Top 10 Performances of the 07-08 Season

[A Grey Spring]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:03pm

If you were to rank the top 10 performances you saw this season on Broadway, who would make your list?

Mine:

1. Amy Morton, August: Osage County
2. Patti LuPone, Gypsy
3. Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
4. Laura Benanti, Gypsy
5. Jim Norton, The Seafarer
6. Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
7. Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
8. Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
9. Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
10. Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth

Honorable Mentions:
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County
Paolo Szot, South Pacific
Jackie Hoffman & Mary Testa, Xanadu
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:09pm

In alphabetical order:

Laura Benanti
Coleman Domingo
Raul Esparza
Kate Fleetwood
Boyd Ganes
Patti LuPone
Mary McCormack
Amy Morton
Jim Norton
Tom Wopat

[jaystarr]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:15pm

Performances~meaning acting.

Mine: (not on order)

1. Patti LuPone (Gypsy)
2. Daniel Evans (Sunday in the Park with George)
3. Deanna Dunagan ( August : Osage County)
4. Mark Rylance (Boeing-Boeing)
5. Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange)
6. Laura Benanti (Gypsy)
7. Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific)
8. Olga Mereditz (In The Heights)
9. Charles Edward (39 Steps)
10. Bobby Cannavale (Mauritius) tie w/ Raul Esparza (The Homecoming)

Only shows that I saw which means I did not include Rock N' Roll. Les Liaisons, Top Girls & Macbeth.

J*
Updated On: 6/10/08 at 04:15 PM

[shh282]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:20pm

No Order-
1. Patti Lupone, Gypsy
2. Laura Benanti, Gypsy
3. Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
4. Mary Mccormack, Boeing-Boeing
5. Norbert Leo Butz, Is He Dead?
6. Nathan Lane, November
7. Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair
8. Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
9. Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
10. Lin Manuel Miranda, In The Heights

Honorable Mentions
Sierra Boggess, TLM
Sherie Rene Scott, TLM
Cheyenne Jackson, Xanadu
Mary Testa, Xanadu [Jackie was out the night I saw it..]
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein

[Note- I have yet to see August: Osage County and/or South Pacific]





Updated On: 6/10/08 at 04:20 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:20pm

In alphabetical order...

Deana Dunagan, August: Osage County
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Mark Rylance, Boeing Boeing
Loretta Ables-Sayre, South Pacific
Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Aaron Tveit, Next to Normal

I know you said Broadway, but I included two off-Broadway performances.
Updated On: 6/10/08 at 04:20 PM

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:39pm

No particular order, but Deanna Dunagan is my #1. Includes Off-Bway performances, and doesn't include Ms. Lupone. That's a given.

Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
Amy Morton, August: Osage County
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George
Cast of Passing Strange
Cast of Boeing Boeing, Mark Rylance in particular
Jim Norton, The Seafarer
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
Julie White, From Up Here
Sarah Steele, Speech & Debate

+
Aya Cash, From Up Here
Jayne Houdyshell, The New Century
Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County Updated On: 6/10/08 at 04:39 PM

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 4:45pm

Laura Benanti
Ben Daniels
Deanna Dunagan
Kate Fleetwood
Kevin Kline
Patti Lupone
Amy Morton
Jim Norton
Kelli O'Hara
Jenna Russel

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 5:53pm

No order

Patti LuPone
Mark Rylance
Aaron Tveit
Brian d'Arcy James
Jenna Russell
Daniel Evans
Daniel Breaker
Norbert Leo Butz
Carlos Gomez
Faith Prince


(May change after seeing South Pacific this Sunday)

[jv92]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 5:58pm

1) Patti LuPone (Gypsy)
2) Laura Benanti (Gypsy)
3) Deana Dunagan (August: Osage County)
5) Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park with George)
6) Boyd Gaines (Gypsy)
7) Tom Wopat (A Catered Affair)
Paulo Szot (South Pacific)
9) Faith Prince (A Catered Affair)
10) Norbert Leo Butz (Is He Dead?)

[winter_sky]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 6:59pm

This isn't necessarily who I think was the best objectively of the season, but my personal favorites. Also I agree, Patti is clearly on everyone's lists, so here are another 10.

Rondi Reed and Amy Morton in August:Osage County
Colman Domingo and Rebecca Naomi Jones in Passing Strange
Andrea Burns and Janet Dacal in In the Heights
Mary Testa and Cheyenne Jackson in Xanadu
Norbert in Is He Dead?
Aaron Tveit in Next to Normal

Honorable Mentions:
Julie White and Will Rogers in From Up Here
Sarah Steele in Speech and Debate
Jenna Russell in Sunday in the Park with George
Charles Busch in Die Mommie, Die!
Mary Faber and Morgan Weed in Saved!
Faith Prince in A Catered Affair
Spencer Liff's abs in Cry Baby Updated On: 6/10/08 at 06:59 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 8:34pm

(Well my number is Alice Ripley in NEXT TO NORMAL but it was Off-Broadway sooo...)

in no particular order:
Laura Benanti (GYPSY)
Patti LuPone (GYPSY)
Deanna Dunagan (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY)
Amy Morton (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY)
Eisa Davis (PASSING STRANGE)
Faith Prince (A CATERED AFFAIR)
Olga Meridez (IN THE HEIGHTS)
Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa (XANADU) --come on, they can count as one...--
Kelli O'Hara (SOUTH PACIFIC)
Mary McCormack (BOEING-BOEING)

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 9:56pm

I'm not naming mine, for fear of omission. Isn't it great that we had a season in which there were so many outstanding performances that it's really hard to pick the top ten? Oh, well, I have to throw in my vote for Patti LuPone -- she was just SOOOOOOO great!!!!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 10:36pm

I don't understand why Aaron Tveit is considered a great performance? I though Brian D'arcy James was far superior. Tveit's role was fine, and he was fine, but I wouldn't consider it one of the top 10 performances of the season. Especially when compared to Jenna Russell.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 6/10/08 at 10:41pm

I won't follow the rules as stated, but will stick to it somehow. 10 each for Broadway and Off-Broadway... top 20, alphabetically arranged. On Broadway, still yet to catch Boeing-Boeing and Top Girls; hopefully by this week's end!

Broadway's Ten
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
Kevin Kline, Cyrano de Bergerac
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
Kelli O'Hara, South Pacific
David Pittu, Is He Dead?
Loretta Ables Sayre, South Pacific
Cliff Saunders, The 39 Steps
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

Off-Broadway's Ten
Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
Joel Hatch, Adding Machine
Van Hughes, Saved
Linda Lavin, The New Century
Kate Mulgrew, Iphigenia 2.0
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Tobias Segal, From Up Here
Brian J. Smith, Good Boys and True
Aaron Tveit, Next to Normal
Jeremy Webb, The Glorious Ones