Who is the Current 1st Lady of the American Musical?- Page 4

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 4:15pm

Yes-but in between those years she was not consistently on Broadway-she was in LA pursuing a TV/film career.

The last ten years have really seen her career take off on Broadway.

[DG]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 4:26pm

Bernadette's star is fading? Is that why she's selling out concerts around the country - because of that fading star?

I say Ms. Peters.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 4:35pm

Currently? Ebersole, but Liza and Julie are the 1st ladies of American Musical.

[Body Beautiful Beale]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 4:48pm

Enough with this foolishness! I'll tell you the First Lady of the American Musical is, ME, Little Edie Beale. And don't you goddamn forget it! Da-da-da-da-da!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 5:48pm

Mmm ok.

[ahmelie]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 6:45pm

Patti LuPone

[Night707]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 8:10pm

Patti LuPone

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 8:20pm

"Current" doesn't just mean of this season. I believe the original poster just meant a contemporary performer, not necessarily someone whose particularly having success recently.

While Christine Ebersole has a bright theatrical future ahead of her, one big performance does not a legend make (I'd say the same about Victoria Clark, whose also been mentioned in this thread.) Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone have had successful longevity over a vast period of time. They are true "first ladies" of musical theater.

Though people like Ebersole, Audra McDonald, and Sutton Foster are well on their way to cementing such a permanent place in musical theater history, they're not there yet (though Audra is pretty damn close.)

Updated On: 6/16/07 at 08:20 PM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 8:47pm

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:47pm

Bernadette, without a shadow of a doubt.

[jennyish]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:50pm

Ugh, enough with Patti LuPone.

[Clara's Pony]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:52pm

Without a doubt the current 1st lady is Ebersole, won't last long I imagine (remember Victoria Clark?). I don't think she'll ever equal the success of GG again.

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:01pm

Peters! Although the other four big names mentioned are just trailing right behind her.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:12pm

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:19pm

(remember Victoria Clark?). I don't think she'll ever equal the success of GG again.

- Um Victoria Clark recently just played one of the greatest post Golden Age female roles - SALLY DURANT PLUMMER in FOLLIES (one of the greatest musicals of all time.) And she received rave reviews. The production may transfer to Broadway, which will without a doubt lead to another Tony nomination for Clark.

You make it sound like she died.
Updated On: 6/16/07 at 10:19 PM

[bwaygal1]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:23pm

Someone I know (not an actor-hates theater as a matter of fact!) says "the best is yet to come" and follows this motto.

That said-I think Christine Ebersole will have her choice of roles once GG is over for her. And one may just equal it. Who knows?

Totally agree about Victoria Clark's reviews for Follies, and the possible transfer.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:28pm

To be honest, I don't see Ebersole being someone who plans on making the extent of her career off theater.

While I agree that she'll have some marvelous theatrical oppertunities available to her after the success of "Grey Gardens," I think she'll try and use said achievements to break back into film and television.

She only left LA because she wasn't getting the roles she felt she deserved, so one can assume she'd return if projects of her standard were now open to her.