Favorite Broadway Performance by an actor... ever- Page 4

[landryjames2]

Posted: 2/2/11 at 11:52am

I don't know if it's my favorite, but the female performance that affected me the most was Patti Lupone in Gypsy. My favorite is probably Sherie Rene Scott in Everyday Rapture.

My favorite male performance is Cheyenne Jackson in All Shook Up because he was just SO fun in that role. I am not saying it's the greatest male performance I have ever seen on stage--but definitely my favorite.

I realize that all the above are from recent years, but I really just started attending Broadway shows on a regular basis about 8 years ago. I wish I could write Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, or Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly--but alas, I cannot.

[Patty3]

Posted: 2/2/11 at 2:04pm

John Cullum in 1776
Danny Kaye in Two By Two
Patty Lupone in Gypsy
Angela Lansbury Blithe Spirit

[broadwaygal3]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 4:25am

Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz - best performance ever!

Second favorite: Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in
The Producers

[iluvny04]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 7:13am

Reba McEntire- Annie Get Your Gun

Nathan and Bebe- Addams Family

Lea Salonga- Miss Saigon and Les Mis

Kelli and Paulo- South Pacific

Beth Leavel- Drowsy Chaperone

Louise Pitre, Judy Kaye, Tina Maddigan- Mamma Mia!

Updated On: 2/24/11 at 07:13 AM

[fiesta1]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 8:13am

I've been a Broadway groupie since I was 8 when my parents took me to the original HAIR (hats off to progressive parents who nurtured my love of theatre). Here are a few of my absolute faves:

Harvey Firestein - Torch Song Trilogy
Hugh Jackman - The Boy from Oz
Derek Jacobi - Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado (RSC did these in repertory in 1984, and alternated nights). He was phenomenal in both.
Ian McKellan - Amadeus
Maggie Smith - Lettice & Lovage
Amy Morton - August, Osage County

[HopeChanged]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 8:33am

Marin Mazzie in Next to Normal. She just blew me away.

[Liz7]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 9:08am

Douglas Sills in the Scarlett Pimpernel

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 12:11pm

Marin Mazzie in Next to Normal
Douglas Hodge in La Cage Aux Folles

And this is off Broadway, but Bobby Steggert in Yank!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 12:29pm

Tough one. I can't pick a single favorite because I loved them all for very different reasons.

Patti LuPone - Master Class
Audra McDonald - Marie Christine
Jane Adams - An Inspector Calls
Marla Schaffel - Jane Eyre
Janet McTeer - A Doll's House
Nancy Opel - Urinetown

Douglas Sills - Scarlet Pimpernel
Brian Stokes Mitchell - Ragtime
Robert Morse - Tru
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Owen Teale - A Doll's House
James Naughton - City of Angels

[TimFan]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 12:35pm

It has to be Kelli O'Hara in South Pacific, I bet she'll get a lot of votes. Yes, it's the only production of the show I've seen (except the movie) but she's made me a lifelong fan.

Also 'In The Heights' is coming to my town (Hershey PA) and I’m trying to win tickets for me and my Mom.

It's an online contest, just click this link below and it counts as a vote for me! It'll also tell you all about the show. Thanks!

http://www.beintheheights.com/timwalker

[steven22]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 4:51pm

I cannot pick..either Marin Mazzie as Diana in next to normal or Alice Ripley as Diana in next to normal.

[KylieS]

Posted: 2/24/11 at 5:23pm

Mister Matt - Fabulous picks! Two of my biggest theatrical regrets are missing Jane Adams in An Inspector Calls and Janet McTeer in A Doll's House. Especially the latter. It's great to see Jane Adams' name mentioned, though, she doesn't get enough credit IMO...