiant Baby," "Songs of the New World" and "Five Guys Named Moe"). Not sure I would call Cleavant at his peak "vocally inferior" to Billy (I don't know what he sounds like these days, though) -- they're both amazing singers. Cleavant's also an exceptional actor and dancer -- not sure how Billy compares since the acting and dancing I've seen him do hasn't been particularly demanding.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 03:58 AM

#46

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 4:18am

I agree with what you are saying - but Billy Porter is VERY (if that is impossible) underrated. He is quite the actor and dancer. (Top Dog/Underdog in Pittsburgh with the City Theatre was amazing) He's also been dancing since he was very young. However, because of his unique range and vocal technique he can't even get into many auditions because he is considered a singer (ex-recording artist as well) primarily. Many people are completely unaware what he can do as an actor or singer. Definitely not saying you are wrong, considering you are one of the few people on this board in which I actually READ their posts. But thought I would give you my 2 cents.

But I won't live alone in a house of regret.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 04:18 AM

#47

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 9:22am

Brian Stokes Mitchell
Davis Gaines
Douglass Sills
Kristin Chenoweth
Kerry Butler
Kevin Kline
Gary Beach
Idina Menzel

"What could a computer do with a lifetime supply of chocolate? I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!"

#48

re: 8 Favorite Modern Broadway Performers

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:10am

Brent Barrett (when is he going to get to originate a role!)
Rachel York
Carolee Carmello
Kevin Kline
Laura Linney
Sutton Foster
Audra McDonald
Phylisha Rashad (sorry...I couldn't think of how to spell her name to save my life)

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