Favorite NY Stage Performances of 2015?

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/18/15 at 6:01pm

Here's my list

10 Favorite NY Stage Performances of 2015

What's yours?

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 12/18/15 at 6:28pm

1).  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2).  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
3.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/18/15 at 7:24pm

JCM in hedwig would def seem like a no brainer.

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/18/15 at 7:31pm

Renee Elise Goldsberry in Hamilton

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/18/15 at 8:02pm

Kelli O'Hara in The King and I.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/19/15 at 3:35am

Misty Copeland in "On The Town."  I saw the show three times.  Her performance was awe-inspiring. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 12/19/15 at 3:44am

Sondheimite said: "1).  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2).  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
3.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
4.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5.)  John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

 

Pretty much, although add three more, since I went 8 times.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/19/15 at 9:36am

Ensemble cast of Dames At Sea

[wonkit]

Posted: 12/19/15 at 12:02pm

Tim Pigott--Smith in KING CHARLES III

Mark Strong in VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

Alan Cumming in CABARET

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/19/15 at 10:30pm

Cabaret opened in 2014 (The premise of the question is performances in shows that opened during the 2015 calendar year)

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 1:41am

Cynthia Erivo, THE COLOR PURPLE

Chita Rivera, THE VISIT

The Company of HAMILTON

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 4:16am

Thuli Dumakude and Tanyaradzwa Tawenga- Africa My Beautiful

Ruthie Ann Miles- The King and I

Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan- Daddy Long Legs

Paul Alexander Nolan- Doctor Zhivago

Sydney Lucas, Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn- Fun Home

Danny Gardner, Lesli Margherita- Dames at Sea

Genevieve Hulme-Beaman- Pondling

Chris Myers- Whorl Inside a Loop

Caissie Levy, Rachel Bay Jones- First Daughter Suite

Kate Baldwin- Songbird

Alan Cumming- Cabaret

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 3:25pm

Ellen Greene- Little Shop of Horrors

Megan Hilty- Annie Get Your Gun

[wonkit]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 5:38pm

New York Theater - "premise" or "assumption"?  I saw Cumming in March 2015 - which makes it "of 2015." Hardly worth your commenting. Or my responding either. But whatever.

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 5:50pm

I suppose I could have been more explicit on this thread about the premise of my question -- I do say on the blog post itself  "Only shows that opened in 2015 qualify." But I agree with you on all three counts -- not worth my comment, nor your response, but whatever.

[Harriet Craig]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 10:13pm

In chronological order:

 

Mikel Murfi -- The Man in the Woman's Shoes (Irish Arts Center)

Kelli O'Hara -- The King and I

Edward Petherbridge -- My Perfect Mind

Kate Burton -- Cymbeline

Tim Pigott-Smith -- King Charles III

Mary Testa -- First Daughter Suite

Marylouise Burke -- Ripcord

Cherry Jones and David Aaron Baker -- Dear Elizabeth

Kristine Nielsen -- Hir

Lois Smith -- Marjorie Prime

[ethan231h]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 10:28pm

In chronological order:

Camryn Manheim - Spring Awakening

Rachel Bay Jones- First Daughters Suite

Beth Malone- Fun Home

Renee Elise Goldberry - Hamilton

Rebecca Naomi Jones- Hedwig

Sandra Mae Frank- Spring Awakening

Steven Boyer -Hand to God

Katie Boeck- Spring Awakening

Sarah Stiles- Hand to God

Kathryn Gallagher- Spring Awakening 

Gabriella Pizzollo 

Laura Michelle Kelly- Finding Neverland

Jonathan Groff -Hamilton

[Glittergrrl]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 11:47pm

JCM in Hedwig would be my choice as well... But I saw him so many times in the 90s and it's my all time favorite show... I feel like I should disqualify him.

I think my favorite performance of the year was Matthew Maher in The Flick.  He just made me ache.  

Stephen Boyer was pretty fantastic in Hand to God, but I'm more of an emotional theatre goer, and I completely connected to Sam.  

This was the year of Hamilton.  My fav performances were from Leslie Odom and Renee Elise Goldsberry.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 8:11am

 

Watching the legendary Chita Rivera in "The Visit".   Yes, it was unique and dark, but very enjoyable.  I had  an opportunity  to see her artistry upclose.   

 

 

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:28am

No

list is done without the cast of Wolf Hall 

[mamaleh]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:47am

Megan Hilty in NOISES OFF

Andy Karl in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Leslie Odom, Jr. in HAMILTON

Justin Kirk in THESE PAPER BULLETS

Alex Brightman in SCHOOL OF ROCK

Annaleigh Ashford in SYLVIA

Christian Borle in SOMETHING ROTTEN

Nick Cordero in BROOKLYNITE

Douglas Sills in LIVING ON LOVE

Tony Yazbeck in ON THE TOWN

Sarah Stiles and Steven Boyer in HAND TO GOD

Steven Pasquale in ENCORES' THE WILD PARTY

Ellen Greene in ENCORES' LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Georgia Engel in JOHN

Josh Grisetti in CRACK IN THE CEILING

 

 

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:47 AM

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 10:01am

Kristin Chenoweth for On the Twentieth Century

Tony Yazbeck for On the Town

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 12/22/15 at 9:55pm

How about ensembles?

I thought the entire cast of Spring Awakening is noteworthy as an ensemble. 

[Harriet Craig]

Posted: 12/23/15 at 5:36pm

For ensembles, I'd pick King Charles III, Cymbeline, First Daughter Suite, and Marjorie Prime. I listed individual performances from each of those shows in my previous post, but only after going "eenie, meenie, miney, mo". I really thought there was no one standout performance in any of those shows, they were all successful because of their ensemble casts.