Your Top 25 Shows of ALL TIME and Top 5 Performers

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 11:01pm

I got this idea from an Oscar forum that was letting people choose their TOP 25 movies of all time, and I wondered what BWWers would choose as their TOP 25 Broadway shows and who their Top 5 Performers in Broadway Shows would be, so I'm asking. I will be accepting ballots via PM until Saturday at Noon and please rank what you think are the top 25 shows of all time (from 1-25 with 1 being the BEST BROADWAY SHOW EVER). Also include who you think are the TOP 5 performers in a Broadway Show of all time (again 1-5 with 1 being the highest). The shows can be of any variety be it a play, musical, "special event", people's opera, or anything that has ever played on Broadway. Don't mention specific productions, so don't say the Tyne Daly revival of "Gypsy", just say "Gypsy". So, thats it. Oh, and please don't post your entire ballot on this thread, try just like a maximum of 10 Show FYC's and 3 performers. All righty, let's begin!

My FYC's:
Shows
Caroline, or Change
The Sound of Music
Promises, Promises
Souvenir

Performers
Judy Kaye
Ethel Merman
Judd Hirsch

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:21am

BUMP

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:29am

Shows:

Kiss Me, Kate
Phantom
Gypsy
Piazza
Fiddler
BatBeast

Performers:

Bernie Peters
Vickie Clark
Mike Crawford

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:44am

In no particular order...

Performers (I have actually seen on Broadway):

Cherry Jones
Geraldine Page
Harvey Fierstein
James Earl Jones
Betty Buckley

Shows...

Torch Song Trilogy
Phantom of the Opera
A Chorus Line (original)
The Wiz (original)
Ragtime
The Lion King
Cats (original)
The Music Man (no particular production)
Gypsy (no particular production)
On Your Toes (revival)
Agnes of God
Carousel (revival)
The Drowsy Chaperone
A Little Night Music (no particular production
Our Town (no particular production)
Kiss Me Kate (no particular production)
Guys and Dolls (no particular production)
The Children's Hour (no particular production)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (no particular production)
Picnic (no particular production)
Dreamgirls
Nine (original)
Brigadoon (no particular production)
How to Succeed...
Sweeney Todd (original)

These are just the ones that came to me now. I'm sure I'm leaving plenty out.

Updated On: 8/17/06 at 10:44 AM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:58am

and what's wrong with Sondheim, b12b?

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:03am

Wow... I'm "Sondheim-impaired" this morning.

*drinks more coffee*

DO-OVER!!!

I know I would have both "Sweeney Todd" and "A Little Night Music" in my Top 25. Without at doubt.

Thanks for the reality check, doodle!

EDIT: THERE, I fixed it.

Updated On: 8/17/06 at 11:03 AM

[pab]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:14am

Not necessarily my top five performers but they delivered some of the most memorable performances that I've seen:

Cherry Jones
Maggie Smith
Kathy Bates
James Earl Jones
Stephen Spinella

I'm sure that I'm leaving out many but these are the first 25 that came to mind:

Angles In America (Perestroika)
Angles In America (Millennium Approaches)
Amadeus
The Wiz (OBC)
Dreamgirls (OBC)
A Chorus Line (OBC)
Master Harold And The Boys
Fences
Ain't Misbehavin'
Agnes of God
Evita
Les Misérables
M. Butterfly
Torch Song Trilogy
The Iceman Cometh (With Robards)
Once on This Island
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
The Heiress
'night Mother
Lettice and Lovage
Children of a Lesser God
Burn This
The Real Thing
Death Of A Salesman (Brian Dennehy production)

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 11:25am

Couldnt have you kickin' yourself.
:)