Which Actor Has the Most Reliable Attendance Record?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:19pm

Which actor is known for being at every(or most) performances during his/her given run? Some are semi-good and some hardly ever miss any. Which actor, in your opinion, has the best attendance record?

[Jilani]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:28pm

I don't know if you only meant current shows, but I believe Hugh Jackman did not miss a single performance of "The Boy From Oz" for the entirety of its nearly year-long run.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:28pm

well, Merman obviously.

More recently, I'd say Harvey Fierstein.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:29pm

"More recently, I'd say Harvey Fierstein."

Definately fierstein, that man is a machine.

[MTRBOI24]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:31pm

Fierstein. Also, Hugh Jackman was good, but they just closed the show when he couldn't do it. Harvey doesn't even take a vacation!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:36pm

Linda Mugleston

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:42pm

Duh
Carol Channing's Stanby in DOLLY had the easiest job ever.
I think she like never missed.
God Bless Harvey!

[Becky]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:43pm

Someone who hasn't come up yet: Patrick Wilson. His vacation was the only time he missed during Full Monty.

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 7/26/05 at 11:44pm

I heard Shoshana Bean is pretty good.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:19am

jerry orbach has the record for the most time spent on a braodway stage (according to b'way's lost treasures) so i think he takes the cake

[taperina]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:36am

Carolee Carmello...unless she is on her holidays that lady is always there!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:36am

God bless Jerry Orbach!
really more than Channing?

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 12:54am

Actually, Jerry Orbach's title, as awarded by the Drama League, was "having appeared in more performances of American musicals than any other living actor." Of course, that was at the time.

That doesn't 'exactly' say he never missed a performance, but I'm pretty sure that was at least part of what they ment.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:41am

Cathy Rigby has played Peter Pan more than 26,000 times.

[jo]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 1:49am

Hugh's record is outstanding if you consider that he was onstage about 95% of the time, he sang about 21 songs,and he did a lot of energetic dancing. You needed incredible stamina to accomplish that and not miss any performances.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 2:07am

Brooke Shields.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 3:41am

Ummmmm......

Rigby has done the show 26,000 times?

I take it that's a joke. It would take 62 years of 8 performance weeks to get to that number.

[Mamie]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 6:20am

jo - I think you can add to that the fact that a lot of that dancing was done on a broken foot.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 6:27am

How about Yul Brynner ?

[Sluggy]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 8:55am

I know that Victoria Clark did the complete run of Titanic, but does anyone know if she missed many shows? I'm guessing not. I love that she understudied a bunch of people in Sunday in The Park, but never went on! Those folks had good attendance!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/27/05 at 9:17am

I'm thinking perhaps it was 2600 that the poster meant, and not 26,000. 2600 seems like a more realistic number.

I'd also like to mention Antonio Banderas in Nine, who never missed a show.