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- Helene Yorke in Bullets Over Broadway had me in tears from laughing so hard.
- Megan Hilty in Noises Off
- Sarah Stiles in Tootsie
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Something Rotten!
The Play That Goes Wrong--I swear the next day I had abs from laughing so hard.
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Lesli Margherita as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda.
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Christopher Fitzgerald as Ogie in WAITRESS immediately comes to mind. I remember having trouble breathing during some points of his performance and still laughing from his last funny line, or expression when he was on to the next thing.
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Julie White in GARY
Katie Finneran in COMPANY (New York Philharmonic Concert)
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Anne Francine in pre-Broadway 1983 revival tour of Mame. Sadly, it never made it to Broadway. She was hilarious as Vera Charles.
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Sara Ramirez - Spamalot - Diva's Lament
Christine Baranski - Rumuors
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BIG BALONEY said: "Without a doubt it was Good Evening starring Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. A classic that had the audience roaring.
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I somehow forgot that, probably because I was thinking in terms of plays. I remember seeing that twice, center orchestra for $5 (yes $5...twofers), laughing my head off. I swear to you that, at least twice a year, we are with friends with whom we saw it and we start reminiscing about ...a show that we saw 45 years ago. We laugh hysterically, trying to top each other, as we describe the scenes to those who never saw it, about the uni-dactyl actor auditioning for Tarzan, the reporter for the Bethlehem Sun and 'why would anybody want to give a baby myrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh', and the Frog and Peach Restaurant, which only served two entrees (Peche a la Frog and Frog a la Peche). Really probably was the funniest thing I ever saw, along with see a preview of The Graduate in 1967, when I was excepting to see a drama, but laughed so hard it hurt.
Posted: 6/5/19 at 1:35pm
sondheimfan2 said: "Anne Francine inpre-Broadway 1983 revival tour of Mame.Sadly, it never made it to Broadway. She was hilarious as Vera Charles."
It did make it to Broadway. I saw it 3 times at the then Gershwin. Because it bombed in Phillie, they rushed to NYC in the summer (something that was not really done, I think, until 42nd Street), with no advance, no tourists, normal theatergoers out of town, no publicity, etc. It ran about 6 weeks, I think, and it was great.
At its first preview, it had the first standing ovation I had ever seen mid-show, after the title song. Normally, Patrick sings, 'your my best girl' (just those words), and the chorus drowns him out, repeating the last round of Mame's, and curtain down. The audience just stomped its feet, cheered, applauded until their hands hurt. Then, at the curtain call, after the house lights went on, and all bows had been taken, the audience continued to applaud until, as I remember, the entire cast came out in front of the curtain, which was not raised, genuinely surprised at the reaction. Such a shame that it never had a chance. That is probably a key reason why it has never had a real revival since the original production, along with trying to find someone capable of being Mame and opening it. (Truth be told, the Uris revival looked low budget, e.g., cheesy sets that looked like they could be moved quickly), but it still had the same book, score, choreography, and Lansbury and a fine cast.
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Bob Martin and Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone
Jefferson Mays in A Gentleman's Guide...
James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors
Mark Rylance in Richard III and Twelfth Night. Rylance made Richard III's opening monologue one of the funniest moments I've ever seen in a Shakespeare production. The audience was roaring. Twelfth Night was more consistently funny (as it should be), but that soliloquy is worth the shoutout, as well.
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Here in Chicago, Chris Sullivan (before he starred on This Is Us) gave the funniest stage performance I have ever seen in The Mystery Of Irma Vep.
Others, on Broadway:
Spencer Kayden, Urinetown
The cast of The Drowsy Chaperone
Julie White, Gary
Mark Rylance, Twelfth Night
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House Part 2
Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots and You Can’t Take It with You
Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee, Spongebob
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Re Good Evening-
That show was so hysterical! I remember the bits you described so well but the minicab ( W Cooks's macabre laugh about "Toroso- Tony Torso"
still gives me the giggles to this day.
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cast of The Producers
Andrea Martin - Noises Off
Bertie Carvel - Matilda
Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night
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Mark Rylance BOEING BOEING
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Phil Silvers - Forum
Maggie Smith - Private Lives, Lettuce and Lovage
Jim Dale - Scapino
Nathan Lane - Lisbon Traviata
Stockard Channing - It's Only A Play
Christine Baranski - The House of Blue Leaves
Deborah Rush - Noises Off
Alec Baldwin - Entertaining Mr Sloane
Beth Leavel - A play at NYMF I think (can't remember name - she was hysterical)
Marian Seldes - The Torch-Bearers
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