Broadway Connections- Page 3

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:47pm

Michael Benjamin Washington (Mamma Mia) was in the Special Broadway Benefit Concert of "Funny Girl" with Idina Menzel who was Elphaba in "Wicked."

or (if you count off Broadway)

Barrett Foa (Mamma Mia) was Jesus in the off-Broadway production of "Godspell" with Shoshana Bean who is Elphaba in "Wicked."

Updated On: 2/8/05 at 07:47 PM

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:51pm

Impressive!

[gherbert]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:53pm

Here's a good one:

The original production of Lady Be Good! and . . . . Follies.

GO!

(And that's Stephen Sondheim's Follies, not the Ziegfeld Follies)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:54pm

Starmites and Wind In The Willows

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:02pm

Lady Be Good!...George Gershwin...Crazy for You...Harry Groener....SIPWG....Sondheim....Follies!

I'm so proud of myself now.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:03pm

gherbert...let me know if this counts

Guy Bolton wrote the book to "Lady, Be Good"
He also wrote the book for "Anything Goes" which starred Patti LuPone who also starred in "Company"
Stephen Sondhein wrote the music and lyrics to "Company" as well as the lyrics to "Follies."

:wipes forehead:

next..."Beauty and the Beast" and "The Light in the Piazza"

Updated On: 2/8/05 at 08:03 PM

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:09pm

Sarah Uriarte Berry

[shira467]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:10pm

Beauty and the Beast...Brooke Tansley....Hairspray...Matthew Morisson...Light In The Piazza

Oklahoma to Little Women

Updated On: 2/8/05 at 08:10 PM

[Justice]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:14pm

Mark Kudish played Gaston in Beauty and the Beast.
Mark also played Jackie in The Wild Party, written by Micheal John LaChuissa
LaChuissa wrote Light in the Piazza
...OOPS
My Bad...Guitell wrote it...Okay again...

Mark played Jackie in The Wild Party written by Lachuissa.
Audra McDonald sang songs from LaChuissa on her Way Back to Paradise album, which also had songs from Guettel who wrote Light in the Piazza.

Updated On: 2/8/05 at 08:14 PM

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:15pm

Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma) was also in "Les Miserables" as was Sutton Foster who is Jo in "Little Women."

[Justice]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:16pm

Carol Channing to Bernadette Peters

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:17pm

Justice...it has to be shows not people.

next..."Girl Crazy" and "Guys and Dolls"

[Mattio98]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:21pm

"Mark Kudish played Gaston in Beauty and the Beast.
Mark also played Jackie in The Wild Party, written by Micheal John LaChuissa
LaChuissa wrote Light in the Piazza"

Actually Adam Guettel wrote Piazza.

[Justice]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:25pm

When did the rules change? On page two people were linking actors...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 8:54pm

Starmites and Wind In The Willows

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:28pm

Okay, even if this wasn't the original rules, I'm proud this was the first one I could do so I'm going to do it anyway.

Carol Channing starred in Hello Dolly! as did Ethel Merman who starred in Gypsy as did Bernadette Peters.

[allamarane]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 7:42pm

Okay, Starmites to Wind in the Willows...

Gwen Stewart of Starmites was in Rent with Anthony Rapp,
who was in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown with Roger Bart,
who was in The Producers with Nathan Lane,
who played Toad in Wind in the Willows.

[pinktheatre07]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 8:00pm

OK, how about Ragtime and Avenue Q?

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 2/9/05 at 8:03pm

I forget his name, but some guy was the lead in the Ragtime tour, who's in The Lion King, Heather H. was in TLK, who was in Aida, with Idina Menzel, who's standby was Shoshana Bean, who was in Godspell with Barret Foa, who is Rod in Avenue Q! *whew*

[Mattio98]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:07am

Or...

Ahrens and Flaherty wrote the score to Ragtime
They also wrote the score to Seussical
Ann Harada was in Seussical
She's also in Avenue Q

[gherbert]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:30am

FOAnatic,

CLOSE . . .

But no cigar.

Patti LuPone never starred in Company, she just narrated a concert.

And Stephen Sondheim wrote both music AND lyrics for Follies.

But VERY VERY close.

[Jon]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:50pm

OR.. Natalie Venetia Belcon from AVENUE Q was in the first national tour of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, written by Ahrens & Flaherty who wrote RAGTIME.

Another Secret Garden/Producers link: Roger Bart played Dickon in the first national tour of Secret Garden, then Carmen Ghia in Producers.

Here's a new one: Connect Diane Keaton to Christopher Walken using BROADWAY credits only! Updated On: 2/10/05 at 01:50 PM

[allamarane]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 2:24pm

Christopher Walken to Diane Keaton (using only Broadway credits, because Jon is evil!):

Christopher Walken did Enemies with Barbara Cook,
who did She Loves Me with Jack Cassidy,
who did Fade Out-Fade In with Virginia Allen,
who did Camelot with Steve Curry,
who was in the original cast of Hair with Diane Keaton.

How about Damn Yankees to Fiddler on the Roof?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 3:10pm

Victor Garber (applegate in damn yankees) was in assassins with Terrence Mann,
Terrence Mann was in the Scarlet Pimpernel with Philip Hoffman who is in Fiddler.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 2/10/05 at 5:07pm

Does "Assassins" count? Doesn't it have to be strictly Broadway connections...and that Assassins was off-Broadway. Just wondering.

...if so the next two are "Sunset Boulevard" and "Sly Fox."

Updated On: 2/10/05 at 05:07 PM