Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Best Annunciation on Broadway?
JazzSquare55
Featured Actor Joined: 4/28/09
#1Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:28pm
What current Broadway star has the BEST "Annunciation" on stage?
I was randomly thinking about this, when listening to a dialect tape, but would love to hear your thoughts.
I can't really pinpoint anyone specifically.... hmm...
#2re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:32pmHe's not on Broadway right now, but Jesse L. Martin has some of the best diction I've ever heard. Listen to either the OBCR or film soundtrack of RENT. All his ending consonants are sharp and vowels are clear. It's gorgeous. Especially compared to everyone else's on those albums.
"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite
colorandlight2
Understudy Joined: 12/5/08
#2re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:32pmNot neccessarily "annunciation" but Aaron Tveit has excellent diction, especially on consonants.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#4re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:39pmalthough some might argue that the announcement of Taye and Idina's baby is an Annunciation.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#5re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:39pm
Shbrt is right
"The Annunciation is, in Christianity, the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the angel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. Some Christian churches celebrate this with the Feast of Annunciation on 25 March, which as the Incarnation is nine months before Christmas."
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#6re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 10:53pmI was going to mention Aaron as well, Stephanie J. Block has good enunciation too.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#7re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:04pm
Julia Murney
Christine Ebersole
Audra
#8re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:26pmYeah Wishing... I never thought about Stephanie. Her diction is pretty great.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:34pm
Annunciation??
Is this the thread for Catholics?
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:52pm
Sorry, I was in a hurry because I'm looking for the thread that asks the question:
Which Broadway singer has the best vibrator?
U woodnt happn ta no ware that mite bee, wud u?
#13re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:54pmPatti LuPone deserves the award for Most Improved Enunciation!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
JazzSquare55
Featured Actor Joined: 4/28/09
#14re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/29/09 at 11:56pmstralight - Raul Esparza's vibrato is crazy.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:08amJizzSqaure, yes, yes, YESS!! I LOVE Raul's crazay vibrator!!
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#16re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:11amLisa Brescia has phenomenal enunciation! How could I forget her?
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
JazzSquare55
Featured Actor Joined: 4/28/09
#17re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:11am
if you're looking for the complete opposite of Raul, a good example is Amy Spanger.
slow vibrato.
#18re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:19amPatti Lupone's performance in Anything Goes.
When my goodbye post was removed: “but I had a great dramatic finish!!!!”
#19re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 12:21amThe Forbidden Broadway parody of her turn in Anything Goes is amazing and, judging by the Tony performance, completely dead on. Our Patti has come a long way.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#20re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 3:28am"What's-her-name" (Christine Andreas???)in The Scarlet Pimpernel. I wouldn't even call it a vibrato, she sounds like a goat! Horrible!
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#21re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 3:37amAudra and Patti
Genius lasts longer than beauty.
#22re: Best Annunciation on Broadway?
Posted: 4/30/09 at 6:28amNorm Lewis has absolutely brilliant enunciation, and the first time my mom heard him sing (on one of my CDs), she turned to me and said, "Who's that guy? He has great diction."
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
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