Future Legends
Future Legends
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#1Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:25pmThe first lady thread got me thinking. Who do you guys think the future broadway legends will be? Sutton may be one.
istillbelieve24601
Featured Actor Joined: 4/3/07
#2re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:26pmDefinitely Sutton Foster, and probably Audra McDonald, if she isn't already one.
#2re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:28pmSutton!!!
#3re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:28pmAdam Guettel and Scott Frankel and Michael Korie to me are sure to be the legendary songwriters of this generation the way Sondheim and Kander and Ebb were of the last. They're just so damned good.
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#4re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:29pmI don't want to speak too soon but it also seems like Leslie Kritzer is developing a big name for herself.
#5re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:32pmYes, jg! YAY!
#6re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:33pmFirst name that crossed my mind was Leslie Kritzer
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:36pmI think in order for them to be a legend, they have to do something spectacular and then be absent for awhile. A person really isn't a legend when you can see them perform eight times a week year after year.
#8re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:36pm
...What has Kritzer been in? I honestly had never heard of her before Legally Blonde (and isn't her part fairly small?). According to IBDB, she's only been on Broadway in Legally Blonde and as a replacement in Hairspray, so what am I missing?
Updated On: 6/15/07 at 04:36 PM
#9re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:39pm
She was in "Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches."
And speaking of Legally Blonde people, I also have high hopes for Annaleigh Ashford.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#10re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:39pmAudra
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#11re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:41pm
She did a nice imitation of Patti LuPone. How does that make her someone who should be considered a future legend? With wonderful musical achievements like Floyd Collins and Piazza (Guettel) and Grey Gardens (Frankel and Korie), these three are destined to become at least quite prominent.
Other people that come to mind- Victoria Clark and Michael Cerveris. Yes, they've been wonderfully successful, but they're not legends in the way that someone like Stritch (even Christine Ebersole) is!
#12re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:42pm
Audra McDonald
Krsitin Chenowith, I don't agree, but in time she will be remembered.
Sutton Foster
Christine Ebersole
To Kill A Mockingbird
#13re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:44pmLeslie has another musical coming up after Legally Blonde. She is on the rise. Audra is pretty much a legend already in my book.
#14re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:46pm
sweetest: The fact that she's awesome and her star is on the rise! She was also in The Great American Trailer Park Musical off broadway and won the Clarence Derwent award (for promising young stars)
And Gotham: I actually disagree. I think a legend is someone who is ever-present in the community. A workhorse who gives stellar, legendary performances time and time again. Though having them gone for a while does build excitement for their shows when they do them.
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
#15re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:49pmLeslie was also an amazing Tracy in hairspray. It's awesome to see how far she's come. I think Lea Michele will have an amazing career. Not sure if she'll be a legend, but she'll have a very good career.
#16re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:49pmjv: Leslie Kritzer is NOT a legend. Look at the title of the thread
#17re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:49pmAudra's already a legend. I mean, when I win four Tonys, I would hope to be considered a legend.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#18re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:50pmI'll add Raul Esparza, Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Julia Murney to the existing list.
#19re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 4:56pmLea Michele already is a legend in her own mind
antoonijan
Chorus Member Joined: 6/15/07
#20re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 5:06pmIdina Menzel. She was in Rent.
desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#21re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 6:58pm
foster
menzel
ebersole
esparza
chenoweth
audra
liz callaway
although I feel like cheno and audra are already legends.
#22re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:21pmLiz Callaway? Really? When was the last time she was in a show?
#23re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:22pmChenoweth is already a legend? Really?
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#24re: Future Legends
Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:28pm
Future Legends:
Sutton Foster
Kristin Chenoweth
Celia Keenan-Bolger
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