TOP 10 PERFORMANCES OF THE DECADE

[SandyRussell]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:32pm

[Synecdoche2]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:34pm

Top 10 is a little excessive, but Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women.

[benfox2]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:43pm

Personally the best performance I saw this decade was Jake Gyllenhaal in A life earlier this year

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:48pm

Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur, Mark Rylance in Twelfth Night, Mark Rylance in Jerusalem, Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple, Laurie Metcalfe in A Doll’s House: Part 2, Hattie Morahan in A Doll’s House, Bertie Carvel in Matilda, Luke Treadaway in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (West End), Carrie Coon in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Kristine Nielson in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:50pm

benfox2 said: "Personally the best performance I saw this decade was Jake Gyllenhaal inA lifeearlier this year"


This post has been approved by Jordan Catalano. 

[SandyRussell]

Posted: 12/27/19 at 10:54pm

Here goes

Musicals:

Bette Midler (Hello, Dolly!)

Audra McDonald (The Gershwins Porgy and Bess)

Kristin Chenoweth (On the Twentieth Century)

Tony Shalhoub (The Band's Visit)

Alex Brightman (The School of Rock)

Jessie Mueller (Waitress)

Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)

Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday in the Park With George)

Ben Walker ( Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson)

Michael Cerveris (Fun Home)

PLAYS:

Glenda Jackson (Three Tall Women)

Frank Langella (The Father)

Bryan Cranston (All The Way)

Audra McDonald (Lady Day)

Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)

Bryan Cranston (Network)

Mary-Louise Parker (The Sound Inside)

Nathan Lane (Angels in America)

Gideon Glick (Significant Other)

Jessica Lange (Long Day's Journey Into Night)

 

 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 12/28/19 at 3:02pm

Bradley Cooper - The Elephant Man
Jessie Mueller - Beautiful
Christian Borle - Something Rotten
Alex Sharp - The Curious Incident
Michelle Williams - Blackbird
Carmen Cusack - Bright Star
Ben Platt - DEH
Lauren Ambrose - My Fair Lady
Bryan Cranston - Network
Alan Cumming - Cabaret

Updated On: 12/28/19 at 03:02 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/28/19 at 3:22pm

The very first performance that popped in my mind when I saw this thread was Lesley Manville in “Ghosts” at BAM.

[benfox2]

Posted: 12/28/19 at 5:06pm

Jordan Catalano said: "benfox2 said: "Personally the best performance I saw this decade was Jake Gyllenhaal inA lifeearlier this year"


This post has been approved by Jordan Catalano."

Gonna hang this on my fridge.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 12/31/19 at 12:41pm

Nina Arianda in Venus in Fur
Bryan Cranston in Network
Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women
Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinto, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Brian J. Smith in The Glass Menagerie
Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Laurie Metcalf in A Doll’s House, Part 2
John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Cynthia Nixon in Wit
Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch in A Little Night Music
Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen

[Impossible2]

Posted: 12/31/19 at 1:07pm

Billie Piper - Yerma

Gillian Anderson - Streetcar Named Desire

Frank Langella - The Father

Grace Mclean - Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Alan Cumming - Cabaret

Imelda Staunton - Gypsy

James McArdle - Angels in America

Katrina Lenk - The Bands Visit

 

 

 

 

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 12/31/19 at 4:07pm

Tony Yazbeck, On the Town
Jessie Mueller, Beautiful
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Audra McDonald, Lady Day
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Benjamin Walker, American Psycho
Christopher Jackson, Hamilton
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide

[persephone88]

Posted: 12/31/19 at 4:28pm

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen
Nathan Lane / Andrew Garfield - Angels In America
Cherry Jones - Doubt
Gideon Glick - Significant Other / TKAM
Patina Miller - Pippin

Honorable mentions:
Patrick Page - Hadestown
Hailey Kilgore - Once On This Island
Patrick Vaill - Oklahoma
Tom Glynn Carney - The Ferryman
Sydney James Harcourt - Girl From The North Country

[persephone88]

Posted: 12/31/19 at 4:28pm

Argh, double post! Please delete.

Updated On: 12/31/19 at 04:28 PM

[A Canadian in NYC]

Posted: 1/1/20 at 12:56am

My top 10 in no particular order:

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen

Lena Hall - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Lin Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

Alan Cumming - Cabaret

Laura Benanti - She Loves Me

Carmen Cusak - Bright Star

Cynthia Erivo  - The Colour Purple

John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Annaleigh Ashford - Sunday in the Park With George

Brian d'Arcy James - Something Rotten!

 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/1/20 at 11:18am

In no particular order...

- Sutton Foster in Anything Goes

- Kelli O'Hara in Bridges of Madison County

- Adrienne Warren in Tina

- Lauren Ambrose in My Fair Lady

- Lydia Wilson in King Charles III

- Andy Karl in Rocky AND Groundhog Day

- Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!

- Mary Louise Parker in The Sound Inside

- Steven Boyer in Hand to God

- Stephanie J. Block in The Cher Show

[magictodo123]

Posted: 1/1/20 at 11:54am

No particular order:

Kerstin Anderson in My Fair Lady

Danny Burstein in Fiddler On The Roof

Bernadette Peters in Hello Dolly! 

Alan Cummings in Cabaret 

the whole cast of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

Brian Stokes Mitchell in Shuffle Along....

Quentin Earl Darrington and Lea Salonga in Once On This Island 

the whole cast of Come From Away 

Elizabeth Stanley and Katheryn Gallagher in Jagged Little Pill 

Andre de Sheilds in Hadestown 

 

Honorable mentions: all actors who played Jenna in Waitress on Broadway (specifically Nicolette Robinson, Jessie Mueller, Alison Luff and Molly Jobe), Carmen Cusack in Bright Star, the OBC of Dear Evan Hansen, Kate Rockwell in Mean Girls (that comedic timing she has is SEVERLY underappreciated), Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple, Christy Altomare and John Bolton in Anastasia, Patina Miller in Pippin Beth Malone and Sydney Lucas in Fun Home 

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 1/1/20 at 2:58pm

The entire cast of Fun Home including replacement Gabriella Pizzolo as young Allison.

Alison Luff In Matilda. Many of the kids were spectacular but I’m not comfy putting them against each other.

Stephanie Torns, Nicolette Robinson and Sara Bareilles as Jenna in Waitress. Honorable mention to Jordin Sparks.

Entire cast of Come From Away.
 

Updated On: 1/1/20 at 02:58 PM

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/1/20 at 3:25pm

The late Georgia Engel in Annie Baker’s JOHN is at the very top of my list.