Your favorite broadway cast- Page 2

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 1/18/04 at 11:57pm

Ragtime had an INCREDIBLE cast. Audra Macdonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Judy Kaye....AMAZING.

The Aida cast I saw yesterday was perfect- the chemistry was there with ALL of them, and the ensemble was a force- incredibly powerful.

[CJR]

Posted: 1/18/04 at 11:58pm

Chicago
Hollywood Arms

[CourtneyM]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 12:14am

Taboo
Zanna, Don't!
Avenue Q
The original cast of Take Me Out
Enchanted April
Metamorphoses

[say what?]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 12:35am

LOVED the OBC of the Full Monty.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 12:42am

Avenue Q, RENT (original cast), Hairspray (original cast), Bat Boy (technically not Broadway)

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 12:59am

RENT OBC, hands down...

[BroadwayNYC]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 1:19am

Just my favorites:

Gypsy 2003
Sweeny Todd w/ the Philharmonic
Into the Woods (original cast)

[Greekmusicalfan]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 6:04am

Of the shows I saw in December, the casts that really impressed me the most were HAIRSPRAY, RENT (the whole current cast is fantastic !!) and BOY FROM OZ

Take care

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 11:06am

Are we talking only musicals? Long Day's Journey Into Night had an amazing cast. I could never pick a favorite cast from a musical. The performers are all so talented, I just sit back and let them do their magic. I did see Wicked yesterday and I was entranced by the performances.

[Broadwaygirl4life]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 11:15am

The original cast of Movin' Out. They are great together. Also the best people to talk to after the show. They are so down to earth.

[Phantom05]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 4:54pm

- 2002 cast of Phantom of the Opera
- I agree with Mister Matt....Titanic's cast was phenominal
- Wicked
- Urinetown
- Dance of the Vampires.....AMAZING ENSEMBLE (The material may have "sucked", but the ensemble was mind-blowing!!!)

Later!

Phantom05

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 5:47pm

Avenue Q
RENT (Well, it used to.)
Cabaret
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 5:47pm

Avenue Q
RENT (Well, it used to.)
Cabaret
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 6:49pm

RENT. Any cast, no matter when. These people are Gods.

the OBC of AIDA. I don;t like the recent cast.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 7:04pm

...And they don't like you, Princess... Just Joshin' ya', sweetie.

As for strongest cast(s)...
RENT (OBC + Final Benny Tour Cast)
HAIRSPRAY (OBC)
LSoH (Pre-Broadway)
NAKED BOYS SINGING! (Sept. 03 Cast - WOW! Those boys could...sang!)

Love,
Joshie

P.S. - Please don't pay too much attention to me. I'm currently doped up on medication (nursing some weird lung infection...don't ask me, I hasve no idea how I got it...)

This is Joshie...signing off...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 7:16pm

thank you PrincessMimiChica... how could I forget the Aida obc?
yeah, add that.

[iluvny04]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 7:43pm

Idina, Kristin, the obc of Mamma Mia w/Louise pitre and Tina maddigan instead of that horrid OLC on the recording, they should find all the orginal broadway stars and have them record a far better cast recording Updated On: 1/19/04 at 07:43 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 7:47pm

"RENT. Any cast, no matter when. These people are Gods."


See?? All RENTheads are perfectly normal......


"obc of Mamma Mia w/Louise pitre and Tina maddigan instead of that horrid OLC on the recording, they should find all the orginal broadway stars and have them record a far better cast recording"

Ideally, recorded during a live performance

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 8:41pm

I also agree with everything BroadwayNYC said... I usually do.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 9:15pm

Let's break the trend

Favorite Cast: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews & the Original Broadway Cast of MY FAIR LADY

Favorite Casts that I've seen:
Glynis Johns, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Verdon, Rivera, & Orbach, CHICAGO
RSC, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
Elizabeth Ashley, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Vanessa Regrave, LADY FROM THE SEA
Ralph Finnes & Tara Fitzgerald, HAMLET
James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer, OTHELLO
Ellen Greene & Lee Wilkof, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Comden and Green, A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN
Diana Rigg, MEDEA
Original Broadway Cast, A CHORUS LINE
Peter Brooks' casts of: LA TRAGEDIE de CARMEN and THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
Original Broadwcay Cast, DREAMGIRLS
Len and Angela, SWEENEY TODD
Cullum, Kahn, Coca, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Broadway Cast, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
Original London Cast, SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
Streep and Gunton, HAPPY END
Houston Grand Opera, PORGY AND BESS
London's Bridewell Theatre cast, OF THEE I SING
Brendan Fraser, Frances O'Connor, Ned Beatty, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Original London Cast, STONES IN HIS POCKET

A few that come to mind. Gee, nothing from this season. Hmmm.


Yours for a better Broadway!

Bulldog
Updated On: 1/19/04 at 09:15 PM

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 9:26pm

Broadway Bulldog, thank you for reminding me about A Chorus Line...

[wickedfan]

Posted: 1/19/04 at 10:00pm

Unfortunatley, i was born a month before A Chorus lIne closed. I swish I could have seen it, it must have been miraculous. But other shows, like Gypsy and Aida. They are usually star vehicles. Even if the cast is great, there is usually someone who stands out beyond everyone and that's who everyone usually feeds off of. With casts I have seen like Wicked, Metamorpheses, Rent, and Avenue Q. Everyone feeds off of each other. That's why I think those shows are my favs.

[CJR]

Posted: 1/20/04 at 12:18am

omg I can't believe I forgot about ACL... definitely ACL with Vicki Frederick as Cassie

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 1/20/04 at 8:31pm

The original Broadway cast of "Into the Woods."

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 1/20/04 at 8:57pm

Elaine Stritch At Liberty. There wasn't ONE person in the cast that I would change!!! 100% perfect!!!