What Broadway Actors Could Be Successfull In All Three Mediums - Stage, TV & Film — Page 3

Felicity Huffman

She started her career doing theater, became a big star from Desperate Housewives, and recently wowed critics with Transamerica.

I have a hard time seeing any of the Idol contestants as serious performers.

I just heard on the radio that Tom Cruise wants Katherine McPhee to sing at his wedding. Ewww....he's trying to suck another minfless young girl into Scientology.
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Vanessa Williams!

well, Cheyenne Jackson has done 2 out of the 3!!!!

The incredible Meryl Streep. Sally Field.

Good call on Felicity Huffman, donna. I SO miss Sports Night! Her husband is equally as wonderful in every medium as well.

"The young woman who was in Gypsy...she played the young Judy Garland in the TV mini-series??? - I love her. So talented."

I completely agree, Moxie! I loved Tammy Blanchard as the young Judy! Judy Davis was incredible, but I thought Tammy was equally as wonderful and deserved just as many accolades.

kaboodles--Loved the Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead shout-out! It's one of my guilty pleasure movies. Christina in her prime, an unknown David Duchovny, the great Joanna Cassidy and Josh Charles--just the kind of handsome, self-deprecating but sweet Jewish boy I'd like to meet!

"I'm right on top of that, Rose..."

see i don't think idina can be as succesful in film and tv as she has been in theatre, because her jaw takes over the screen...well she could do character parts- like in her next movie Enchanted, she looked great in costume...she's small enough for tv also
taye diggs has done all three(rent, kevin hill, how stella got her groove back)
i think sutton foster could do very well
lachanze
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I don't know i'm tired

You talkin' 'bout Little Sunshine! OMFG, I remember her! Shoot, Girl has rocked all mediums.

"Joanna Gleason has been fairly successful in all 3, usually have smaller roles and guest spots in movies and tv."

And she beat out Patti Lupone for the Tony Award

I'm surprised no one's mentioined Donna Murphy. She is successful in all three. I of course second Audra. I think Kristin is successful in all 3 whether you like her or not. Not's not really a requirement of success. She keeps getting cast in things. Marin Mazzie's working her way to that too. Stokes has done a bunch of TV already. As has Tonya Pinkins.

Denzel Washington- Despite his mixed reviews for Julius Ceasar, Washington has already been very successful on stage, something most are unaware of, since that success pre-dated his film career. He won an Audelco award in 1981 for playing Malcolm X in When The Chickens Come Home To Roost, and an Obie in 1982 for A Soldier's Play. Both were off-broadway productions that Washington starred in, and had roles he later played again on film. All in all, I think Washington did 17 off-broadway productions in 5 years. He got strong reviews for most of his work back then.

He's been successful on television, having first become famous of the prime-time hospital drama, St Elsewhere, which he was on for 6 years.

And his film career speaks for itself.

I think he could still do great work on stage, but probably in more contemporary productions, as opposed to Shakespeare. Like Al Pacino (an acclaimed stage actor), Shakespeare onstage seems to be his achilles heel. Denzel did a 1990 Shakespeare in The Park production of Richard III, that recieved almost identically mixed reviews to those that greeted Julius Caesar, and the New York Times called his performance "muted". Perhaps Washington gets apprehensive on stage, when faced with classical verse, which dampens his stage presence.Because other than his forays into Shakespeare, he's got the record of a capable stage actor. Though Pacino has won 2 Tony awards for his work in contemporary plays, he has never been recieved kindly in Shakespeare.

If Washington comes back to Broadway, I think he should play a contemporary role, which he would probably shine in. I suspect he does Shakespeare for the challenge, but like Pacino, maybe he should avoid it on stage.

Michael Crawford, Hugh Jackman

Phylicia Rashad's done all three.
I also second Audra McDonald, Tonya Pinkins, Patti LuPone, Diane Keaton and of course Sally Field.