The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

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The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:18pm

Just curious to hear everyone's opinion on who you think are the best top 10 actors or actresses on Broadway now!

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re: The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:19pm

ohhhh this is difficult. ask me later.... lol
Do you want 10 actors and 10 actresses or 10 in total?

*goes to sit in a corner and think*

Will post later. I really do have too much time on my hands.

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Updated On: 1/16/04 at 01:19 PM

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re: The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:23pm

Great, GREAT question.

10)Nadine Isenegger
9) Jessica Grove
Idina Menzel
7) Joel Grey
6) Donna Murphy
5) Sutton Foster
4) Hugh Jackman
3) Kristen Chenoweth
2) Nathan Lane
1) Bernadette Peters

Updated On: 1/16/04 at 01:23 PM

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:35pm

Haha thanks, good choice of people :)

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:37pm

(luvtheEmcee) Hehe, however you want to put it. If you want to name 1 actors then 10 actresses you can. Doesn't matter! Its all up to you!

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Updated On: 1/16/04 at 01:37 PM

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:51pm

well... ugh this was hard, since a lot of people I would put on here aren't on Broadway RIGHT NOW.
but, here goes: (Not really in top 10 order, just my 10 best. THAT would require way too much thought)

*Kristin Chenoweth
*Idina Menzel
*Joel Grey
*Sutton Foster
*Bernadette Peters
*Hugh Jackman
*Euan Morton (I can't WAIT to see him in Taboo!)
*Noah Racey (because of his dancing ability. His singing is that not great)
*Hugh Panaro
*Raul Esparza

now, in light of the comment above my list, snaps to Adam Pascal, Patrick Wilson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Susan Egan, Lea Salonga, Sherie Rene Scott and others who have recently been on Broadway that had they still been on now, would have been on my list.

wow, huge run-on sentence, but whatever.

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Updated On: 1/16/04 at 01:51 PM

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re: re: The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:57pm

Not the TOP 10 greatest 'cuz there's no such thing but here are 10 in the past season that I really love.

1 - Heather Lee
2 - Tyrone Giordano
3 - Jackie Hoffman
4 - Marc Kudisch
5 - Sara Gettelfinger
6 - Kerry Butler
7 - Kristen Chenoweth
8 - Sutton Foster - Sunter Foster - Foster Hutton
9 - Hutton Foster - Hunter Foster - Foster Sutton
10 - Kevin Kline

Updated On: 1/16/04 at 01:57 PM

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 1:59pm

Hutton Foster????

Don't tell me there's another one!!!! I COULDN'T TAKE IT!! I'D JUMP!!!

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 2:03pm

robbiej - I was making a joke because everyone confuses their names. I've now posted the obvious mistakes. Scroll up.

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 2:08pm

Oh no...I liked it. I just wasn't sure if it was a typo or not.

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The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 3:19pm

Brian Stokes Mitchell
John Dossett
Daniel Sunjata
Raul Esparza
Marc Calamia
Roxane Carrasco
Tracy Shayne
Michele Pawk
Donna Lynne Champlin
Michelle Marie Robinson

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re: The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 3:28pm

..ever on broadway..
10.Jackie HOffman
9.kerry butler
8.Euan Morton
7.Daphine Rubin Vega
6.Idina Menzel
5.Harvey Fierstein
4.Hunter Foster
3.mary bond davis
2.Matthew Morrison
1.Marissa Jaret Winokur

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Updated On: 1/16/04 at 03:28 PM

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 3:38pm

Idina Menzel
Adam Pascal
Matt Caplan
Jeremy Cushiner
Kristen Chenoweth
Karmine Alers
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Joel Grey
Raul Esparza
Mark Richard Ford

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 3:40pm

Well, to cover some favorites who just left Broadway I will make it the 10 best of 2003, so we'll all be happy :)

1. HUGH JACKMAN
2. HARVEY FIERSTEIN
3. MATTHEW MORRISON
4. ADAM PASCAL
5. NATHAN LANE
6. BERNADETTE PETERS
7. MANDY GONZALEZ
8. KRISTEN CHENOEWTH
9. MATT CAPLAN
10.MATTHEW BRODERICK

Take care

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 3:53pm

Yo... this is hard. But I'm bored... so I threw down some names. These were just ten off the top of my head. Didn't put a lot of thought into it... and there's no specific order.


emily skinner
marc kudisch
donna murphy
bebe neuwirth
norm lewis
carolee carmello
brian stokes mitchell
susan egan
liz mcconahay (*two* sailors... I aspire to that. Half way there... *wink*)
donna lynne champlin

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 4:37pm

A lot of you are naming people who aren't currently on Broadway...Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Emily Skinner aren't CURRENTLY on Broadway. The question pertained to people on Broadway right now.

That's what makes it so hard- hehe.

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 4:44pm

Um... one would ASSUME that when someone says "on broadway right now" or "on broadway today" they mean todays generation of performers, not literally who is ON broadway at this very moment.

If we want to get technical... Marc isn't on Broadway either. He's off-broadway. Susan's not on broadway... her show closed and she's not in Millie yet.

I think you are being FAR too literal...

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 4:56pm

Broadwaygirl4life, I think we need yours! :)

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 5:05pm

These are my top FIVE people who are or have EVER been on Broadway (ten requires too much thought):

5.) Sutton Foster
4.) Adam Pascal
3.) Sherie Rene Scott
2.) Brian Stokes Mitchell
1.) Idina Menzel

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 5:24pm

Why aren't I surprised by this tired list? Hugh Jackman is the only person on this thread mentioned, that actually deserves the mention. Matt Morrison? Come on people.

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 5:27pm

yeah do you have something on him because hsi very talented

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re: The Top 10 actors/actresses on Broadway

Posted: 1/16/04 at 5:42pm

1. Bernadette Peters
2. Stephanie D'Abruzzo
3. Kritin Chenoweth
4. John Dossett
5. Hugh Jackman
6. John Targtaglia
7. Idina Menzel
8. Euan Morton
9. Donna Murphy
10.Joel Grey

*I'm going with people currently on Broadway. If I didn't, I don't think I could narrow it down to only 10.

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 5:58pm

..currently on broadway..
10.rob bartlett/tracy jai edwards
9.chuster gregory
8.jackie hoffman
7.daphine rubin vega
6.idina menzel
5.kerry butler
4.euan morton
3.hunter foster
2.harvey f.
1.mary bond davis

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 7:02pm

Top 6 (ran out of time) that are currently on Broadway

1. Sutton Foster
2. Bernadette Peters
3. Kristin Chenoweth
4. Hunter Foster
5. Christian Borle
6. Kerry Butler

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Posted: 1/16/04 at 7:12pm

1) Laura Benanti
2) Raul Esparza
3) Brian Stokes Mitchell
4) Kristin Chenoweth
5) Idina Menzel
6) Sutton / Hunter Foster
7) Harvey Firestein
Greg Edelmann
9) Adam Pascal
10) Euan Morton