Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see?

[bwaybabe2]

Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see?#1

Posted: 2/8/09 at 3:55am

Gone either by passing, or retired from the stage.
I still wish I had seen Paul Newman...

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see?#2

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:25am

At the moment, Eartha Kitt. I saw her in the Cinderella tour, but I wish I could have also seen her in The Wild Party or Nine.

[benny123]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see?#2

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:53am

Nell Carter
Yul Brynner

[TheCharleston]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#3

Posted: 2/8/09 at 4:55am

pah-tee loo-pwn

[broadwayrob]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#4

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:38am

One word, Merman.

That is all.

anything you do let it come from you and it will be new.

[nmartin]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#5

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:48am

I guess I should count myself lucky that I saw two of the people listed, Brynner and Merman.

[FeelingElectric]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#6

Posted: 2/8/09 at 5:59am

Jerry Orbach, without a doubt.

Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten. "Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield

[Not_the_cool_table]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#7

Posted: 2/8/09 at 7:43am

Marlon Brando with a bullet

[EponineAmneris]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#8

Posted: 2/8/09 at 8:01am

I second the late, great Jerry Orbach, FeelingElectric

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[Unknown User]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#9

Posted: 2/8/09 at 9:03am

I third Mr. Orbach. what a talent.
also, Mary Martin and Gwen Verdon.

[dg22894]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#10

Posted: 2/8/09 at 9:46am

Ethel Merman
Vivian Blaine

[ashley0139]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#11

Posted: 2/8/09 at 10:16am

So many!

Top of my list is Gwen Verdon. Also Jerry Orbach, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, etc.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

[Unknown User]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#12

Posted: 2/8/09 at 11:47am

Definitely Merman.

also Mary Martin and Gwen Verdon.

[obsessedjb]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#13

Posted: 2/8/09 at 11:49am

Jerry Orbach

[KirbyCat]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#14

Posted: 2/8/09 at 11:51am

I actually already saw Eartha Kitt in The Wizard of Oz as Mrs. Gulch/The Wicked Witch... But I would have loved to see her again. And Definitely Jerry Orbach and Mary Martin.

[ShbrtAlley44]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#15

Posted: 2/8/09 at 11:55am

Madeline Kahn.

[lesmis]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#16

Posted: 2/8/09 at 11:58am

Mary Martin

[boombaboy]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#17

Posted: 2/8/09 at 12:00pm

The late great Queen of Broadway, Ethel Merman, who passed away 25 years ago February 15. She is totally irreplaceable and greatly missed. I was lucky enough to see some of the others mentioned here, but not Merman.

[Madcap Maisie]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#18

Posted: 2/8/09 at 12:02pm

Martin and Merman

"You know what really makes me mad? When girls think they can sing just because they are on the Disney Channel."

[Hest882]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#19

Posted: 2/8/09 at 1:22pm

Gwen Verdon

[Mamie]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#20

Posted: 2/8/09 at 1:25pm

Laurette Taylor.


And if you don't know who she is - you don't know theatre.

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[madlibrarian]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#21

Posted: 2/8/09 at 6:00pm

Alfred Drake.

[chris d]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#22

Posted: 2/8/09 at 6:31pm

Mae West in SEX fo sho.

[bwaybabe2]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#23

Posted: 2/10/09 at 3:05am

...you know, I forgot about Mary Martin. I hear she was fabulous in Peter Pan. Again, the visuals in this (not to mention the flying ) would have made it worth it.
I suppose Richard Harris and Lawrence Olivier are in my list. What performances would those have been!

[Eloise]

re: Of those now gone, which Broadway performer would you have loved to see#24

Posted: 2/10/09 at 10:53am

Gwen Verdon.

Gene Kelly and Bob Fosse in their respective productions of Pal Joey.

Anthony Perkins in anything...