True Triple Threats
True Triple Threats
#1True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 10:47pm
So, when someone says triple threat to you, who do you think of? Could be anyone, a Broadway gypsy or lead performer.
For ladies, I think Jessica Lea Patty (in spite of the Evita thread), Megan Sikora, and Alena Watters. For guys, Paul McGill, Charlie Williams, and Bryan West. These are the people in the ensemble that are always standouts for me, and I think they are overall impressive performers.
As far as leads go, Patina Miller and Sutton Foster (whether you think Sutton is overrated or not) are true triple threats, and Patti LuPone in her younger years, definitely. She can even keep up with a lot of dancing nowadays. After seeing Rent, Annaleigh Ashford truly great in all areas as well. Can't think of many lead guys right now, but Nick Adams, maybe, if you think his acting is up to par. Norbert Leo Butz came to mind, but personally I don't love his singing, and he's not a great dancer. Aaron Tveit's dancing could be a little better as well, but I would consider him one, anyway.
Who would you say is or was a true Broadway triple threat?
#2True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 10:59pmTwo people who come to my mind immediately are Tony Yazbeck and Natascia Diaz.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#2True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 11:00pmI definitely second Tony Yazbeck. I was so impressed with his acting in On the Town and would really like to see him back on Broadway soon.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#4True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 11:03pmGivesmevoice, his performance in ON THE TOWN is what sealed the "true triple threat" deal for me. He was extraordinary is every respect.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 11:08pm
Chita, Liza and Gwen.
Tommy Steele, Tommy Tune and Dick Van Dyke.
#7True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/30/11 at 11:18pm
Givesmevoice, his performance in ON THE TOWN is what sealed the "true triple threat" deal for me. He was extraordinary is every respect.
Same here. I didn't see him in A Chorus Line, and really liked him in Gypsy, but it was On the Town that left the best impression on me.
I would actually say that Patti LuPone isn't a triple threat because she's more of a mover than a dancer. The same with someone like Donna Murphy. I think that if either had more substantial dance training, they could be triple threats, but they aren't now.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 12:41am
When MARLOWE opened on Broadway, one critic said:
Lisa Mordente is a triple threat, I just don't know which talent is the most threatening.
Updated On: 7/31/11 at 12:41 AM
HummingAlong
Stand-by Joined: 12/22/10
#10True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 1:01amIf only KDM could act...
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
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Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#13True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 1:50amJason Tam, his performance in A Chorus Line was beautiful.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#14True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 2:39amKaren Ziemba.
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
#15True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 2:41amLaura Benanti.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#16True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:32amNot sure if she is still a good dancer but Kristin Chenoweth was really into ballet when she was growing up. She even wanted to be a ballerina.
Zingingtobway
Stand-by Joined: 2/4/10
#17True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:33am
Hmmm This is an easy one
The Staples: Ben Vareen, Eugene Flemming, Brenda Braxton, April L. Nixon, Dennis Stowe,Felecia Finley, David Bedella, Debra Walton, Michelle M. Robinson, Bernard Dotson
New School of Triple Threats: J.R. Whittington, Janice Loraine Holt,Correy West, E. Clayton Cornelius, Rhett George, Todrick Hall,Jackie Burns, Kyle Dean Massey, Derrick Williams, Eric Lajuan Summers, Anika Noni Rose, James Delisco Beeks& Robert Pendilla to name a few.
There is nothing in the world better than Live Theater.
#18True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 10:17amJessica Goldyn
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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Featured Actor Joined: 3/10/09
#20True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 10:34am
Lina Lamont.
"She can't sing, she can't dance, and she can't act. A triple threat."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#22True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 11:47amLaura Benanti can dance?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#23True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 12:00pmCharlotte D'Amboise
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#24True Triple Threats
Posted: 7/31/11 at 12:09pm
Patti Lupone was never a triple threat. She could tap, but not at the level of a legitimate dancer.
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