Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever- Page 2

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 7:00pm

Natasha Richardson in CABARET

Brian Stokes Mitchell in KISS ME, KATE.

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 7:44pm

Gavin Creel - Hair

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 7:49pm

Donna Murphy in 'Passion'

[Jake01]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:01pm

Amy Morton in "August: Osage County".

Taylor Trensch in the "Spring Awakening" tour.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:14pm

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.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:16pm

It's a toss-up between Frank Langella in MATCH and Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:32pm

-Marin Mazzie NEXT TO NORMAL
-Bobby Steggert RAGTIME
-Bernadette Peters A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
-Mark Jacoby FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (eh. broadway enough)

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:37pm

Sarah Brightman in Aspects of Love

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:44pm

Carey Mulligan in THE SEAGULL

[PurpleFanta]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:49pm

Alice Ripley - Next to Normal
Lily Rabe - The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance - La Bete
Updated On: 1/31/11 at 08:49 PM

[Overkill]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:50pm

Nathan Lane in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

[KylieS]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 8:55pm

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

[HummingAlong]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 9:17pm

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

[pc1145N2]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 9:39pm

Cherry Jones in Doubt.

Posted: 1/31/11 at 9:48pm

PLAY:

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Fiona Shaw - Medea

MUSICAL

Alice Ripley - Next to Normal
John Gallagher Jr. - Spring Awakening

[theatreguy]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 10:08pm

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

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 10:24pm

Marin Mazzie - next to normal
Bernadette Peters - A Little Night Music

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 10:30pm

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

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 10:45pm

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

[philly03]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 10:48pm

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

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 11:00pm

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

[provocation]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 11:10pm

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.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 11:15pm

Raul. Company. Shock.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 11:35pm

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

[fosca3]

Posted: 1/31/11 at 11:39pm

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

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