goodness, there are so many!
Ethel Merman in anything, but especially Anything Goes or Gypsy.
Angela Lansbury ins...anything she did, but definitely Mame, Gypsy or Sweeney.
Mary Martin as Peter Pan or Maria.
Jerry Orbach as El Gallo or in Promises, Promises.
the OBC of A Chorus Line.
anything Patti did before my time, especially some of her early work with The Acting Company, Evita, Anything Goes and Sunset Boulevard (which technically wasn't before my time, but it was in London and I was a wee thing)
Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change. this I'm actually legit upset I didn't go see.
Donna Murphy in Passion.
any original Sondheim, for that matter.
Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza.
Michael Jeter in Grand Hotel.
OBC AND Revival casts of Nine.
oh, and the original production of Cradle Will Rock.
I have a long wishlist. maybe I should've just said I wanted to see the Merm and end with that.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Updated On: 2/9/09 at 02:44 PM
