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The Best Casting Choices
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#25re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/5/06 at 8:48pm
Nathan Lane as Pseudolos (Forum)
Nathan Lane as Max (The Producers)
Rob Bartlett as Speed (The Odd Couple)
Ethel Merman as Rose (Gypsy)
Bernadette Peters as Rose (Gypsy)
Bernadette as The Witch (Into the Woods)
Harvey Fierstein as Edna (Hairspray)
Harvey Fierstein as Tevye (Fiddler)
Kevin Chamberlin as Horton (Seussical)
Robert Morse as Finch (H2$)
Janine LaManna as Gertrude (Seussical)
Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan
Cathy Rigby as the Cat in the Hat (Seussical)
Julie Andrews as Victoria (Victor/Victoria)
Carol Burnett as Winnifred (Once Upon a Mattress)
Anthony Rapp as Mark (RENT)
Chita Rivera....
EVERYONE in DRS, The Producers, Avenue Q.
many others
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#26re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/5/06 at 9:00pmAngela Lansbury as Mama Rose, Michel Carvaris as Sweeney, and Patti Lupone in everything! (Evita is her best though)
#27re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:03am
In musicals only (some based on live performances, some based on videos/cast recordings):
Donna Murphy-Wonderful Town, Passion
Jane Krakowski-Mack & Mabel
Bernadette Peters-Song & Dance
Bernadette Peters-Dot
Dorothy Loudon-Ms.Hannigan
Joel Grey-Cabaret
Lotte Lenya-The Threepenny Opera
Christine Ebersole-Grey Gardens
Barbara Harris-The Apple Tree
Elaine Stritch-Sail Away
Barbara Cook-She Loves Me
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#28re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 4:25am
Bebe Neuwirth as Velma in Chicago.
Loretta Devine as Lorrell in Dreamgirls.
Joanna Gleason as The Bakers Wife in Into the Woods.
Raul Esparza as Phillip Salon in Taboo.
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
#29re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:54am
Melba Moore in Purlie
Anthony Newley in Stop the World . . .
Barbara Harris in The Apple Tree
Hugh Jackman - The Boy from Oz
Robert Preston in The Music Man
Ben Vereen in Pippin
and best replacement that should have opened the run:
Reba McEntire - Annie Get Your Gun
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 06:54 AM
#30re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:01am
Harvey Fierstein as Tevye (Fiddler)
Really?
I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#31re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:10am
I thought he was fantastic!
Joel Grey as the MC (Cabaret)
Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hanigan (Annie)
Hunter Foster as Bobby (Urinetown)
Martin Short as Elliot (The Goodbye Girl)
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 08:10 AM
K8eeyore
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
#32re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:34pmSpencer Kayden as Little Sally in URINETOWN.
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#33re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:36pm
EDEN ESPINOSA AS FANTINE!
...wait.
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
bella cantato
Broadway Star Joined: 3/16/04
#34re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:44pm
Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda
Beth Leavel as the Drowsy Chaperone
Bob Martin as the Man in the Chair
Norbert in DRS
Celia as Olive
Idina as Elphaba
"You know, a little orphan girl once told me that the sun would come out tomorrow. Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I supressed the urge to laugh in her face. But now, by gum, I think she might have been on to something!"
--Reefer Madness
#35re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:17pmdont kill me but shoshana as elphaba
Can, can I have it?
ByMySide25
Stand-by Joined: 5/17/04
#36re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:11pm
Michael Arden as Peter - BARE
There's something about him that allows him to play a vulnerable and troubled boy really well. Also vocally, he rocks!
"Everybody has a different idea of love. One girl I know said, 'I knew he loved me when he didn't come in my mouth.'" ~ Andy Warhol
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#37re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:25pm
Jason Tam as Paul (ACL) - I could not imagine anyone else, though I know Sammy Williams was probably fantastic.
Kelli O'Hara as Clara (LITP) - I could not stand Katie's performance. I kept wishing Kelli was still in it.
Neil Patrick Harris as The Balladeer (Assassins)
John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli and Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito (Jersey Boys) - I saw Michael, and though he was good, he didn't age as well as John did. John Lloyd is just perfect. As for Christian, I've never seen an understudy for him, and I don't think I want to.
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#38re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:29pmThe Odd Couple Revival cast made me laugh out loud!
#39re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/6/06 at 11:31pmChita Rivera as Chita Rivera in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life.
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#40re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:16am
Lea Salonga - Kim, Miss Saigon; Mei Li, Flower Drum Song; Eponine, Les Miserables
Joan Almedilla - Fantine, Les Miserables; Miyuki, Making Tracks
Megan Hilty - Glinda, Wicked
Natalie Cortez - Diana, A Chorus Line Revival
Tony Yazbeck - Al, A Chorus Line Revival
Alan Cumming - Emcee, Cabaret Revival
Will Chase - Chris, Miss Saigon
Donna Murphy - Passion
Jere Shea - Passion
Julie Andrews - Maria, Sound of Music; Victor/Victoria
Christopher Plummer - Captain Von Trapp, Sound of Music
Rachel York - Norma, Victor/Victoria
Christine Andreas - Scarlet Pimpernel
Heather Hedley - Aida
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#41re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:46am
Bernadette Peters as Dot - Sunday in the Park with George
Bernadette Peters as Mama Rose - Gypsy
Bernadette Peters as Annie - Annie Get Your Gun
Nathan Lane as Max - The Producers
Lee Evans as Leo - The Producers
Dan Futterman as Louis - Angels in America
Daniel Evans as Otto - The Grand Hotel
Ewan McGregor as Sky - Guys and Dolls
Mandy Patinkin as George - Sunday in the Park with George
Raul Esparza as Robert - Company
John Owen-Jones as Jean Valjean - Les Miserable
John Owen-Jones as Phantom - POTO
Somebody sit in my chair, and ruin my sleep, and make me aware of being alive!
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 12:46 AM
Zyla
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#42re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:48amI can only base these on cast recordings, but I think the 1975 Chicago OBC is pretty much perfect. And Gwen Verdon's voice suits Sweet Charity to a tee.
Actinggbugg474
Featured Actor Joined: 9/4/04
#43re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:08am
Darius deHaas- Cain/Japheth - Children of Eden
Deven May- Edgar - Bat Boy
Jason Raize- Simba - The Lion King
Daniel Jenkins- Huck and later Huck/Mark Twain - Big River
Nathan Lane- Nathan Detroit - Guys and Dolls
Amy Spanger- tick, tick, boom
Tom Hewitt- Lockstock - Urinetown (tour)
Kristin Chenoweth- Sally Brown - YAGMCB
Roger Bart- Snoopy- YAGMCB
Hunter Foster- Bobby Strong - Urinetown
Hunter Foster- Seymour - Little Shop Revival
Jeremy Kushnier- Ren - Footloose
#43re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:08am
Kristy Cates as Elphaba (I adore her)
Norbert as Jamie
Lauren Kennedy as Kathy (I love Sherie, but I liked Lauren's interpretation better)
Rent OBC sans Daphne (I can't stand her)
Sutton Foster - Millie
Bebe Neuwirth as Velma
oy so many more
#45re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:08am
...double post...
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 01:08 AM
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#47re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 6:51am
Some I forgot about:
Vivian Blaine-Guys & Dolls
Danielle Federland-Into the Woods
Zero Mostel-Fiddler on the Roof
Anita Morris-Nine
Kathi Moss-Nine
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#48re: The Best Casting Choices
Posted: 12/7/06 at 3:04pm
I'm shocked that no one mentioned Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens!
Only mentioning those that I don't think were specifically mentioned (sorry if they were)...
Julie Andrews-My Fair Lady (talk about no-name casting)
Yul Brenner-The King And I
Chita Rivera-West Side Story
Jonathan Pryce-DRS
Sherie Rene Scott-DRS
Greg Jbara-DRS
Denis O'Hare-Take Me Out
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 03:04 PM
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