Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See- Page 2

[theaterkid1015]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#25

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:06am

Gypsy Rose Lee as Rose in Gypsy

I mean COME ON

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Adam Chris]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#26

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:06am

Nathan Lane as Norma from Sunset Blvd.


Updated On: 1/6/11 at 01:06 AM

[perfectlymarvelous]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#27

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:11am

Natasha Richardson as Desiree in a fully-staged production of A Little Night Music.

YES. That's really all I have to say. I heard she was wonderful in the concert version, and she would've been brilliant if she had been able to do the role in a full production.

[chewy5000]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#28

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:08am

Nathan Lane doing Les Miserables as a one person show.

[rosscoe(au)]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#29

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:31am

I love Nathan Lane would kill to see him do Zsa Zsa in La Cage, maybe him and Harvey could fill the roles after Jeffery leaves!

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[ggersten]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#30

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:06am

Audra McDonald as Aldonza. (Actually, this could happen...)
Ethel Merman as Effie.
Betty Buckley as Diana.

[HistoryBoy2]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#31

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:28am

Stritch's Rose and Vera Simpson
Megan Mullally as Nancy
Ruthie Henshall as Mrs Johnstone and Sally Bowles

[Q]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#32

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:50am

The one that gets mentioned a lot that fills me with longing is Judy Garland as Mama Rose.

[newintown]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#33

Posted: 1/6/11 at 9:24am

Betty White as Roxie Hart.

It could still happen...

[Horton]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#34

Posted: 1/6/11 at 11:42am

Audra McDonald as Diana in Next to Normal, with Norm Lewis playing Dan.

[Paul Bland4]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#35

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:33pm

Benny Hill as Psuedolous.

[madbrian]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#36

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:46pm

I guess all hope may not be lost, but we may never see Donna Murphy as Rose in Gypsy.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[TheBatBoy]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#37

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:47pm

Um Mary Louise Parker as Diana would be AMAZING! If she can't sing it then they should go back to the golden days of movie musicals where they dubbed the voice with someone else.

With a little mascara...all your dreams come true.

[Gothampc]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#38

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:32pm

I had always hoped that someone would have gotten together a production of "Coco" with Dixie Carter (even if it was a concert version).

I had always hoped that Georgia Brown had been able to do more. I would have loved to see her do Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret".

I always wanted to see several actresses take on "Follies". I always wanted Tina Turner to do "I'm Still Here" and Judy Garland do "Losing My Mind"

Love to see a production of "Evening Primrose".

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[madbrian]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#39

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:45pm

...and Judy Garland do "Losing My Mind"

Well, the best part about Garland doing that song is that Liza generally avoids songs that her mother had already put her stamp on, and that would have saved us from this:
Losing My Mind

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Moneyspider]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#40

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:59pm

Ethel Merman as Merman in the He-man and She-ra Power Tour

[Gothampc]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#41

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:19pm

madbrian, I had always thought the Liza "Losing My Mind" was like the Ethel Merman Disco Album. A train wreck that you just couldn't turn away from. I had never seen the video and never thought to look for one.

After seeing the video, you have to wonder what were they thinking? Liza rolling down her stockings is supposed to be sexy? In answer to the question, "Yes, Liza, you are losing your mind."

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[tommyboy]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#42

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:21pm

Barbra as Mama Rose.

What? Oh, Oops. Sorry.

[best12bars]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#43

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:40pm

Burt Lahr in "Hairspray"
Mary Martin in "The Light in the Piazza"
Beyonce Knowles and Hugh Jackman in "No Strings"
"Ragtime" with Sammy Davis Jr., Dorothy Dandridge, Barbara Cook, and Theodore Bikel
Ray Bolger in "Barnum"
Bette Davis and Vincent Price in "Sweeney Todd"
Barbra Streisand and Goldie Hawn in "Wicked"
Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, and Frank Sinatra in "Chicago"

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[kchenofan]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#44

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:26pm

Madeline Kahn in The Apple Tree
Josh Groban in Light in the Piazza (still possible)

kchenofan's computer is broken right now. This is her fridge. Now, you can leave a message, but say it slowly, so I can write it on a post-it note and stick it to myself.

Updated On: 1/6/11 at 04:26 PM

[givesmevoice]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#45

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:40pm

She says she wanted to do it during her concerts, and I think Patti LuPone would've made a great Peter Pan when she was younger.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[Adam Chris]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#46

Posted: 1/6/11 at 7:51pm

I love the Bette Davis/Vincent Price Sweeney Todd idea.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#47

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:00pm

Tom Jones as Jean Valjean...

[darquegk]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#48

Posted: 1/6/11 at 10:42pm

I'm not sure if you're kidding about Tom Jones as Valjean or not, but I feel like hearing The Golden Voice sing some of those songs would be interesting at least. Though the trend has often been to sing "Bring Him Home" in a pure, falsetto or head voice, I feel like Tom's craggy, rough but delicate upper register would be an amazingly moving fit for that song.

Could he act the show? Hell if I know, but I'd love to hear him try!

[MadonnaMusical]

Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See#49

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:13am

The following suggestion isn't a joke... I really wish it had happened...

Bob Fosse directing the film A CHORUS LINE, back in like 1976

staring a young Liza Minnelli as Cassie (back when she was in her prime)