Best performances you've seen

I am limiting this to Broadway only...

Christine in GG
Victoria in Piazza
Audra in 110
Bernadette in Gypsy
Julia in Wicked
Sutton in LW
Marin in KMK
Carolee in KMK
Beth Southard in POTO
Shirley Jones in 42nd

Stokes in MOLM
Stokes in KMK
Alfred in Fiddler
Harvey in Fiddler
Michael in Sweeney
Raul in Chitty (yes, I said it)
Michael in DotV (ditto)
Aaron in Piazza
Hunter in Producers
Nathan in Frogs

subject to change

Men:
1-Hugh Panaro in Phantom (Don't mock me, ha)
2-Hunter Foster in The Producers
3-Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
4-Joel Grey in Wicked (just because)
5-Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray
6-Marc Kudisch in The Apple Tree
7-David Hyde Pierce in Spamalot
8-Hank Azaria in Spamalot
9-Tim Curry in Spamalot
10-Matt Cavenaugh in Grey Gardens (he's adorable...ok?)

Ladies:
1-Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
2-Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked
3-Bernadette Peters in Gypsy
4-Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie
5-Lauren Kennedy in Spamalot
6-Christine Ebersole in 42nd Street
7-Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree
8-Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone
9-Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens
10-Idina Menzel in Wicked

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Male (in supporting roles):
Marc Kudisch- Assassins, The Apple Tree, and No Strings
Brent Barrett- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Roger Bart- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and The Producers
Michael Berresse- Kiss Me Kate
Gary Beach- The Producers
Boyd Gaines- Gypsy
Dennis O'Hare- Assassins
Alan Alda- Glen Garry Glen Ross
Jason Tam- A Chorus Line
*James Naughton*- Chicago, this is considered a leading one though

Female (in supporting roles):
Laura Benanti- Gypsy, Nine, The Secret Garden, and Into The Woods
Valarie Pettiford- Fosse
Kristin Chenoweth- Wicked and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Jennifer Ehle- Coast of Utopia
Mary Louise Wilson- Grey Gardens
Christine Baranski- Follies
Emily Skinner- No Strings
Natalie Venetia Belcon- Avenue Q and Rent
Christine Ebersole- A Connecticut Yankee
Amy Spanger- Kiss Me Kate

i'm gonna limit mine to 5 each:

Male-
Norbert Leo Butz - DIrty Rotten Scoundrels
Tim Howar - Rent
Colm WIlkinson - Les Miserables
Adam Pascal - Aida
Ted Keegan - The Phantom of the Opera

Female-
Sherie Rene Scott - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Idina Menzel - Aida
Natasha Richardson - A Streetcar Named Desire
Julie Murney - Wicked
Bernadette Peters -Gypsy
Stephanie D'Abruzzo - Avenue Q

women
Christine Ebersole- GG
Beth Leavel- DC
Bernadette Peters in Concert
Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls (last weekend... it was hilarious, but she wasn't trying to be)
Brandi Chavonne Massey as Lorrell in Dreamgirls... it was incredible


no guys for me... crushes get in the way too much and impair my judgement... because i started making this list and paul mcgill and josh strickland topped it and i knew that just wasnt right

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I am limiting mine to Broadway...

Jefferson Mays- I am My Own Wife
Cherry Jones- Doubt
Audra McDonald- 110 in the Shade
Victoria Clark- The Light in the Piazza
Bernadette Peters- Gypsy
Christine Ebersole- Grey Gardens
Brian Stokes Mitchell- Man of La Mancha


However, some of the best performances I have seen have been in regional theatre.

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Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald in 110 in the Shade
Raul Esparza in Company
Erin Davie in Grey Gardens
Barbara Walsh in Company
Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens
Patti LuPone in Gypsy
Boyd Gaines in Gypsy
Vanessa Redgrave in Year of Magical Thinking

For now.

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Tonya Pinkins Caroline or Change
Kristin Chenoweth Wicked
Michael Cerveris Sweeney Todd
Raul Esparza Company
Chita Rivera A Dancer's Life
Chita Rivera House of Bernarda Alba
Simone Aida
Jennifer Paz Miss Saigon
Gary Beach Les Miserables
Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens
Erin Davie Grey Gardens
Jason Tam Chorus Line
Stanley Bahorek Spelling Bee
John Gallagher Jr Spring Awakening

SPECIAL MOMENTS or CONCERTS
Idina Singing "Defying Gravity" on Broadway
Patti Lupone Could Shoulda Woulda "Soliloquy" & "I Was Here"
Patti LuPone singing "Buenos Aires" at Hollywood Bowl
Linda Eder Concert
Alice Ripley singing "Wake the Dead" in The Dead
Audra singing "Your Daddy's Son" at Hollywood Bowl

Christine Ebersole GG
Mary Louise Wilson GG
Audra McDonald 110
Madeline Kahn in The Sisters Rosensweig
Zoe Caldwell Master Class
Bebe Neuwirth Chicago
Elaine Stritch At Liberty

Yul Brynner in the King and I
Jefferson Mays in I Am My Own Wife
Ron Leibman Angels in America
Adam Cooper Swan Lake
James Naughton Chicago

This is tough as i haven't seen as many shows as most people here (Im only 16) though I will try. These are either Uk Tours or in the West End since I have never seen a show on Broadway (yet!). Not really in any order, just putting them as they come into my head.

Male -
1. Cory English - The Producers
2. Stephen Palfreman - Blood Brothers
3. Craig Whiteley - Blood Brothers
4. Keith Burns - Blood Brothers
5. Peter Johansson - We Will Rock You
6. Gavin Creel - Mary Poppins
7. Steve Pemberton - The Drowsy Chaperone
8. Alistair Mcgowan - Little shop of Horrors
9. Kris Harding - Starlight Express
10. Matthew Cammelle - Beauty and the Beast

Female -
1. Linda Nolan - Blood Brothers (This is THE best performance ive ever seen ever)
2. Julie Atherton - Avenue Q
3. Idina Menzel - Wicked
4. Hannah Waddingham - Spamalot
5. Connie Fisher - Sound of Music
6. Sheradon Smith - Little shop of Horrors
7. Hannah Jane Fox - We Will Rock You
8. Jenna Lee James - We Will Rock You
9. Mazz Murray - We Will Rock You
10. Scarlet Strallen - Mary Poppins

Ladies -
Julianne Moore - The Vertical Hour
Julie White - The Little Dog Laughed
Patti LuPone - Gypsy
Vanessa Redgrave - Year of Magical Thinking
Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald- 110 In The Shade
Julie Murney - Wicked
Kristin Chenoweth - The Apple Tree

Gentleman-
Brian Stokes Mitchell - Kiss Me Kate
Nathan Lane - Butley
Boyd Gaines - Gypsy
Marc Kurdish - The Apple Tree

Harvey Fierstein - Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, Torch Song Trilogy
Nathan Lane - The Producers, Butley, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Forum, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Man Who Came to Dinner
Gary Beach - The Producers
Roger Bart - The Producers, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
Jay Johnson - Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin - The Big Voice: God or Merman?
Norbert Leo Butz - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Last Five Years
John Lithgow - Sweet Smell of Success, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Denis O'Hare - Sweet Charity, Take Me Out
Michael Cerveris - Sweeney Todd
Neil Patrick Harris - Cabaret
Robert Morse - H2$, Sugar, TRU
Victor Garber - Assassins
Howard Da Silva - 1776
Merwin Foard - 1776
William Daniels - 1776
Lonny Price - A Class Act
Donny Osmond - Beauty and the Beast
Raul Esparza - Company

FEMALES:

Bernadette Peters - Into the Woods, Gypsy
Elaine Stritch - Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
Patti LuPone - Sweeney Todd
Chita Rivera - The Dancer's Life
Cathy Rigby - Seussical


The entire OBC of Avenue Q
The entire revival of Assassins

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