Who's Your Favorite Funny Actor?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:42pm

Which stage actor, On or Off Broadway, gives you the giggles?

[alliez92092]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:43pm

Goodness. Uuummm, Norbert Leo Butz. And Julia Murney. When do I not list her?

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:43pm

Norbert Leo Butz
Patrick Wilson (Barefoot in the Park)

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:44pm

Donna Lynne Champlin, Donna Lynne Champlin, Donna Lynne Champlin!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 5:46pm

And if you'd care to say why, is it the voice itself, style of delivery, comic timing, body language or something else that gets you giddy? Updated On: 8/16/06 at 05:46 PM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:01pm

Nathan Lane, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Rob Bartlett

[Horton]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:05pm

Nathan Lane!

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:11pm

Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz and Bernadette Peters

[x_FedUp]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:16pm

NORBERT!

[donna_darko_23]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:23pm

Sherie Rene Scott

[peapod36]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:41pm

Gary Beach, for all of those reasons. Also Nathan Lane for timing and delivery.

[Anthony3]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:51pm

Bob Martin

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 6:55pm

The cast of Spamalot and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels were hilarious.

Amy Spanger and Kevin Cahoon were hilarious in The Wedding Singer.

Felicia P. Fields brought the house down at The Color Purple

[singtopher]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 7:37pm

Most people here won't know's the actress, but Beth Flynn is the funniest actress I've ever seen. She's an actress in Denver, and occasionly does theatre elsewhere.

[BrianLuvsBway]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 7:43pm

Norbert, Kristin, and the whole Drowsy cast

[matt schneider]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 7:50pm

Norbert Leo Butz and most of drowsy cast

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 7:51pm

Jackie Hoffman
Julie White
Peter Bartlett
Julie White
Amy Sedaris (she needs to get back to NYC stage!)
Harriet Harris
Christine Baranski
Edward Hibbert
Nathan Lane

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 7:58pm

Megan Hilty, Norbert, the cast of Sweeney at certain times.

[bta212]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:13pm

Marian Seldes: An extraordinary genius of body language, delivery and deadpan panache. Flawless, peerless and unique.

Madeline Kahn: The voice. The delivery. The face.

Julie White: Yes--it's a shtick, but she's brilliant at it.

Updated On: 8/16/06 at 08:13 PM

[SNLMedia]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:14pm

Currently, Lisa Jolley in Hairspray. She barely has to say anything and I lose it. She makes the funniest faces!

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:29pm

Norbert Leo Butz
Mary Faber

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:11pm

Wow, Margo, you have a baseball team of funny folk!

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:17pm

Bernadette Peters
David Hyde Pierce
Edward Hibbert
Debra Monk
Megan Mullally
Michael Jeter
Kristin Chenoweth
Donna Murphy (just for her performance in Wonderful Town)

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:22pm

Also add Dame Edna, Bill Irwin, the late great Dorothy Loudon and Dame Maggie Smith who gave perhaps the single funniest performance I've ever seen, in LETTICE AND LOVAGE over a decade ago -- I hope I can see her on stage again someday.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:57pm

Okay, Margo, that's doubles for tennis in addition to the baseball team. Aren't you forgetting someone?