Who is your Favourite ......

[Danitriniqueen]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 6:50pm

Broadway actress or actor of years ago?

I have 2...

Ethel Merman and Julie Andrews

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 6:51pm

Julie Andrews.

[best12bars]

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

[GClef2]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:10pm

No one will ever be as influencial on the broadway musical as Bernadette Peters was (and still is).

[MargoChanning]

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?

Updated On: 11/20/05 at 07:24 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:26pm

Margo - Audra McDonald

I love Mama Korey.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:40pm

Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera influenced Broadway a lot.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:41pm

Julie Andrews
Ray Bolger

[munkustrap178]

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]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:50pm

Patti 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.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 7:51pm

basically the same as best12bars' list.
and fanny brice

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 8:05pm

Also, Carol Burnett. Although I'm not one hundred percent sure she would really count.

[BroadwayRandy0711]

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