Celebrities on Broadway
Celebrities on Broadway
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#0Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:33pmI am always hearing about how celebrities are doing terrible on Broadway (ex: Melanie Griffith). What celebrities out there do you think are capable of doing or have done a wonderful job in a Broadway show, and don't deserve to be generalized with a celebrities doing bad?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#1re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:35pmhm.....catherine zeta jones. that girl can sing, dance, and act. triple threat!
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#2re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:36pmAntonio Bandares blew everyone away last year when he appeared in NINE.
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Kelliexo90
Broadway Star Joined: 7/17/04
#3re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:36pmaww ponine you took mine!
What is Broadway? A street? Some say it's a street. Some say it is the best street in the world. Others think its terrible. That's the beauty of it, it's terribly beautiful. Some hate it and don't know why. Others love it and don't know why. That's what makes it so wonderful, it's a mystery.
#4re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:37pmDont forget Hugh Jackman, Nathan Lane, and Matthew Broderick.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
Updated On: 7/19/04 at 10:37 PM
aspiringguy715
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/04
#5re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:38pmIronic, I just finished watching "Chicago." Completely agree on Catherine Zeta-Jones, definitely can sing better than anyone in that movie, and I could see her on Broadway for sure.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:39pmDon't forget Queen Latifah! She was great in the movie...I thought her and Catherine did the best in terms of singing.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#7re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 10:39pmOoooooo. She is so HOT in Chicago. *mouth waters*
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#8re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:04pmyeah, when I saw Chicago all I could think about was wanting to see CZJ do the part on Broadway
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AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#9re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:31pmHugh Jackman is giving performances of a lifetime (no pun on BFO) every night. Also, I loved John Stamos in H2$. Molly Ringwald wasn't bad in tick, tick...BOOM!
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
#10re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:33pmI'm going to have to second Antonio Banderas. He was wonderful!
thirdrowcenter
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#11re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:40pm"Assassins" was my first opportunity to see Neil Patrick Harris onstage. He was pretty good.
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#12re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/19/04 at 11:46pmHugh Jackman, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Phylicia Ryshad(sp?)and Queen Latifah all blew everyone away. They can come back to Broadway whenever they want.
sweetiedarlinmia
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/04
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:07am
All the awards available this past season, including a TONY and a standing ovation from the Broadway community - not bad for Wolverine ( aka Hugh Jackman) 
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 1:45amI agree with everyone but Stamos...i saw him in h2$ and he was awful.
#16re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:44amI didn't think Catherine Zeta-Jones was anything spectacular in Chicago. Her dancing was good, but it wasn't great, and she had some vocal issues with being too tight and a little flat. I know that in that show it's more important to be able to dance, but I really don't see her as being that great on Broadway. I think people like John Lithgow or Nathan Lane are much better. Also, I bet Kelsey Grammar and Robert (is that his first name?) Dennesy are amazing on stage.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#17re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:49am
No offense to Lithgow or Lane, but I think Zeta-Jones makes a better Velma than they ever could. :P
I won't call Zeta-Jones a mind-blowing musical star until I actually see whether she has stage presence, which can make up for a multitude of minor sins in singing and dancing technique. But she definitely impressed me in Chicago, and it would be nice to see her try her hand at live theater again some day.
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#18re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:49amWhen on earth is Harry Connick, Jr. going to get himself on Broadway????? If South Pacific ever gets revived, I'd love to see him as Cable...he was the only good part of that horrible made-for-tv version a few years ago. He'd also be good in Pal Joey.
#19re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:54amPretty Good? Thirdrowcenter, that was a terrible understatement. He was orgastic.
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#20re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 11:12amI forgot about John Lithgow. Is Nathan Lane really a celebrity outside of the theater world? I know hes done a few movies, but do a lot of people really know who he is?
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#21re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 11:40amsorry kellie!!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
Coondiggitydogg
Stand-by Joined: 7/18/04
#22re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:08pmNathan Lane is definately a celebrity outside of the theater world. He has done numerous tv shows, and movies and every year he appears on multiple shows as a cameo, or guest celebrity. He is the male counterpart to bernadette
J.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/1/04
#23re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:15pmDoes anyone think that Catherine Zeta-Jones is not vey good?
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#24re: Celebrities on Broadway
Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:17pmI feel like we make him out to be a bigger celebrity than he really is, only because he is so big in the Theater world.
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