Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
#1Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 12:24pmIt happens all the time in Hollywood, whether it be TV or film. I was curious if there have ever been any famous Broadway rivalries between castmates or even famous romances that developed from working together.
#2re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 2:50pm
My two favorites are:
Stephanie J. Block
Sebastian Arcelus
Jennifer Cody
Hunter Foster
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 3:11pm
Ethel Merman/Mary Martin (rivalry, not sure if there was a romance there or not)
ruprecht
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/05
#3re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 3:43pmMy favorite couple, Orfeh and Andy Karl and the most obvious, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel and Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth (rivalry).
#4re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 3:45pmFind your DVD of Elaine Stritch: At Liberty. It's ripe with romance & rivlary.
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#5re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 3:46pm
KristIn. Just sayin'.
Wasn't there a whole Kerry Butler/Laura Bell Bundy smackdown of sorts? I put my money on Kerry.
FosterChild
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/03
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#7re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 3:51pm
I'd hit her.
I mean - what?
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#9re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:05pmDon't forget that Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg met during "Into the Woods."
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#10re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:20pmRuth Brown and Linda Hopkins ... major rivalry during Black and Blue.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:30pm
"Ruth Brown and Linda Hopkins ... major rivalry during Black and Blue."
I'd love to hear those stories.
#12re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:38pmOn romances, I seem to recall that Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson co-starred in the Roundabout's 1993 revival of Anna Christie, fell in love, and eventually got married (even though she was married to someone else at the time).
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#13re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:39pmMandy Patinkin vs. Toni Collette
desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#14re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:45pmWhat was the story behind Idina and Kristin??
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 4:48pm
"What was the story behind Idina and Kristin??"
The story belonged to Idina, but Kristin's role was built up because she was the more popular of the two. Major negotiations were undertaken as to the placement of their names on the advertisement.
#16re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:05pm
George Hearn and Betsy Joslyn met during SWEENEY, fell in love and then did the disastrous DOLL'S LIFE.
I don't think they're still together...
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#17re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:15pm
I'm not sure if rivalry is the right word, but a pre-"Sex and the City" Evan Handler had a famous on-stage encounter with his co-star Nicol Williamson in "I Hate Hamlet" in the early 1990s. The incident occurred onstage during a performance, when Williamson yelled at Handler and nicked him with his sword (it was a sword-fight scene). Handler left the stage and quit the production in mid-performance.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#18re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:22pm
I had thought ( could be wrong) that Cheno was not happy that Idina was the star of the show.
#19re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:25pm
Well Idina got the last laugh regardless by winning the Tony. I love them both though.
Details on the Laura Bell Bundy ones please!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#20re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:29pm
"What was the story behind Idina and Kristin??"
Remember the post that one persons saw the show and when Idina went to slap Kristin, Kristin pointed to the neckbrace, but Idina slapped her anyway and they didn't look at each other through the rest of the song?
LadyRosecoe
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/07
#21re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:34pmIdina doesn't slap her in any song. I wouldn't buy that story regardless.
misto625
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/05
#22re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:35pmI second wanting to know more about the Kerry Butler/Laura Bell Bundy rivalry.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#23re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:38pmThey were both married at the time and had to get unmarried so they could marry each other.
#24re: Famous Broadway Rivalries/Romances
Posted: 1/17/08 at 5:41pmLadyRosecoe, Glinda slaps Elphie and she slaps her back in their exchange before "No Good Dead", at least I think that's what's being referred to with 'slapping' I think Idina couldnt turn her head as a reaction of being slapped is what Gothampc was getting at, not an actual slap.
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