Seriously... I have two (and I swear I'm becoming a broken record): Julia Murney in Wicked and Sutton Foster in Little Women. Both women are blindingly brilliant. It's crazy.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Joanna Gleason in INTO THE WOODS Sherie Rene Scott in AIDA Kristin Chenoweth/Idina Menzel in WICKED Charlotte d'Amboise in CHICAGO Les Salonga in MISS SAIGON Patti LuPone in EVITA/SWEENEY TODD Bernadette Peters in everything she's done
Mandy Patinkin in everything he's done, but most of all EVITA Norbert Leo Butz in DRS Michael Crawford in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Douglas Sills in THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Closely followed by (those I have seen): Victoria Clark in PIAZZA Idina and Cheno in WICKED Julie Reiber, Jenn Gamby, and Nikki James in ALL SHOOK UP Eden Espinosa in BKLYN Trisha Jeffrey in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Baltimore)
had I seen them - Julie Reiber in BKLYN =) Trisha Jeffrey as Lorraine in ASU =)
Well if I have to pick one, it's obvious: - Sutton Foster in Little Women (I would say Drowsy, but she really made Little Women worth watching. Having Maureen McGovern by her side only made her stronger).
Now if you'll allow me to name some other favorites: - Sara Ramirez in Spamalot - Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - Lisa Howard in Spelling Bee (love her voice, and she's so funny)
"Champagne makes me drowsy!"
WORDS TO LIVE BY:
As we stumble along on life's funny journey. As we stumble along into the blue. We look here and we look there, seeking answers anywhere. Never sure of where to turn or what to do.
Still we bumble our way through life's crazy labyrinth. Barely knowing left from right nor right from wrong. And the best that we can do is hope a blue bird, will sing his song as we stumble along.
'Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.'
-- Washington Irving