Broadway performers who could hold a residency

Audra, Megan Hilty, and Aaron Tveit.

Sutton Ross said: "Lol. Yeah, that's a lie. He sold out six performances at 54 Below in a few hours. He could do at least a 3 month residence in NYC. Just like Jeremy Jordan. Both wildly popular and very talented."

Six sold-out performances at 54 below is 882 tickets. That's a far cry from selling that many seats for each performance in a Broadway house.

Sutton Ross said: "I never said a thing about a Broadway house. There have been many successful residencies at places like Cafe Carlyle and 54 Below."

Oh, the OP said Broadway run and I thought that's what you meant too.

Sutton Ross said: "Oops, that's my fault, I just read the title of the thread and went from there. Filling a Broadway house several nights a week would take a mega star or perhaps two of them?"

Now there's an interesting idea. What if instead of one person, you had a rotating cast of say five or six that played once or twice a week.

Hugh even had a special dance/drums number, which included a tribute to his screen persona ( Wolverine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5ImXvMxII&list=RD2Lk_6Fa_GSQ&index=15

What are we counting as a "residency"? I feel like this the term "residency" implies an extended period of time. Kristin Chenoweth doing a 2 week concert on Broadway doesn't seem like it counts. I guess most concerts are only a few nights, so 2 weeks is more than usual, but it still doesn't strike me as a "residency" like Springsteen's show (which ran for over a year).

But Springsteen really isn't a "Broadway performer" in the traditional sense, he's a famous musician who did a residency on Broadway. And we could go on and on naming mega-famous musicians who could sell out a year on Broadway if they wanted to. And maybe someone like Sara Bareilles or Sting (both of whom have written Broadway shows) would have some interest in doing something like that. Then you have big movie stars with Broadway ties like Hugh Jackman, who could definitely manage to sell out an extended residency. Meryl Streep could easily do it too, though personally, I'd much rather that Streep's big return to Broadway be in a theatrical role. Maybe Glenn Close? Anne Hathaway? Jennifer Hudson?

As for performers mostly known for doing Broadway? It would be difficult. I mean, plenty of them could do a couple weeks like Chenoweth did. But any longer than that? The list of viable candidates would be very short. Like others said, I think Bette and Barbra could do it. But other than them, even some of the biggest Broadway names would struggle to fill the house for more than a few weeks. As much as we might love them, most Broadway actors simply don't have the box office power for long runs.

To OP: Chita has already somewhat done a 'residency' to unfortunately not much business.