Who is your Favourite ......
Danitriniqueen
Stand-by Joined: 12/7/03
#0Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 6:50pm
Broadway actress or actor of years ago?
I have 2...
Ethel Merman and Julie Andrews
#2re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:07pm
It's hard to pick a favorite if I haven't seen them myself on stage. I can only go on hearsay and "legend status." I don't know if I would have liked them in truth or not.
But favorites that come to mind (so many) that I would have loved to have seen in their prime:
Laurette Taylor
Katharine Cornell
Helen Hayes
The Lunts
Gertrude Lawrence
Ethel Waters
Mary Martin
Ethel Merman
Barbra Streisand
Liza Minnelli
Beatrice Lillie
Kim Stanley
Julie Harris
Of the ones I've seen myself (some in their prime, some... not so prime):
Barbara Cook
Elaine Stritch
Yul Brynner
James Earl Jones
Geraldine Page
Elizabeth Ashely
Bernadette Peters
Betty Buckley
Jennifer Holliday
Harvey Fierstein
Patti LuPone
Angela Lansbury
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#3re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:10pmNo one will ever be as influencial on the broadway musical as Bernadette Peters was (and still is).
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#4re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:24pm
Peters is certainly quite a talented and valued performer, but exactly how has she influenced the Broadway Musical? Compare her to someone like Merman for whom Gershwin, Porter, Berlin and Styne wrote some of their greatest music and the some of the most legendary songs in Broadway history. Her diction, power, discipline and persona unquestionably influenced a generation of composers, book writers, producers and fellow performers. Roles such as Annie Oakley in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Sally Adams in CALL ME MADAM and Rose in GYPSY were tailor-made for her talents, written specifically for her voice and persona.
SPECIFICALLY, who or what has Peters influenced?
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#5re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:26pm
Margo - Audra McDonald
I love Mama Korey.
#6re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:40pm
Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera influenced Broadway a lot.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#8re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:44pm
Judy Garland
Julie Andrews
Barbra Streisand
Carol Channing
Ethel Merman
Mary Martin
Elaine Stritch
Bernadette Peters
Liza Minnelli
And the future divas: Victoria Clark and Tonya Pinkins
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#9re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:50pmPatti LuPone and Bernadette Peters. Going farther back, Barbara Harris. And even farther back that that, Judy Garland. And Julie Andrews was my hero when I was little.
#10re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:51pm
basically the same as best12bars' list.
and fanny brice
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#11re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 8:05pmAlso, Carol Burnett. Although I'm not one hundred percent sure she would really count.
#12re: Who is your Favourite ......
Posted: 11/20/05 at 8:59pm
Barbra Streisand
Carol Channing
Bernadette Peters
Julie Andrews
Patti Lupone
and for the future who we will be talking about:
Kristin Chenoweth
and I agree with munk about Victoria Clark
I have to add Megan Hilty.
Updated On: 11/20/05 at 08:59 PM
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