One Performer

[muscle23ftl]

One Performer#0

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]

re: One Performer#1

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]

re: One Performer#2

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:16pm

Not in a show right now, but was in one not very long ago:

CHITA RIVERA.

[thevolleyballer]

re: One Performer#3

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:19pm

Right now, I say Sutton Foster. She's just fantastic at everything she does.

[muscle23ftl]

re: One Performer#4

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:21pm

Amy 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-

[Rathnait62]

re: One Performer#5

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:22pm

Sutton 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]

re: One Performer#6

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]

re: One Performer#7

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]

re: One Performer#8

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:30pm

The first name that popped into my head was Michael Cerveris.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: One Performer#9

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:30pm

Raúl 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

[bwayboi4life42]

re: One Performer#10

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

[muscle23ftl]

re: One Performer#11

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:33pm

SNL, 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]

re: One Performer#12

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]

re: One Performer#13

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.

[spiderdj82]

re: One Performer#14

Posted: 7/15/06 at 3:44pm

Not Broadway . . . but ANTHONY WARLOW

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

[snl89]

re: One Performer#15

Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:04pm

sorry, 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.

[VonTussleGirl]

re: One Performer#16

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]

re: One Performer#17

Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:10pm

Norbert Leo Butz.

[bjh2114]

re: One Performer#18

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

[pab]

re: One Performer#19

Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:31pm

Cherry 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!"

[munkustrap178]

re: One Performer#20

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

[everythingtaboo]

re: One Performer#21

Posted: 7/15/06 at 5:24pm

Currently 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

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

re: One Performer#22

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

[Weez]

re: One Performer#23

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. :)

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[jv92]

re: One Performer#24

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:37pm

Now: Patti LuPone or Victoria Clark (although Piazza closed not too long ago)
Then: Gwen Verdon