Your favorite broadway cast- Page 2

[BillyLawlor]

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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]

rYour fa#26

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

Chicago
Hollywood Arms

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[CourtneyM]

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

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

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art-Oscar Wilde

[say what?]

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

LOVED the OBC of the Full Monty.

"SUNY Binghamton, yes. I'm sure getting a degree from SUNY Binghamton is very useful. Normally to get a degree with that kind of credibility you'd have to study in Guatemala or Haiti."

[BwayTheatre11]

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

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

CCM '10!

[MyNameInLights]

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

RENT OBC, hands down...

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

[BroadwayNYC]

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

Just my favorites:

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

"Everything's coming up roses, this time for me!"

[Greekmusicalfan]

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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]

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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]

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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.

"[My son]'s really into my music, but one day we were listening to Billy [Joel] in the car and he said, 'Daddy, I think Billy's songs are a little better than yours." (Michael Cavanaugh)

[Phantom05]

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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

------- "We Drink Your Blood And Then We Eat Your Soul, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Let The Bad Times Roll" -------"Past The Point Of No Return, No Backward Glances, Abandon Thought And Let The Dream Begin"

[StateOfJade]

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

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

"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1

[StateOfJade]

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

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

"I really liked the show--Wish I saw Boy's Night...Am I allowed as I am not a boy anymore:)"-duffyny1

[Princess MimiChica]

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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]

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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]

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

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

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[iluvny04]

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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]

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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]

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

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

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

[Unknown User]

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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]

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

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

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

[wickedfan]

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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.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[CJR]

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

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

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[TheQuibbler]

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

The original Broadway cast of "Into the Woods."

[MusicalComedyMan]

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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!!!