Best Broadway star ever- Page 4

[scot]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 2:02pm

LUPONE

...he smiled...

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 2:26pm

Annaleigh Ashford

[allofmylife]

Posted: 2/5/08 at 3:08pm

Oh please.

I suppose Merman put more asses in the seats than any other star (excluding the British marathons in which the show is the star). 13 hit shows is pretty impressive. Plus, she was a star from the night "Girl Crazy" opened to the day she died.

An impressive record.

[maya5892]

Posted: 2/7/08 at 11:22pm

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Updated On: 2/7/08 at 11:22 PM

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 2:27am

Gwen Verdon
Ann Reinking

[HeddaG]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 4:01pm

Gwen Verdon
Ethel Merman
Barbara Cook
Angela Lansbury
Zero Mostel
John Raitt
Robert Preston

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 4:05pm

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LuPone is a close second.

[Hank]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 4:11pm

I hesitated to chime in on this thread, because as I've stated so many times before, there is only one:

SUTTON!

[callmemadam1953]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 12:55pm

Everyone else in these posts needs to pull their heads out of their asses and get with the picture. Seriously Melanie Griffith????? Ethel Merman is the Queen of broadway, hands down, no questions asked! You find me somebody who has been in more than 13 broadway shows, introduced more than 25 songs on the broadway and Americana music. I highly doubt it is Patti LuPone. Merman may have not been the prettiest face on broadway but her voice was enough to hid that fact.
Runner up to Merman would have to be Mary Martin. Then for men it would be Alfred Drake and Robert Preston.
Thank You






Christmas Carols bring tears to my eyes, I also cry at weddings....I should have cried at a couple of my own~ Ethel Merman

[Pippin]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 1:03pm

I hate to be the one to spout the obvious, madam, but this is kind of a joke thread, and shouldn't be taken seriously.

I mean, hello- Star Jones? Bob Saget? The Chandelier?

Updated On: 2/20/08 at 01:03 PM

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 1:17pm

"Everyone else in these posts needs to pull their heads out of their asses and get with the picture. Seriously Melanie Griffith????? Ethel Merman is the Queen of broadway, hands down, no questions asked! You find me somebody who has been in more than 13 broadway shows, introduced more than 25 songs on the broadway and Americana music. Thank You"


Give me a break!!! Its all a matter of opinion.....personally .. I dont like Ethel Merman

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 2/20/08 at 2:14pm

Nathan Lane

But in my eyes, anyone who can actually say they have been on a Broadway stage "IN" a show is a star

[callmemadam1953]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 2:46pm

Personally, you dont have to like the lady but atleast give her your respect. As well as some other stars, she paid her dues.

[kylestefanie]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:24pm

Roger Bart
Sutton Foster
Chris Fitzgerald
Jim Borstelmann
Nathan Lane

[SondheimGirl24601]

Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:58pm

how can people name half of these performers as the best ever?? LBB has been in 3 broadway productions (not including off-broadway because those are not broadway productions duh) so how can she be the best ever?

i would have to say for the ladies: bernadette, angela, patti, ethel, chita, betty (buckley),
i dont have time to post the guys (got to get back to work haha). maybe later though

[PUPPETMAN]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 11:13am

So many of you have not had the pleasure of seeing the really fantastic STARS. You can make this a joke thread, but get serious.

Mary Martin - hands down for the variety of parts she did (Merman was always just Merman)
Angela Lansbury
Julie Andrews

Male: Robert Preston
Jerry Orbach

[philcrosby]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 11:55am

Merman and only Merman. She changed the face of Broadway.

[onceadancer2]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:24pm

Comedy (Female): Shirley Booth, Ina Claire, Jean Dixon, Gertrude Lawrence, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Judy Holliday, Athene Seyler.

Comedy (Male) : Alfred Lunt, Noel Coward.

Drama (Male) : Olivier, Ralph Richardson.

Drama (Female) : Irene Worth, Judi Dench, Edith Evans, Kim Stanley, Celia Johnson.

Musical (Female): Vivienne Segal, Carol Bruce, Nancy Walker, Shirley Booth (again)

Musical (Male): John Raitt, Alfred Drake.

There are more that I have forgotten, and I am not up on the performers in NYC today.

Miriam

[Jay2]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 3:29pm

Brooke Tansley

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 6:45pm

OmGz ToTeZ AnThOnIe RaP Im GunNa MarRie HiM!!!!!!!!!!! LolZ

[jordangirl]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 6:48pm

Nice one liverpool! :)

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 2/26/08 at 7:49pm

I love Sherrie.....she's amazing!