Classiest Women On Broadway Right Now?
Classiest Women On Broadway Right Now?
#0Classiest Women On Broadway Right Now?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 6:56pm
Who's on your list? In my opinion these following ladies display all the traits of a gracious and classy woman. So classiest women on Broadway RIGHT NOW?
Ok well this one in coming back next month 
both of these ladies 
Updated On: 8/12/05 at 06:56 PM
#1re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 6:59pmShe left not to long but DEE HOTY is one classy lady. They even sing about her in the Forbiidden Bway spoof of strich: I was classy as Dee Hoty...
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:00pm
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Marian Seldes
Lynn Redgrave
Kate Burton
Cherry Jones
Kathleen Turner
#4re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:08pmI second Sutton Foster and add in Lea Salonga.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#5re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:08pm
ROSEMARY HARRIS
Oh. "Right now"...whoops.
#6re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:11pm
Kathy Hilton.
I know she's been on Broadway.
The street.
#7re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:11pmIf we were doing classiest women EVER on Bway. My list and others would atleast be 3 pages long. I think it's better - who is the classiest RIGHT NOW.
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#8re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:14pmi second Lea Salonga and add Julie Andrews as classiest ever!
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#9re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:17pmHonestly, Tracy Miller. She isn't well known at all, but I have never met anyone sweeter and kinder at a stagedoor. I don't really know personally if she has class, but it sure seems like it.
Peter
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/03
#11re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:32pm
How are you defining "classy"? Sometimes, I think people confuse sophistication with classiness. Do they have to dress well? Be slim and well-groomed?
I personally think class should be defined by how you treat people and how you conduct yourself onstage and with your peers, rather than how you look. Your offstage behavior counts too. Notable philanthropic efforts are a definite plus. Stage presence should play a roll, but saying someone is classy to me goes beyond just dressing well and owning the stage when you're on it. Being beautiful isnt a requirement at all to me. Seemingly warm accessibilty matters more than those who are cool and aloof.
But much of this is based on heresay and public perception. From many well documented reports, Babs is very hard to deal with and narcissistic. So was Ethel Merman. Based on these reports, I wouldnt say either is classy. On the other hand, I havent heard anything but good things about Angela Lansbury..she projects class to me. Broadway performers who miss a lot of shows show very little class to me, whereas someone like Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster and Linda Eder are IMO, the epitome of class.
Updated On: 8/12/05 at 07:32 PM
#12re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:42pm
Peter - My list is of women who I have had experiences meeting, watching them onstage, or seeing them display their talent on award show, and showing class through interviews. All those ladies have shown to me they are truely classy.
Updated On: 8/12/05 at 07:42 PM
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#13re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:54pmAudra missed quite a lot in Ragtime...
#14re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 7:56pmI second Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara as really classy.
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#15re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 8:25pmDefinitley Victoria Clark and Keli O'Hara, and definitley not Sara Ramirez.
#16re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 8:44pm
Ok, well if we're talking about how one treats people than I guess you can already figure out who I'm about to list. Yep yep, my girl Steph.
I'm sure I've already said this but...
the first time I saw her win the lotto I approached her and she immediately took off her sunglasses. When you live in a superficial (sorry it's true) town like L.A. where people wear their sunglasses at night and are too cool to look you in the face that gesture meant a lot to me. And I thought at first I was overanalyzing but my friend who was with me brought it up to me the next day without having discussed it so it made an impression on her too.
There was another time she she was hugging this lady and got her earring stuck on her sweater/shawl (I forget what it was exactly) and the way she handled that was pretty classy too.
I could go on and on, but you get the point... :)
Updated On: 8/13/05 at 08:44 PM
Ruth Sherwood
Leading Actor Joined: 10/4/04
#17re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:30pmVictoria Clark
#18re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:33pmi know she's not in a show now, but as of recent-Donna Murphy. So classy.
#19re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/12/05 at 9:50pm
okay no one has mentioned her so I will!
BERNADETTE PETERS.
#20re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:42amVictoria Clark is a very polite woman. She had some friends visit her backstage after the show. We all waited for her to come out. We, of course, rushed her once she came out. Instead of freaking out, she calmly asked us to wait until she said goodbye to her friends. So classy. So polite. A woman like that commands respect without demanding it. Such a wonderful performer and person.
#21re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:46am
Victoria Clark.
And although she's not on Broadway at the moment, Marin Mazzie is definitely a classy woman.
lvpblues
Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#22re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:57amI have to agree with those who said Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara. Both were very lovely and gracious at the stage door and seemed genuinely interested in what people had to say regarding the musical and their performances. I also want to add Sarah Uriarte Berry to the list as she was as sweet as possible to the fans.
#23re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 1:01am
It's been said before, but obviously needs repeating. Just because a performer is nice at the stage door, does not make them a nice, good, nor classy person anywhere else but there - remember that being nice to fans is good business. I'm not saying that some of them aren't generally wonderful people - I'm just saying that is not an accurate measure. Until you KNOW these people - spend normal, daily life kind of time with them - you can't judge them as a person.
#24re: Classiest Women On Broadway?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:08am
Rath - Now I haven't worked with everyone in the business and their mother, like you might've. But I don't think you need to be best friends with a performer to know they're classy.
I mean all the women I listed - It's hard to see them as anything but class acts. They have such a way about them, and they seem so gracious.
Now, I know I'm just a crazy teen from the stagedoors - So I'm not able to distinguish if someone is a gracious and a kind person. I just honestly don't think you have to be best friends with a woman like Victoria Clark to be able to tell she is a gracious and lovely woman.
But I give up, it's 2:10 am, and utterly useless to try to prove a point that I'm not able to get across.
Goodnight.
Updated On: 8/13/05 at 02:08 AM
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