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Men you would consider triple threats?

Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:54pm

I was thinking about the part of Gabey in ON THE TOWN and what a great part it is for an actor. Who would you consider a triple threat (amazing singer, dancer, actor) that could play the part?

Updated On: 7/27/05 at 03:54 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:56pm

Ummmm...Gabey is a guy. I'm confused.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:57pm

sorry already changed that... realized i made a mistake when rereading it. thanks though! :)

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:58pm

Isn't the term triple threat usually used for talented females?
I've never heard a male considered a triple threat. Yes there are men who can sing, dance and act. but usually they call females triple threats.

Updated On: 7/27/05 at 03:58 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:59pm

just play along!

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:01pm

A triple threat is a strong actor-singer-dancer. There is no gender associated with it.

As for the role of Gabey, I'll have to think. Michael Gruber would be great although he could perhaps read as a little too old even though I don't think so. I'll do some brain storming and get back with ya.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:02pm

thank you wonderboy for playing along!! :)

Updated On: 7/27/05 at 04:02 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:03pm

I've still only heard females called triple threats (Chita, Gwen, Debbie Allen, Reinking, Bebe, Ziemba, etc etc)

I just usually associate that term with a female performer. In a article you ususally see a female called a triple threat, not the male - even though the male can do all 3.

But I think I will shut up now.

Updated On: 7/27/05 at 04:03 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:04pm

get over it! :)

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:06pm

Hugh Jackman has been referred to as a triple threat...

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:08pm

Not to be nasty, but I wouldn't call Reinking a triple threat because I don't like her voice.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:09pm

got-a-light - chill dude!

ljay889, Ben Vereen, Tommy Tune, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Bob Fosse, Gregory Hines and Lee Roy Reams all pop into my mind right away when I think of male triple threats.

Updated On: 7/27/05 at 04:09 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:11pm

"Not to be nasty, but I wouldn't call Reinking a triple threat because I don't like her voice." ! shameless

I hear what you are saying but just because you don't care for her voice doesn't stop her from being considered a triple threat. GOODTIME CHARLEY anyone?

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:15pm

A triple threat to play Gabey... Noah Racey pops into my head.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:17pm

Hugh Jackman
Sutton Foster

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:18pm

True.

Unless most people would agree that a person should be an excellent singer, dancer and actor; and would also agree that she is not an excellent singer. In that case, that would disqualify her for the title of a triple threat. LOL :)

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:22pm

Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. I don't think she has a horrible voice it's just her own style/signature. She has been cast in several vocal leads though so it does allude to the idea that she is a true triple threat.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:25pm

Chita, most definitely. More recently, however, Sutton Foster. Possibly Charlotte D'Amboise? I'd like to think of Sara Gettelfinger as a triple threat, but not very well-known.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:25pm

Joe Brooks! Author, director and producer of In My Life.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:32pm

I swear I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I always thought that a degree of excellence in all three categories was required to be a called a true triple thread.

Hell, most Broadway performers can sing, dance and act in some capacity. They're not all triple threats, are they?

Oh, and to answer the question, I think Michelle DeJean is a triple threat, as well as, one of the most underrated perfomers on Broadway.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:38pm

Nope! Like I said, I agree with you. When I think of true female triple threats that are excellent in all three I think of Chita, Bebe, Charlotte, Donna, Debbie, Karen, once upon a time even Bernie, etc., but I also think of Gwen who had a voice much like Annie's. Boy talk about thread jacking! re: Who would you consider a triple threat?

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On a side note, I wouldn't consider Sutton a triple threat.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:42pm

Sutton who?

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:46pm

LOL Yeah, I kinda prepared for that as soon as I typed it.

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:46pm

OHMFGBUTSUTTONIS LIKETEHBEXT EVER!1!!1

No, really. Sutton is talented, but in no league NEAR Chita, Charlotte, along with others. However, compared to the actresses more recently trying their hand at all three elements, she seems to stand out to me. Then again, I have a very..er...flexible, criteria of who is a triple-threat and who isn't.

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Updated On: 7/27/05 at 04:46 PM

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Posted: 7/27/05 at 4:49pm

Hahahaha!

Yeah, while Millie "danced" I don't think of Sutton as a dancer. I see her as more of a comedic mover like Carol Burnett.

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