Most Recognizable Name in Broadway- Page 2
Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
#25re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:11pm
Greekmusicalfan, I was just going to ask that! Because Richard Rogers, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber are also VERY recognizably musical theater. Also, i was surprised Mary Martin wasn't mentioned.
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Updated On: 12/11/05 at 07:11 PM
#26re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:13pm
What about Jason Alexander -- EVERYONE knows who he is...
Or Alan Alda?
Or Alec Baldwin?
Or Kevin Spacey?
Or Al Pacino?
Or are we limiting it to people primarily known for Broadway, because certainly all of those above have been associated with it.
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#27re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:15pmI woulde definintyly agree w/ the Lloyd Webber and Rodgers & Hammerstein thing; very recognizable. Sondheim probably not as much to be honest, I think his fame is more contained.
#28re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:18pmNot really, everyone knows Sondheim because every cultured person is supposed to like him. They bring him up when they're feeling pretencious.
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#29re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:19pmbut the majority of uncultured America probably doesn't have a clue who he is because they're more concerned with seeing Phantom or the Sound of Music than Sweeney Todd.
#30re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:20pmLiza Minnelli makes me think of Broadway everytime i see her...she is like the trademark of NY.
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#31re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:20pmand Glenn Close is a great actress.
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#32re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:29pm
i'm not sure about glenn close.
but what about Nathan Lane?
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#33re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:31pmwell...Glenn is definityly not the most recognizable name in Bway...but just saying she is awesome and she won a Tony for best actress in a musical.
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#34re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:35pmSomeone beat me to it but I'm saying Nathan Lane.
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#35re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:37pmI was going to mention him, but in thinking about it, I realized that a lot of my non theatre obsessed friends don't know who he is. They all know know Matthew Broderick tho.
#36re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:38pmCan anyone post the list for those of us who aren't Variey subscribers?
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#37re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 7:42pmDisney, Hilton, Ford, Cadillac, American Airlines...
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#38re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:08pmJohn Lithgow is kinda recognizable, and Hugh Jackman. Considering Denzel Washington was in Julius Ceaser this summer he could be a recognizable Broadway name.
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#39re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:17pmI think we need to remember that "recognizable" most likely means that these people are associated with Broadway in people's minds. Sure, Broderick is a huge name, but people are more apt to think Ferris Beuller than The Producers or The Odd Couple, at the moment anyway. Glenn Close is a bit of a mystery, but the other two make perfect sense. When I think "Broadway," I think of Bernadette, Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli.
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#40re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:25pmMabye he's not the most recognizable name, but what about Jerry Orbach? He has certainly been in a lot of shows on broadway.
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#41re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:29pmYes, but he's more remembered for his work on Law and Order.
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
-Kristin Chenoweth
#42re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:30pm
Which sucks. Recently, I said something about his work in musicals, my sister said "Oh, yeah, he was the voice of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast."
Don't worry, I took care of her.
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#43re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:34pmActually, I think the most recognizable name in Broadway is Broadway itself...
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
-Kristin Chenoweth
#44re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:44pmwhen i read recognizable, i instantly thought of one who crosses genres. Wouldn't Harvey( known by one name must mean something) fall into that category?
#45re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:48pmJulie Andrews takes the cake totally. Matthew Broderick is also a big name. And, the most reconized voice, as my friends call him, the "Timon Guy"- Nathan Lane
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#46re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:48pm
You know the weird thing is that there are levels of fame for certain celebrities. Here's the way I see it
Movie stars (Most fame)
TV stars (Lot of fame)
Broadway stars (Some fame)
Voice-over artists (No fame at all)
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
-Kristin Chenoweth
#47re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:22amDid you read the part of the article that says they were trying to get Chita on a Coors Beer Can because Latino's drink Coors and will come see Chita... LOL!!!
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#48re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/12/05 at 11:36am
Patti Lupone
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#49re: Most Recognizable Name in Broadway
Posted: 12/12/05 at 11:52am
Not sure how on earth Chita could be considered the third most recognizable name when she's done almost no film or tv work. Without that kind of mainstream recognition, she can't even be considered in the top 25. Andrews, Lansbury, Lane and Broderick, Hugh Jackman? Yes; Chita? No.
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Updated On: 12/12/05 at 11:52 AM
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