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One Performer
#0One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:08pm
Who is the most talented performer on Bway??? Name only the 1st performer that comes to mind.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Updated On: 7/15/06 at 03:08 PM
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#1re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:12pm
On Broadway right now?
My first thought was Sutton Foster.
"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
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#2re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:16pm
Not in a show right now, but was in one not very long ago:
CHITA RIVERA.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#3re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:19pmRight now, I say Sutton Foster. She's just fantastic at everything she does.
#4re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:21pmAmy Spanger is my pick.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#5re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:22pmSutton Foster isn't even the most talented performer in her show.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Funny Face
Broadway Star Joined: 7/6/06
#6re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:23pm
Not in a show right now, but will be soon, and the first person who came to mind:
Audra McDonald
I adore her.
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#7re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:28pm
Idina Menzel :) but, probably the reason she came to mind first is because I was just on SB (or So Beautiful) which is her fan board. haha!
buuut, there are SO many other people.. I dont really think she's the BEST... I just think she's definitely definitely ONE of the best
(and no, I'm not a crazy fangirl... I'm just a big fan, there's a difference :P)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 7/15/06 at 03:28 PM
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#8re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:30pmThe first name that popped into my head was Michael Cerveris.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#9re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:30pmRaúl Cerveris.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#10re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:32pm
Currently on Broadway, probably Patti LuPone.
Greatest ever... probably Julie Andrews.
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth."
- Barbra Streisand
#11re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:33pmSNL, you look just so happy in those pix. The Wedding Singer might not be the best show, but it makes people happy, that's what makes it great!
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#12re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:36pm
^precisely! 
hehe, yeah, seriously, I look like SUCH a dork its so embarrasing. But I was like "EEEEE stephen lynch!!!" "EEEEE amy spanger!!!" "EEEEE felicia finley!!!" lol
(for the record they're all RIGHT up there with idina in my book haha)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 7/15/06 at 03:36 PM
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#13re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:40pm
Raul Cerveris? Hah, I love it.
Raul Esparza has to be one of the greatest performers on broadway ever.
#14re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:44pmNot Broadway . . . but ANTHONY WARLOW
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#15re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:04pmsorry, I know we were supposed to only list one and I've already kinda listed 4 lol, but I HAVE to mention Raul Esparza! (thats funny, I didn't know there was another raul on broadway! lol) Listening to tick tick boom and... yeah :) One of the greatest singers/performers I have EVER seen/heard
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#16re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:09pm
Audra McDonald. [And yeah, she's not on Broadway RIGHT THIS MINUTE, but it's Audra.]
Raul Cerveris? Hahaha. Love both.
Updated On: 7/15/06 at 04:09 PM
mint0621
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/04
#18re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:23pm
Not a musical performer, but it wasn't specified. I would argue that Sarah Jones is by far the most talented performer literally currently on Broadway. Of all the shows open and giving performances today, I feel like she gives such a solid performance. The fact that she is able to do what she does 8 times a week is incredible.
EDIT: Naturally, if The Pajama Game were still open I would say Kelli O'Hara, but duh!
Updated On: 7/15/06 at 04:23 PM
#19re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:31pmCherry Jones
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#20re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:45pm
When thinking of shows currently open, a few people come to mind:
Cherry Jones
Sarah Jones
Patti LuPone
Michael Cerveris
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#21re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 5:24pmCurrently on the boards, has to be Patti. There a lot of greats, but there are few that are incomparable.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#22re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 5:56pm
a few of u took the words rright out of my mouth ( or fingers) Sarah Jones is definetly one of the most talented performers of any kind ever. I think Audra Mcdonald is also so incredible. in a musical right this minute (wel not this minute but you know what i mean)......maybe patti or michael.....
thats a hard question
#23re: One Performer
Posted: 7/15/06 at 5:58pm
I must say, I LOVE the idea of Raul Cerveris. :3
But I'll put my money where Norbert Leo Butz's mouth is. He's amazing. :)
#24re: One Performer
Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:37pm
Now: Patti LuPone or Victoria Clark (although Piazza closed not too long ago)
Then: Gwen Verdon
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