Unexpected Performances... — Page 2

I'd only previously known Carla Gugino as the mom in the Spy Kids movies but she blew me away as Maggie in After the Fall. I hope the Tony committee remembers her.

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Raúl in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I had heard great things about him before, but I didn't know he had such a great voice and was such an amazing actor.
JLT in Wicked. After seing KC, I didn't think she could be topped, but JLT blew me away.

Oh, stagestar. I wish you could've seen The Normal Heart. What he's doing up there as Caractacus is nothing in comparison. ::sigh::

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adam pascal - cabaret
norbert- drs
anika noni rose- caroline or change
veanne cox- " "

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Adam Pascal- Cabaret
Susan Egan- Had never heard of her before and i read she was the orgional Belle and thought she was gonna play Sally all coy and stuff. One of the most phenomonal performances i have ever seen.

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Christian Borle in Spamalot-I knew he was talented, but I had only seen him in the ebay commercial. He blew me away.
Norbert in DRS-I love him on the Last Five Years CD, but he put so much energy into that role and he was hysterical.
Harvey in Fiddler-I was very skeptical, but he made me believe that he was Tevye. The goodbye scenes with his daughters was heartbreaking.
Anika Noni Rose in Caroline-I didn't really know that much about the show when I saw it except that Tonya Pinkins was supposed to be amazing, which she was, but it was Anika that blew me away. What a voice she has, and she put so much emotion into that role
Euan Morton in Taboo-Wow. Thats all I could say about him. Too bad he was up against Hugh Jackman for the Tony, because that performance was Tony worthy
Raul in Rocky Horror-I had never heard of him before and his role wasnt that big, but I remember walking out of that theater and thinking "That guy is gonna be huge"

Don't know if anyone's heard of her, but Ma-anne Dionisio blew me away on the Les Miz tour (she was Eponine). A great, powerful voice. I hope she does some other stuff. And Sutton in Little Women. I went in expecting her to be great. She was fantastic. Brilliant. 'Nuff said. Can you tell I'm a Sutton fan? On a different note, Matt Caplan in RENT really dissappointed me.

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I went to see Sandy Duncan in Chicago. She was absent that day and someone called Belle Callaway was playing Roxie....Hmmmmm.

Who is this Belle? Should I stay or come back for Sandy?

Well I decided to stay and was I glad. What a revelation! She knocked my socks off. What a great performer.

I'm glad I stayed. Belle is a star.

At the Los Angeles STAGE benefit a few years back, Malcom Gets did a tremendous, scathing "Tradition/To Life". In the same show, the always wondeful Tyne Daly performed "If I Were a Rich Man." Oiy! The irony!

Unexpected in a roaringly funny way - during a production of "Anything Goes" at Lincoln Center, Howard McGillin didn't quite clear the "banquet table" as he leapt onstage and knocked a great deal of the tabletop knick-knacks all over the set and into the pit. He and Patti Lupone were laughing so hard, McGillin got completely lost in his lines. She had to "cue" him to pick up again. Hilarious!

And on the blown-out-of-my-socks category:
Douglas Sills - Scarlet Pimpernel: I went to New York specifically to see Terrence Mann as Chauvelin, and was totally captured by the wonderful time the entire cast was having with this show, and in particular with the pipes of Mr. Sills! Wow!

Hmm... now I'm thinking, and this could go on forever! What a terrific topic!

Many (many) years back in Chicago, I saw "The Wiz" with Ren Woods as Dorothy. All I can say is Stephanie who??? Glinda was played by (it was either) Roz Clark or Roz Kelly. It's the one that didn't have a role on "Happy Days" lol. I remember that she had the entire house in the palm of her hand. I will never forget those performances.

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Michelle T. in Aida.



Did ANYONE else like her?

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KEVIN RICHARDSON (The Backstreet Boy) - CHICAGO. He was actually very good! Having seen several Billy Flynns, he's one of the best ones. I hated Wet Wet Wet's Marti Pellow!

CHITA RIVERA - CHICAGO. Saw her as Roxie. I wasn't expecting anything special but she totally blew me away!!!! She's in the league of her own!

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL - MAN OF LA MANCHA. Not only is he a brilliant singer, but he's an amazing actor as well!

Sadly I can't remember the actress's name who played Julie in SHOW BOAT in London. But she was unbelievable! She got standing ovation after singing "Bill"!