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Best Overall Cast you have seen

Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:29pm

Often times one person sticks out in a cast of a show. What show cast that you've SEEN not HEARD, were you most pleased with as a whole?

For me the 2003 touring cast of AIDA, with Paulette Ivory, Jeremy Kuishnier(sp), and Lisa Bresica. They rocked my sox! Couldn't have been a better cast.

Updated On: 11/6/04 at 10:29 PM

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:29pm

Caroline, or Change had a really spectacular all around cast, vocally and acting-wise. Avenue Q's cast was also perfect in everything they did, but their show just didn't reach as high as Caroline.

Updated On: 11/6/04 at 10:29 PM

re: Best Overall Cast you have seen

Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:31pm

As a whole, I'd have to say the OBC of Proof in NYC, the current cast of the Rent tour, or the Canadian cast of Mamma Mia!

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:32pm

Well, it's been said before, but the nine Assassins along with Marc and the gang had amazing chemistry.

re: Best Overall Cast you have seen

Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:32pm

the current touring cast of RENT. maybe the best ever...

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:33pm

I know its cliche, but I hafta say the OBC of Rent and a close second for Assassins (minus that annoying little boy)

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:35pm

Heres vote 3 for the current touring cast of Rent..

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:36pm

The 1989 revival of GYPSY.

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re: Best Overall Cast you have seen

Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:36pm

I still haven't seen RENT, need to. :)

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:39pm

Ahhh!!! Yay for the Aida tour cast!!!

Although i didn't see the tour, the closing Aida cast was great.
Also the original Wicked cast (w/ Joel)
And the original Hairspray cast!

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:40pm

Eponine - I'm seeing Les Mis because you forced me. In return, you MUST see Rent. (But not hte current Bway cast.)

#12

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:43pm

ha. wicked. we all knew that was coming...

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:45pm

Tiff- I will do so. It'll take me a little while to do it but I will! :) As for the current Broadway cast, I have no desire to see Nick Lancy (is that his last name) but I adore Jeremy Kuishner.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:47pm

Urinetown!

that cast was perfect in every which way.. =)

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:50pm

*snicker* Nick Lancy.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:51pm

dotmarie...
i agree 100%

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 10:54pm

my top four would have to be...
Twelve Angry Men
Assassins
Avenue Q
Urinetown

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:03pm

Original cast of THE PRODUCERS - not a weak link anywhere in the company.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:36pm

When I went to see Scarlet Pimpernel, the cast was absolutely FLAWLESS, in my not-so-humble opinion: Ron Bohmer, Carolee Carmello, and Mark Kudisch.

Okay, so the show had been through so many incarnations that it was wearing thin...but the *cast* was fabulous! :0) They went above and beyond the poor material they had to work with, like a theatrical kind of alchemy, and made it shine.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:40pm

I have to disagree about the OBC of Wicked....not because of the leads but because of the freakin' ensemble. There are a few in there that don't seem worthy of the task and are kind of shrill and annoying.

Agree about Q!!

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:50pm

Okay, here I go. I'm prepared to get burned for this one, but I will honestly say one of the most talented casts I have ever seen was Taboo. Think about it...
Raúl Esparza, Euan Morton, Jeffrey Carlson, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Cary Sheilds, Liz McCartney. Everyone was amazing and held their own.

I would also agree with Asassins. That show blew me away.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:55pm

I would say Wicked had the strongest ensemble in the sense that everyone is immensely talented, yada yada, but I think Norbert was miscast in the role, and Joey Grey was underused as the Wizard.

just my 2c.

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Posted: 11/6/04 at 11:57pm

The original Broadway cast of RAGTIME.

- Eric

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Posted: 11/7/04 at 12:03am

I don't know about that cast of SP. Now if you were talking about SP 1.0 with Doug Sills, Christine Andreas, and Terrence Mann that I couldn't argue with at all...but I purposely didn't see the Ron Bohmer cast because I'm not a big fan of him or of Kudish although I do adore Carolee.

Don't worry Tiff, the sole purpose I had in even seeing Wicked was because of how much I loved Norbert on the LFY recording or more importantly because of his fantastic performance in the disaster of a show that was Thou Shalt Not. When I saw Wicked I was shocked. I too thought he was miscast although in my cast it was more that not only did he not really fit the part but he was severely underused. As for Joel Grey, well I just thought he was "there." The role of the Wizard in the show is just not good so there wasn't much for either of them to do with their respective roles really.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

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Posted: 11/7/04 at 12:03am

The show may have been panned by the critics for its book but THE BOY FROM OZ had a very strong major cast in terms of triple threat talents - Hugh Jackman, Stephanie J. Block, Isabel Keating, Mitchel Federan. Even Beth Fowler, Jarrod Emick, and Michael Mulheren were very strong in terms of acting/singing with some dancing skills. The ensemble was also a very strong singing and dancing team.

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