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#30

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Jason Danieley - 'Next to Normal'
Lin-Manuel Miranda - 'In the Heights'
Bernadette Peters - 'A Little Night Music'
Andrew Kober - 'HAIR'

I can't pick just one.
#31

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

It's a toss-up between Frank Langella in MATCH and Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#37

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
Karen Olivo in West Side Story

I have a million runner-ups but I'm throwing Beth Leavel in Drowsy Chaperone into the mix because she hasn't gotten a mention yet. Great to see the love for Langella in Match, though!

My wife (I just mentioned this thread to her) said, interestingly, that one of her very favorites was Joseph Anthony Foronda as the Engineer in a touring cast of Miss Saigon (later he was a replacement on Broadway). He was also in the OBC of Pacific Overtures, apparently, but I certainly don't know much about him. Does anybody else remember him in Miss Saigon?

Updated On: 1/31/11 at 08:55 PM

#38

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

How could I chose just one?!

BUT here goes:

Brian D'Arcy James absolutely killed me in Time Stands Still.
Meghann Fahy in next to normal.
Mary Martin in (the film version of) Peter Pan.
Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees. (my first Broadway show...how could I not?!)
Marin Mazzie in next to normal.

There. Top 5 :)

Updated On: 1/31/11 at 09:17 PM

#41

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Top Five (for the moment):

Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
Julie White in The Little Dog Laughed
Amy Morton in August: Osage County
Geoffrey Rush in Exit the King
#43

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

I'm going to cheat a bit because the thread asks only for your favorite performance, not favorite that you've actually seen live, so here are some of mine:

Patti LuPone in Evita
Betty Buckley in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Alexis Smith in Follies
Elaine Stritch in Company
Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park with George
#44

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

I've been lucky enough to see many truly wonderful performances onstage, but I'm just going to write the first things that jumped into my mind.

Male: Brian Stokes Mitchell in Man of La Mancha
Female: Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
#45

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Male:
James Barbour in A Tale of Two Cities
Martin Crewes in The Woman in White

Female:
Christian Noll in Ragtime
Patti LuPone in Gypsy
Marla Schaffel as Jane Eyre
#46

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

So many to choose from.

Swoosie Kurtz, John Mahoney and Christine Baranski in The House of Blue Leaves

Faith Prince in Falsettoland (ok, so that was off-Broadway)

Judi Dench in Amy's View


If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#47

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Ripley in Next to Normal. I cried my eyes out all three times I saw her in the show. Silently, I might add. I'm not a competitive cryer.
I know, right?
#49

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

It's a tie between Patti in Gypsy and Alice in Next to Normal!
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#50

Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever

Ralph Fiennes in IVANOV
Liam Neeson in JUDAS KISS
Philip Quast in TROILUS & CRESSIDA
Roger Allam in MACBETH
David Morse in THE SEAFARER
Conleth Hill in THE SEAFARER
Michael Ball in PASSION

It's too hard to pick


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Updated On: 2/1/11 at 11:39 PM

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