Top Three Most Acomplished Actors of 2004- Page 2

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:29am

I can't name a set three, but I definitely agree with Michael Arden and Raul Esparza.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:33am

Jefferson Mays - far and away #1 (I can't believe more of you didn't mention him)

Hugh Jackman

Tovah Feldshuh

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 11:51am

Idina Menzel
Eden Espinosa
Hugh Jackman

[Spooky]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 12:06pm

Jennifer Laura Thompson - for stepping up and in gracefully
Laura Linney- she's just brilliant
Brooke Shields-for reviving a show that seemed sure to close

Posted: 11/7/04 at 3:27pm

My verdicts in...

Definitely HUGH JACKMAN!

The man's a force to be reckoned with. LOL! :)

~Rosalynn

[timote316]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:30pm

Here's my top three, in no order (except Hugh is #1 lol)

Nathan Lane
Hugh Jackman
Tovah Feldshuh

If you look at their accomplishments this year, they are clear winners.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:34pm

Sorry, just have to try out my new icon...

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:39pm

1. Idina Menzel
2. Sutton Foster (Will be opening the best show ever in December!)
3. Ma-anne Dianisio

[pab]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:41pm

Three tours de force in acting this season:

Jefferson Mays
Hugh Jackman
Phylicia Rashard

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 6:38pm

Without a doubt, Hugh Jackman. The man was heads and shoulders above everyone else in the realm of accomplishments this year.

If I had to name two other people, I'd say Raul Esparza and Michael Arden, for upping the amount of exposure and recognition they've received this year; recognition that goes beyond any one role they played (ie. over the course of a few months, Arden has become a well-known name as an actor in Bare, a composer, a concert singer, and now has landed the title role in Pippin; Esparza has established a strong reputation as a versatile performer).

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 6:44pm

Although her speech was nice and blah blah blah, I do not understand how Idina Menzel won that tony and HOW she was mentioned as one of the top three most accomplished actors of 2004. How about most overrated actors of 2004? And Cheyanne? How is he one of the most accomplished Actors of 2004, no one even knows who he is. Because he was cast as a lead in a Broadway musical? Then why don't we just go off and name every leading actor in Bombay Dreams, they did the same thing. Anyway. Mine would be - broadway only, I'm not including movies:

Jefferson Mays
Michael Cerveris
Jenna Leigh Green

Posted: 11/7/04 at 8:34pm

Sorry. I couldn't pick only 3.
1) Micheal Arden
*His performance in BARE is one of the best this season. He has the perfect mix of a WONDERFUL, POWERFUL tenor voice and honest, focused acting. He will be broadways newest STAR in a few years.
2.) Jefferson Mays
*What can I say? He carried that show. It was just him on stage the entire show and I never once lost interest. He played like 20 different characters and each one was dead on!
3.) Raul Esparza
*Raul in my favorite reoccurring actor in broadway now. He is amazing. First of all he did not one but two great shows this season (A NORMAL HEART AND TABOO). His performance in TABOO was at hillarious and touching at the same time. I will remember him in the song "Petrified" for the rest of my life.
4.) Hugh Jackman
*A superstar. So much stage precense! Deserved the TOny he won! Saved that show. One the the best performances I have ever seen.

[dry2olives]

Posted: 11/7/04 at 10:43pm

Heather Raffo for "Nine Parts of Desire"

Estelle Parsons for "The Day Emily Married"

Raul Esparza for "The Normal Heart"

[Katecab99]

Posted: 11/8/04 at 10:05am

Hugh Jackman
Idina Menzel
Phylicia Rashad

[Britt0913]

Posted: 11/8/04 at 11:29am

MEN

1. Raul Esparza
2. Hugh Jackman
3. John Tartaglia

WOMEN

1. Idina Menzel
2. Eden Espinosa
3. Stephanie D'Abruzzo
(....in my opinion)