Broadway Stars popping Up On TV

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 9:53am

Lately many of them have been popping up on TV

 

Santino Fontana - Shades Of Blue

OJ Miniseries - Steven Pasquale, Nathan Lane, Robert Morse

Mysteries Of Laura - Debra Messing (Series star)  & Mercedes Ruele

Updated On: 3/3/16 at 09:53 AM

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 10:09am

What an uncommon phenomenon. Also Santino is a regular on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 10:09am

Laura Benanti and Jeremy Jordan on Super Girl

Sutton Foster on Younger

Andy Karl on SVU

I hope they all make their way back to Broadway ASAP (At least Laura has! :))

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:04am

The Affair-Ruth Wilson, Joshua Jackson, Colin Donnell, Mare Winningham, Joanna Gleason, Peter Friedman, etc.

The Family-Joan Allen, Alison Pill, Jessie Mueller

The Good Wife-Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming, Cush Jumbo, etc.

Madam Secretary-Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Zeljko Ivanek, Keith Carradine, Sebastian Arcelus, etc.

Scandal-Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Norm Lewis

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:25am

"Masters of Sex" - Annaleigh Ashford (main cast), Michael Sheen (main cast), Christian Borle, Heléne Yorke, Alison Janney, Joe Tapper, Beau Bridges, etc.

[asmith0307]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:27am

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "The Affair-Ruth Wilson, Joshua Jackson, Colin Donnell, Mare Winningham, Joanna Gleason, Peter Friedman, etc.

The Family-Joan Allen, Alison Pill, Jessie Mueller

The Good Wife-Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming, Cush Jumbo, etc.

Madam Secretary-Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Zeljko Ivanek, Keith Carradine, Sebastian Arcelus, etc.

Scandal-Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Norm Lewis"

 

I personally loved the Madam Secretary episode that added Kate Burton, Julia Murney, and John Ellison Conlee in one family.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:40am

Matthew Morrison was on Younger this week (and Good Wife as well). O course he has already had fame on TV previously but he started here on Broadway...

[illiniparkie]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 12:10pm

I am continually impressed by the number of Broadway actors that "The Good Wife" attracted.  Even though the series is set in Chicago, I believe they shot in New York (?) and thus can accommodate the schedules of those in plays.

 

I will add to "The Good Wife" list:

Sarah Steele

Nathan Lane

Christopher McDonald

Anika Noni Rose

Steven Pasquale

Margo Martindale

Stockard Channing

Michael Cerveris

Denis O'Hare

David Hyde Pierce

Nikki M. James

Ana Gasteyer

Christian Borle

Cady Huffman

Vanessa Williams

F. Murray Abraham

Karen Olivo

Linda Emond

Linda Lavin

Kelly Bishop

Laura Benanti

Kristin Chenoweth

Christopher Sieber

Rory O'Malley

Dan Fogler

James Monroe Iglehart

Steven Boyer

John Cullum

Jefferson Mays

...

 

Jeesh, the list goes on and on.  Of course, talented actors get work, so it doesn't surprise me that there is cross-pollination between the stage and small screen.  But "The Good Wife" really stands out.  The show will be missed.

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 12:25pm

KathyNYC2 said: "Matthew Morrison was on Younger this week (and Good Wife as well). O course he has already had fame on TV previously but he started here on Broadway..."

...world

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 12:48pm

I watched Mara Davi's reoccurring roles on Blue Blood and Smash but she's also done Good Wife, Mysteries of Laura, and Taxi Brooklyn.  

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 9:09pm

Yes, The Good Wife shot in NY and took up the slack of hiring theatre actors to fill out the guest spots that was left once Law & Order was reduced down to just S.V.U.

[hork]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:27pm

Interestingly, Arthur Darvill and Carlos Valdes were in Once together and now appear on two different DC superhero shows on the WB. 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:37pm

Anthony Ramos guest starred on an episode of Younger. He was on screen for all of a minute, but there's another one :)

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:42pm

Maybe we can call them "Broadway performers"?

[UnwoundFantasies]

Posted: 3/3/16 at 11:58pm

Ruthie Ann Miles will be on The Americans this month

[mamaleh]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 12:51am

NY stage actors regularly pop up on "Elementary."  Tonight's episode featured Skip Sudduth, Malcolm Gets, Andy Taylor and Jackie Hoffman. 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 12:53am

Add Gregg Edelman who was on Shades of Blue tonight.

[Pauly3]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:03am

Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos and Michael K. Lee were all on the same episode of Law & Order SVU recently.  And certainly, Renee Elise Goldsberry on The Good Wife the previous couple seasons.

 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 5:04am

Jessica Phillips was on (and she was FANTASTIC) SVU recently.

[mc1227]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 6:28am

With more and more tv shows being filmed in NY locations, it stands to reason that we are seeing talent that used to have to choose between Hollywood and Broadway appearing in TV shows.  It's great to see these actors get this exposure as well as being able to make a decent living, something that Broadway can't always provide.  Actors get better the more they work, so it's a bonus all the way around!  

[romain2]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 11:30am

illiniparkie wrote:  Even though the series is set in Chicago, I believe they shot in New York (?) and thus can accommodate the schedules of those in plays.

I am amazed by the number of Broadway stars who pop up on The Good Wife, and I have been equally amazed that The Good Wife doesn't have its own thread on this message board.  "Who popped up this week on The Good Wife?"  could be the name.

As a Chicagoan who visits NYC on a regular basis I can definitely tell you that the show is shot in NYC.  First of all, our amazing Chicago stage actors would be the guest stars (as they are on all those shot-in-Chicago shows like Chicago Fire).  But if you are familiar with Chicago architecture, the shots saying "hey we're in a Chicago neighborhood or we in the Chicago loop" don't look quite Chicago.  It's just a quibble and the show gets away with it.  There was one exterior shot in Season 2 or 3 where you could see the Avenue of the Americas way in the background and the character was saying she was at some Chicago intersection, ha.

 

[WestCoastActor/Director]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:10pm

On The Town's Jay Armstrong Johnson debuts on Quantico on Sunday.  

[Colle]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:32pm

hork said: "Interestingly, Arthur Darvill and Carlos Valdes were in Once together and now appear on two different DC superhero shows on the WB. 

 

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You are right. Also,  Ciera Renae is also in "Legends of Tomorrow" with Arthur Darvill.

 

Updated On: 3/4/16 at 01:32 PM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:38pm

Eisa Davis is on the new season of House of Cards!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:43pm

I just watched the season premiere of House of Cards earlier today, and it has Kevin Spacey, Sebastian Arcelus, and Cicely Tyson.

 

According to IMDB, Broadway veteran Donnie Kehr is on Episode 9 this season.