If you could see one person onstage....- Page 2

[wickedrawbrt]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 1:16pm

In no particular order:

Ethel Merman in Gypsy
Patti LuPone in Evita and Oliver
Robert Preston & B. Peters in Mack & Mabel
Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity
Chita Rivera & G. Verdon in Chicago
Angela Lansbury & Bea Arthur in Mame
Betty Buckley in Carrie and Threepenny Opera
Some of you have already posted the majors (but I had to include Merman's Mama Rose)

[michaelm730]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 3:11pm

I WISH I would've seen Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls perform "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". I saw the Tony Award performance and I can only imagine how AMAZING that would've been live!

[Melissa908]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 3:35pm

Paul Scofield or Derek Jacobi in anything.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 3:39pm

In over 30 years of theatregoing (close to 1000 shows), nothing I have ever seen even comes close to Holliday's performance in "Dreamgirls" -- simply miraculous. 22 years later I still haven't gotten over it and still get goosebumps when I think of it.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 3:45pm

Patti LuPone in Sunset Boulevard

and two performers who are no longer with us.

Laurie Beechman in Joseph
Nancy LaMott in concert

[broadwaysweetheart]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 3:51pm

Marin Mazzie as Lilli Vanessi
Kerry Butler as Penny
Leslie Uggams in anything

Ann Miller in Mame

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 4:18pm

Elaine Paige in "Evita" and "Piaf"
Betty Buckley in "Carrie"
Jennifer Holliday in "Dreamgirls"
Katherine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story"
Ethel Merman in "Gypsy"
Kelly McGillis in "Hedda Gabler" - oh wait, I saw that one and thought it had been purged from my mind!

[Faith2]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 6:58pm

Michael Ball in his following roles as:

1) The original Marius in "Les Miserables"
2) Alex in "Aspects of Love" both in the West End and on Broadway
3) Gorgio in "Passion"

Bill Weeden in his role as:

1) The boy's father in the final two years of "The Fantasticks"

[Faith2]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:02pm

Sorry, that was 2 people, but I had to include Bill....

[on1ystarinthesky]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:02pm

No fair, broadwaysweetheart, you stole all of mine!

I'd also love to see the OBC of Rent, and Rachel York as Lilli Vanessi. I have the PBS broadcast of her in the show on DVD, but I'd be great to see her live.

Updated On: 5/25/04 at 07:02 PM

[Blonde]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:03pm

Julie Andrews as Liza
Ethel Merman or Angela Landsbury in Gypsy
Michael Crawford as Phantom
Cheno in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

[Toni]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:04pm

Adam Pascal as Fiyero in Wicked.

[Theatre_Lover]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:12pm

Grant Norman as Beast in "Beauty and the Beast" (again)

Colm Wilkenson as Phantom in "Phantom of the Opeara"

Colleen Sexton as Lucy in "Jekyll and Hyde" (she was good, after all -- although the rest of the recording left much to be desired)

Ruthie Henshaw (sp?) as Fantine in "Les Mis"

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:42pm

Robert Preston in The Music Man

[Hank]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 7:57pm

Sutton Foster and Hunter Foster in Grease.

Broadwaysweetheart: Leslie Uggams is still appearing in Thoroughly Modern Millie until the final performance, June 20. She is terrific! What a voice! And in the final scene when she dresses as a young modern she is absolutly adorable!

[Janki]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 8:09pm

Lea Salonga as Kim in "Miss Saigon", as Eponine in "Les Mis" and in "Flowerdrum SOng" as well....love her to bits

[Plum]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 10:17pm

The Fosters in Grease? Really? Maybe I'm thinking about this the wrong way, but it seems...um...odd.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 10:40pm

hmm I would LOVE to see Lea Salonga in anything!! Especially in any of her previous roles. heres my list:
Lea Salonga
heather headley (saw her aida understudy)
Idina Menzel (in aida)
hunter foster (he'll be gone before i see LSOH)
hmm i know there's more..but i can't think of any others.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 5/25/04 at 10:55pm

Mary Martin in "One Touch of Venus"

Rosalind Russell in "Wonderful Town" (Donna Murphy will NEVER replace her in my heart!)

Bea Lillie and Gerturde Lawrence in ANYTHING

Donna Murphy in "Passion"

The original cast of "Oklahoma!"

William Daniels in "1776"

Barbara Harris in "The Apple Tree"

Mary Martin and Robert Preston in "I Do! I Do!"

Ethel Merman in ANY Cole Porter show (Even "Something for the Boys". "

Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur in "Mame"

[DarkHoney]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 9:34am

i would love to have seen Lillias White in dreamgirls or as Sonja in "The Life" for which she won her Tony.
i love lillias

[orchajaws]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 10:20am

Eddie Izzard in Joe Egg.

[Pinky]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 12:06pm

I love, love, LOVE, Eddie Izzard! I wish I could have seen him in Joe Egg too. I saw his stand up in Philly last year...he's great! I hope he's back on Broadway one day.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 5/26/04 at 12:10pm

Hugh Jackman
Frank Langella

in anything