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#1

fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:07pm

What's your broadway actor moment off the stage?
Meaning in a non musical movie, commercial, etc.

Mine:
Joanna Gleason in "The Wedding Planner" they are all horse-back riding and Joanna is singing badly and her daughter says to shut up. Then she yoddles(sp?) and makes Jennifer Lopez's horse go wild. LMAO!!!!!!!
#2

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:17pm

Right now, it's Ryan Duncan in the CelebReality promos on VH1. What a treat!
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#3

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/13/06 at 10:31pm

Idina Menzel's line in "Kissing Jessica Stein":

"ARE YOU THE LESBIAN?!?!"
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#4

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:24am

Adam Pascal's role in 'School of Rock' amuses me greatly. More for just being there unexpectedly then for his performance, admittedly.

and I love Anthony Rapp in 'Adventures in Babysitting' because he's so young, and his character is so different from anything I've seen or heard him in on stage.

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Updated On: 1/16/06 at 12:24 AM

#5

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:34am

Anthony Rapp is fantastic in A BEAUTIFUL MIND.

Jackie Hoffman is absolutely brilliant in GARDEN STATE.

Joanna Gleason being a raging bitch in BOOGIE NIGHTS.

Billy Crudup in BIG FISH.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson
#6

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:39am

Billy Crudup- I forgot about him! He blew me away in 'Big Fish'. And, really, Anthony Rapp was amazing in everything.
Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. -Nocturne
#9

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 1:00am

I must agree with Idinas one liner. It amuses me GREATLY.
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#10

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 1:09am

I think you meant to say Donna Murphy was wasted in Spider-Man 2. Argh. Don't get me started on how much the women in that movie ended up pissing me off.
#11

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 1:10am

Andrea Martin in "New York Minute"





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#12

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 1:35am

I thought she was so cute in spiderman 2!!
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#14

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 5:22am

Donna Murphy had much better moments in "Star Trek: Resurrection", for example...But what I absolutely LOVED was her one perfect scene in "Door In The Floor" where she played the frame shop owner. Brilliant.

I third Jackie Hoffman in GARDEN STATE. I could not stop laughing!!!

Always loved Bebe Neuwirth's indie movie, TADPOLE - she's great in it. The dinner table scene after she and the boy sleep together is hilarious!



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#15

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 5:55am

Anthony played Bender, and was amazing as usual, although I don't think he had very much to do. Only two actual scenes where he had more than one line- of course, I haven't watched that movie in a while, so I may be wrong.
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#16

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 9:39am

"lways loved Bebe Neuwirth's indie movie, TADPOLE - she's great in it. The dinner table scene after she and the boy sleep together is hilarious! "

LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie! She is so hilarious in it!
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#17

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 11:43am

Of course mine has to be a Merman moment:

A mid 70's Canada Dry commercial where the Merm is sashaying through Shubert Alley singing (to the tune of "Ain't She Sweet")
It's not too sweet
It's not too sweet
Canada Dry
Ginger Ale
It's not too sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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#18

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 1:50pm

Adam Pascal in SLC Punk (just 'cause that movie cracks me up) and Anthony Rapp in Adventures in Babysitting (just 'cause that's the best movie...)
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#21

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 5:46pm

Harvey, Matthew and the Divine Anne Bancroft in the film "Torch Song Trilogy" - A Triumph!
Also, Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski, Dianne Weist and Hank Azaria in "The Birdcage"
And:
Hank Azaria and Jack Lemmon in "Tuesdays with Morrie" - A REAL Fourth Chakra Film!
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#23

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 9:27pm

This is about as far off the stage as you can get but it falls into my favorite Broadway actor moment.

Fred MacMurray (4 B-way shows) was camping with his wife and twins and the truck carrying their camper had problems SO he pulled into my nextdoor neighbors mechanic garage in our small town! The neighbor called us to come down and meet him and when we did I ended up in the newspaper with him!LOL Really nice guy!!!
#24

re: fav bway actor moment off the stage

Posted: 1/14/06 at 10:29pm

neil patrick harris in harold and kumar go to white castle

honorable mentions
jackie hoffman- garden state
bebe neuwerth and brian stokes mitchell- frasier
rosemary harris- the spiderman movies
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