Top Broadway Stars

[Annie Get Your Rose]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:14pm

Which female and which male bring in the biggest box-office(non-hollywood)

I would say Bernadette Peters and Harvey Feirstein(sp?)

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:16pm

Maybe Bernadette, but not so much Harvey, I think...Suprisingly, not as many people know who he is as I thought!

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:18pm

Hahaha i agree about harvey. Everyone i talk to has no idea who he is. lol Ummm, well Idina and Kristin.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:20pm

I think you might be a little biased with Peters Annie Get Your Rose. In recent years I might say Reba Mc Entire over Bernadette Peters as AGYG proved.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:23pm

Totally misread the original post. Sorry.

Updated On: 7/7/05 at 11:23 PM

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:25pm

i agree with the idina comment!

[kjklo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:36pm

Let's not forget Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:36pm

Susan Lucci

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:38pm

No way are most people going to a show to see Idina or Kristin. I think both are great, but the majority of people who are going to shows have no idea who they are. (Maybe that will change with the Rent movie, and a little with Bewitched...).

I would think the top draws would be someone like Sarah Jessica Parker and, well, her husband.

[kjklo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:38pm

What about Loretta Swit?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:39pm

i think the bernadette is one of the top broadway stars because theatre people and regular people know who she is. generally, most of the public who knows who he is don't like harvey.

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:42pm

I'm a "theater" person and I don't like Harvey that much -- about the only time I've ever found him tolerable was on the Hair recording - honestly him singing Air was the perfect match of performer and song.

Non-theater people also know Mandy Patinkin, though he doesn't do Broadway much any more.

Hugh Jackman's a pretty big draw....

[apdarcey]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:46pm

jasonf, i don't like him either. i was just stating because some people here are very jaded! personally i think antonio got robbed of a tony in 2003... he deserved it so much more than harvey... speaking of, antonio proved a very big draw!

and yes, hugh jackman is obviously a huge star.

[Annie Get Your Rose]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:47pm

Sorry I meant more Broadway-centered performers. I wouldn't say the Rebe Mcentire is broadway-centered. Yes, a lil biased but I still believe it is true.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:57pm

No, Reba Mc Entire isn't Broadway centred, but then neither is Hugh Jackman. I agree with a previous poster who said Sarah Jessica Parker & Mathew Broderick.

[kjklo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:58pm

Also, don't know what alterego means about AGYG. Bernadette was a Tony-winning huge hit in that show for a year and a half, returning its investment and making a profit for its producers long before McEntire showed up.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:00am

Bernadette Peters
Nathan Lane
Liza Minelli
Harvey Fierstein

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:04am

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick?

Huh? I'm pretty damn sure people know Sarah MOSTLY because of Sex and the City, and people know Matthew Broderick MOSTLY because of say...Ferris Bueller. I doubt either would be that much of a draw without those things.

Bernadette Peters, on the other hand, is really known mostly for her theatrical work.

[kyle33nyc]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:09am

It's amazing how many people respond to the post, but don't really read what the question is: bankable, non-Hollywood.

And the answer is clearly Bernadette. She is the closest thing on Broadway to being a household name that is not or was not a film / TV / recording star. Yes, she had some leads in 70's films, but she was never that famous for her work as Steve Martin's foil.

Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Hugh Jackman, etc. are all recognizeable Hollywood stars who happen to love theater. The sad truth is there really are NO bankable Broadway-only stars in 2005.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:10am

You're wrong about Nathan Lane. Very wrong. He is a much better known theatrical star than a film star. He is a theatre mans theatre man.

[Jimmyojimmy]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:10am

Hugh and Nathan definately, an perhaps Matt and Jessica.

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:11am

People might mostly know SJP from Sex and the City and MB from Ferris etc., but they are ABSOLUTELY established Broadway stars. The post was who's the biggest draw -- both of them are definitely THEATER people, despite what people know them from outside of the theater world.

Non-theater People who know Bernadette Peters wouldn't be able to name a show she was in. But they may know her from The Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, Annie, or any of the other movies she's done.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:16am

But, jason...the question was "non-hollywood."

Before I was ever into Broadway, I knew Bernadette Peters because I somehow heard about the huge THEATRE star she was...not because of her film work.

I knew the other two because of their film/TV work.

Of course, I could be the only one.

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:23am

All right - I give on the "non-Hollywood" - but I still say then that this disqualifies Bernadette because she HAS done Hollywood. Or are we not putting that qualifier on it?

[NCGuy]

Posted: 7/8/05 at 12:25am

This whole thread confuses me...aren't Nathan Lane and Bernadette bigger box office draws on Broadway because of their outside work? Of course they are both huge theater stars with illustrious stage credits, but wouldn't the average tourist catching a show know Nathan Lane because of "The Birdcage" and Bernadette from her movie and tv appearances (or hell, even her Breyers commercials from back in the day)?
Updated On: 7/8/05 at 12:25 AM