Well, anybody here who grew up in NY and loved Broadway and theatre is going to have a big advantage over those of us who grew up in the "styx" (which to most is anything outside of the tri-state area).
I'm impressed I've actually seen as many as that, considering I lived in the city for only two years of my adult life and didn't travel much growing up. But I've also seen a lot of replacements, understudies, many road companies, etc.
Some of these lists are very impressive, though! If only I'd been a city boy, instead of a "country mouse!"
I'm waiting for Tom148502's list. He goes back to Ethel in Gypsy and Mary Martin in Sound of Music!
And of course Margo has seen every single one of the winners from the early '80s on, I'm guessing.
"I'm impressed I've actually seen as many as that, considering I lived in the city for only two years of my adult life and didn't travel much growing up."
Wow, that's exactly how it was for me.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
Hal Holbrook -- Mark Twain Tonight (revival)
Yul Brynner -- The King and I (revival)
Rex Harrison -- My Fair Lady (revival)
Carol Channing -- Hello Dolly (revival)
Richard Kiley -- Man of La Mancha (revival)
Joel Grey -- Cabaret (revival)
Angela Lansbury -- Mame (revival)
John Kani -- The Island/Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Winston Ntshona -- The Island/Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Ian McKellan -- Amadeus
Harvey Fierstein -- Torch Song
Jeremy Irons -- The Real Thing
Judd Hirsch -- I'm Not Rappaport
James Earl Jones -- Fences
Ron Liebman -- Angels in America
Stephen Spinella -- Angels in America
George Grizzard -- A Delicate Blanace
Anthony LaPaglia -- A View From the Bridge
Brian Dennehy -- Death of a Salesman
Stephen Dillane -- The Real thing
Richard Easton -- The Invention of Love
Alan Bates -- Fortune's Fool
Jefferson Mays -- I Am My Own Wife
Bill Irwin -- Virginia Woolf
Richard Griffiths -- The History Boys
Frank Langella -- Frost/Nixon
Julie Harris -- The Belle of Amherst
Jessica Tandy -- The Gin Game
Carole Shelly -- The Elephant Man
Zoe Caldwell -- Medea
Glenn Close -- The Real Thing
Lily Tomlin -- The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life
Linda Lavin -- Broadway Bound
Joan Allen -- Burn This
Maggie Smith -- Lettice and Lovage
Madeline Kahn -- The Sisters Rosenweig
Diana Rigg -- Medea
Cherry Jones -- The Heiress
Zoe Caldwell -- Master Class
Janet McTeer -- A Doll's House
Marie Mullen -- The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Judi Dench Amy's View
Jennifer Ehle -- The Real Thing
Mary-Louise Parker -- Proof
Lindsay Duncan -- Private Lives
Vanessa Redgrave -- Long Day's Journey Into Night
Phylicia Rashad -- A Raisin in the Sun
Cherry Jones -- Doubt
Cynthia Nixon -- Rabbit Hole
Julie White -- Little Dog Laughed
Zakes Mokae -- Master Harold
Matthew Broderick -- Brighton Beach Memoirs
Joe Mantegna -- Glengarry Glen Ross
Barry Miller -- Biloxi Blues
John Mahoney -- The House of Blue Leaves
John Randolph -- Broadway Bound
B.D. Wong -- M. Butterfly
Boyd Gaines -- The Heidi Chronicles
Larry Fishburne -- Two Trains Running
Jeffrey Wright -- Angels in America
John Glover -- Love! Valour! Compassion!
Ruben Santiago-Hudson -- Seven Guitars
Owen Teale -- A Doll's House
Tom Murphy -- Beauty Queen of Leenane
Frank Wood -- Side Man
Roy Dotrice -- A Moon For the Misbegotten
Robert Sean Leonard -- The Invention of Love
Frank Langella -- Fortune's Fool
Denis O'Hare -- Take Me Out
Brian F. O'Byrne -- Frozen
Liev Schreiber -- Glengarry Glen Ross
Ian McDiarmid -- Faith Healer
Billy Crudup -- The Coast of Utopia
Trazana Beverley -- For Colored Girls
Swoosie Kurtz -- Fifth of July
Amanda Plummer -- Agnes of God
Christine Baranski -- The Real Thing
Swoosie Kurtz -- The House of Blue Leaves
Mary Alice -- Fences
L. Scott Caldwell -- Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Margaret Tyzack -- Lettice and Lovage
Audra McDonald -- Master Class
Anna Manahan -- The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Elizabeth Franz -- Death of A Salesman
Blair Brown -- Copenhagen
Viola Davis -- King Hedley II
Katie Finneran -- Noises Off
Audra McDonald -- A Raisin in the Sun
Adriane Lenox -- Doubt
Frances de la Tour -- The History Boys
Jennifer Ehle -- The Coast of Utopia
Ben Vereen -- Pippin
Jim Dale -- Barnum
Kevin Kline -- The Pirates of Penzance
Ben Harney -- Dreamgirls
Tommy Tune -- My One and Only
George Hearn -- La Cage aux Folles
Jason Alexander -- Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Jonathan Pryce -- Miss Saigon
Gregory Hines -- Jelly's Last Jam
Brent Carver -- Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Matthew Broderick -- How to Succeed
Nathan Lane -- Forum
James Naughton -- Chicago
Alan Cumming -- Cabaret
Brian Stokes Mitchell -- Kiss Me Kate
Nathan Lane -- The Producers
John Lithgow -- Sweet Smell of Success
Harvey Fierstein -- Hairspray
Hugh Jackman -- The Boy from Oz
Norbert Leo Butz -- Dirt Rotten Scoundrels
John Lloyd Young -- Jersey Boys
David Hyde Pierce -- Curtains
Donna McKechnie -- A Chorus Line
Dorothy Loudon -- Annie
Angela Lansbury -- Sweeney Todd
Patti LuPone -- Evita
Lauren Bacall -- Woman of the Year
Jennifer Holliday -- Dreamgirls
Bernadette Peters -- Song & Dance
Joanna Gleason -- Into the Woods
Ruth Brown -- Black and Blue
Tyne Dale -- Gypsy
Lea Salonga -- Miss Saigon
Faith Prince -- Guys and Dolls
Chita Rivera -- Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Donna Murphy -- Passion
Bebe Neuwirth -- Chicago
Natasha Richardson -- Cabaret
Bernadette Petters -- Annie Get Your Gun
Heather Headley -- Aida
Sutton Foster -- Thoroughly Modern Millie
Marissa Jaret Winokur -- Hairspray
Idina Menzel -- Wicked
Victoria Clark -- The Light in the Piazza
LaChanze -- The Color Purple
Christine Ebersole -- Grey Gardens
Ted Ross -- The Wiz
Sammy Williams -- A Chorus Line
Henderson Forsythe -- The Best Little Whorehouse
Mandy Patinkin -- Evita
Hinton Battle -- Sophisticated Ladies
Cleavant Derricks -- Dreamgirls
Charles "Honi" Coles -- My One and Only
Hinton Battle -- Tap Dance Kid
Ron Richardson -- Big River
Michael Rupert -- Sweet Charity
Michael Maguire -- Les Miz
Bill McCutcheon -- Anything Goes
Scott Wise -- Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Michael Jeter - Grand Hotel
Hinton Battle -- Miss Saigon
Anthony Crivello -- Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Jarrod Emick -- Damn Yankees
George Hearn -- Sunset Boulevard
Wilson Jermaine Heredia -- Rent
Chuck Cooper -- The Life
Ron Rifkin -- Cabaret
Boyd Gaines -- Contact
Gary Beach -- The Producers
Shuler Hensley -- Oklahoma
Dick Latessa -- Hairspray
Michael Cerveris -- Assassins
Dan Fogler -- Spelling Bee
Christian Hoff -- Jersey Boys
John Gallagher -- Spring Awakening
Dee Dee Bridgewater -- The Wiz
Kelly Bishop -- A Chorus Line
Nell Carter -- Ain't Misbehavin'
Carlin Glynn -- Best Little Whorehouse
Marilyn Cooper -- Woman of the Year
Liliane Motevecchi -- Nine
Betty Buckley -- Cats
Bebe Neuwirth -- Sweet Charity
Frances Ruffelle -- Les Miz
Debbie Shapiro -- Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Tonya Pinkins -- Jelly's Last Jam
Audra Mcdonald -- Carousel
Gretha Boston -- Showboat
Ann Duquesnay -- Bring in da Noise
Lillias White -- The Life
Audra McDonald -- Ragtime
Karen Ziemba -- Contact
Cady Huffman -- The Producers
Harriet Harris -- Thoroughly Modern Millie
Jane Krakowski -- Nine
Anika Noni Rose -- Caroline or Change
Beth Leavel -- The Drowsy Chaperone
Mary Louise Wilson -- Grey Gardens
WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!
Bernadette Peters - Annie Get Your Gun
Idina Menzel - Wicked
Beth Leavel - Drowsy Chapperone
Norbert Leo Butz - Dirt Rotten Scoundrels
Sara Ramirez - Spamalot
Harvey Firestein, Dick Latessa and Marrissa Jaret Winokur - Hairspray
Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
Mary Louise Wilson - Grey Gardens
David Hyde-Pierce - Curtains
Not many. .
~Jacob.
Updated On: 8/27/07 at 12:57 PM
Victoria Clark-Light In The Piazza
Norbert Leo Butz-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hugh Jackman-Boy From Oz
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun
LaChanze, The Color Purple (Pre-Bway-Atlanta)
should have won - Raul Esparza, Company (Pre-Bway-Cincy)
Lea Salonga, Miss Saigon
Jonathan Pryce, Miss Saigon
Hinton Battle, Miss Saigon
Heather Headley, Aida
Audra McDonald, Ragtime
John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening
Donna Murphy, The King and I
LaChanze, The Color Purple
Raul Esparza, Company
James Naughton, Chicago
Bebe Neuwirth, Chicago
Idina Menzel, Wicked
Sutton Foster, Throughly Modern Millie
Harriet Harris, Throughly Modern Millie
George Hearn, Sunset Boulevard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
I don't have the energy to think but just off the top of my head:
HAIRSPRAY
JERSEY BOYS
AVENUE Q
SPRING AWAKENING
SPELLING BEE
DROWSY CHAPERONE
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
I doesn't look like anyone else wrote "Avenue Q"....that's kinda hard to believe.
...or are we just talking people and not shows that have one?
Just Tony-winning performances. Sadly, there were none from Avenue Q. If Ann Harada were nominated, who knows what would have happened. I didn't see all the nominated performances that year so I couldn't say.
~Steven
John Gallagher, Jr. - Spring Awakening
Harvey Fierstein- HAIRSPRAY
Marissa Jaret Winokur- HAIRSPRAY
Dick Latessa- HAIRSPRAY
Idina Menzel- WICKED
Hugh Jackman- THE BOY FROM OZ
Norbert Leo Butz- DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Richard Griffiths- THE HISTORY BOYS
Frances de la Tour- THE HISTORY BOYS
Beth Leavel- THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
John Gallagher, Jr.- SPRING AWAKENING
Frank Langella- FROST/NIXON
Raul Esparza, Company
Esparza did not win the Tony, David Hyde Pierce did.
Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson in "Grey Gardens".
Chorus Member Joined: 12/27/06
Welcome back to where you belong !!! Missed you truly missed you
where have you been
Hope all is well
Broadway Star Joined: 5/24/06
Norbert Butz - DRS
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
David Hyde Pierce - Curtains
John Gallegher Jr - Spring Awakening
I've seen many:
Colm Wilkinson-Les Miserables
Daisy Egan-The Secret Garden
(I think Rebecca Luker won, didn't she?)
Christine Ebersole, 42nd Street, Grey Gardens
Natasha Richardson, Cabaret
Alan Cumming, Cabaret
Audra McDonald, Ragtime and Raisin in the Sun
Phylicia Rashad, Raisin in the Sun
Richard Griffiths, History Boys
Frances De La Tour, History Boys
Judi Dench, Amy's View
Brian Dennehy, Death of a Salesman
Elizabeth Franz, Death of a Salesman
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kiss Me, Kate
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains
John Gallagher, Spring Awakening
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Idina Menzel, Wicked
Jennifer Ehle, THe Real Thing, Coast of Utopia
Billy Crudup, Coast of Utopia
Julie White, the Little Dog Laughed
John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys
Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
I'm outside NY, so I don't have as great an advantage.
But...
Idina Menzel in Wicked
Cady Huffman in the Producers
Gary Beach in The Producers
Adriane Lenox in Doubt
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/04
Jarrod Emick - Damn Yankees
Donna Murphy - Passion
Idina Menzel - Wicked
Christine Ebersole-Grey Gardens/42nd Street
Mary Louise Wilson-Grey Gardens
John Gallagher Jr.-Spring Awakening
John Lloyd Young-Jersey Boys
Christian Hoff-Jersey boys
Beth Leavel-The Drowsy Chaperone
Marissa Jaret Winokur-Hairspray
Idina Menzel-Wicked
David Hyde Pierce-Curtains
Harvey Fierstein-Hairspray
Dick Latessa- Hairspray
I could care less about Tony winning performances. We've got Margo back! Welcome back Margo!
Mandy Patinkin-Evita
Marilyn Cooper-Woman of the Year
Joanna Gleason-Into the Woods
James Naughton-City of Angels
Tyne Daly-Gypsy
Maggie Smith-Lettice and Lovage
Randy Graff-City of Angels
Margaret Tyzack-Lettice and Lovage
Mercedes Ruehl-Lost in Yonkers
Kevin Spacey-Lost in Yonkers
Irene Worth-Lost in Yonkers
Brent Carver-Kiss of the Spider Woman
Chita Rivera-Kiss of the Spider Woman
Anthony Crivello-Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Glover-Love! Valour! Compassion!
Zoe Caldwell-Master Class
Wilson Jermaine Heredia-Rent
Audra McDonald-Master Class
James Naughton-Chicago
Bebe Neuwirth-Chicago
Audra McDonald-Ragtime
Brian Stokes Mitchell-Kiss Me Kate
Christine Ebersole-42nd Street
Gary Beach-The Producers
Cady Huffman-The Producers (Nathan was out the day I saw it)
Denis O'Hare-Take Me Out
Jane Krakowski-Nine
Hugh Jackman-The Boy from Oz
Michael Cerveris-Assassins
Anika Noni Rose-Caroline, or Change (Public)
Bill Irwin-Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff
Cherry Jones-Doubt
Adriane Lenox-Doubt
Richard Griffiths-History Boys
Cynthia Nixon-Rabbit Hole
Frances De La Tour-History Boys
Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
Christine Ebersole-Grey Gardens
Julie White-The Little Dog Laughed
John Gallagher Jr.-Spring Awakening
Mary Louise Wilson-Grey Gardens
Megan Mullally-Young Frankenstein (Sorry, too soon...)
bwaygal, Colm Wilkinson didn't win the Tony.
(Neither did Rebecca Luker. She wasn't nominated that year anyway.)
~Steven
Not counting Theatrical Events like Billy Crystal
George Hearn in Sunset Boulevard
Bebe Neuwirth in Chicago
James Naughton in Chicago
Anne Duquesnay in Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Wilson Jermaine Heredia in Rent
Jarrod Emick in Damn Yankees
Hinton Battle in Miss Saigon
Cady Huffman in The Producers
Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray
Marissa Jaret Winokour in Hairspray
Dick Latessa in Hairspray
Jane Krakowski in Nine
Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz
Idina Menzel in Wicked
Michael Cerveris in Assassins
Anika Noni Rose in Caroline, Or Change
Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Denis O'Hare in Take Me Out
Bill Irwin in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cherry Jones in Doubt
Adriane Lenox in Doubt
Dan Fogler in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Sara Ramirez in Spamalot
Ian McDiarmid in Faith Healer
Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens
Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens
Julie White in The Little Dog Laughed
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