Rosencrantz: "Be happy - if you're not even HAPPY what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on."
- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Antonio Banderas, NINE Laura Benanti, NINE Mary Stuart Masteson, NINE Chita Rivera, NINE Tonya Pinkins, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Michael Cerveris, SWEENEY TODD Maneol Felciano, SWEENY TODD Patti LuPone, SWEENEY TODD Rebecca Luker, THE MUSIC MAN Jackie Hoffman, HAIRSPRAY Harvey Fierstein, HAIRSPRAY Natasha Richardson, CABARET Alan Cumming, CABARET Michael Cerveris, ASSASSINS Victoria Clark, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Matthew Morrison, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Kelli O'Hara, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Sutton Foster, LITTLE WOMEN Louise Pitre, MAMMA MIA! John Lloyd Young, JERSEY BOYS Christian Hoff, JERSEY BOYS Cyndi Lauper, THE THREEPENNY OPERA Kelli O'Hara, THE PAJAMA GAME Harry Connick Jr,, THE PAJAMA GAME Daphne Rubin-Vega, RENT Christine Ebersole, 42ND STREET Jan Maxwell, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Ann Hampton Callaway, SWING! Donna Murphy, WONDERFUL TOWN Joanna Gleason, INTO THE WOODS Bernadette Peters, INTO THE WOODS Norbert Leo Butz, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Bernadette Peters, GYPSY Julie Andrews, VICTOR/VICTORIA Rachel York, VICTOR/VICTORIA Euan Morton, TABOO Raul Esparza, TABOO Jeffrey Carlson, TABOO Marla Schaffell, JANE EYRE Bernadette Peters, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Mandy Patinkin, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Elaine Stritch, ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."-Charlie Manson
JOEL GREY- Very endearing, amazing star. HARRY CONNICK JR I really liked in in The Pajama Game. I felt like he could relate to his characters. He has a killer voice, and looks very sexy :) and of course I loved the chemistry between him and his co-star, Kelli O'Hara. He sound slike a really nice guy, and my mom says she is (seeing as she met him) so I mean, I just like him. You guys may not, but I do. KELLI O'HARA in DUH- THE PAJAMA GAME, and although I never saw her in Piazza, I heard she was spectacular, and just hearing "The Beauty Is" by her was just... amazing, I started crying. SUTTON FOSTER in Little Women- She made me cry, as did LACHANZE. CHENO AND IDINA were a nice duo, I can't pick one over the oter in WICKED. DAPHNE RUBIN-VEGA in anything, because she is amazing. VICTORIA CLARK- a phenominal actress, PIAZZA. CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER: Boy, do I cry at a lot of musicals. THE I LOVE YOU SONG was just great in SB. TAYE DIGGS- A very hot, amazing actor. ANTHONY RAPP in YAGMCB. I love how down-to-earth, adn just nromal he felt onstage. Jesse L Martin- YAY! I feel for him every time I watch him in anything, be it a movie, or LAW AND ORDER. ZACH BRAFF- Not only is he a bona-fide stage star, he is hilarious and on SCRUBS. NORBERT LEO BUTZ- Aww. Norbie. he's just a great singer/actor, I feel like he really jumped into the skin of his characters and crawled around in it. JESSE TYLER FERGUSON-My god, this man is one of the funniest people ever. Every time I hear him, I smile. I like him alot. ADAM PASCAL- What a voice. Even though I hated him in the RENT movie, he just sounds amazing in AIDA, or anything else. Can I get an "Amen?"
"I'm thinking about how if you took the W in
answer, and the H in ghost, and the extra A in aardvark, and the T in listen, you could keep saying WHAT but no one would ever hear you because the whole word would be silent."
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Brian Stokes Mitchell Audra McDonald Marin Mazzie ...all for Ragtime
LaChanse..Color Purple
Victor Garber...Damn Yankees
Nathan Lane...The Producers
Jane Krakowski Antonio Banderas ....Nine
Roger Bart...You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown **********
"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."
Of the performances I saw live (in chronological order):
Donna McKechnie, A Chorus Line Kelly Bishop, A Chorus Line Dorothy Loudon, Annie Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd Nell Carter, Ain't Misbehavin' Patti Lupone, Evita Marilyn Cooper, Woman of the Year Angela Lansbury, Mame (revival) Jennifer Holliday, Dreamgirls Loretta Devine, Dreamgirls Arnetia Walker, Dreamgirls Anita Morris, Nine Julia McGirt, Dreamgirls Florence Quivar (Serena), Porgy and Bess Lonette McKee, Showboat Jennifer Holliday, Sing Mahalia Sing! Bernadette Peters, Sunday In The Park with George Bernadette Peters, Song & Dance Debbie Allen, Sweet Charity Betty Buckley, Sunset Boulevard Donna Murphy, Passion Natasha Richardson, Cabaret Lauren Ward, Violet Lillias White, The Life Julia Murney, The Wild Party Toni Collette, The Wild Party Tonya Pinkins, The Wild Party Mary Testa, First Lady Suite Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change Victoria Clark, Light in the Piazza Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Lisa Brescia Aida Tina Maddigan Mamma Mia! Joe Machota Mamma Mia! Carol Linnea Johnson Mamma Mia! Raul Esparza Taboo Jeffery Carlson Taboo Amy Spanger The Wedding Singer Allison Fischer Lestat Harriet Foy Mamma Mia! Meghann Dreyfuss Mamma Mia! Louise Pitre Mamma Mia! Eden Espinosa Wicked Sara Ramirez Spamalot Megan Hilty Wicked Sherie Rene Scott Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Kelli O'Hara Dracula Norbert Leo Butz Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Idina Menzel Wicked Melissa Errico Dracula Elizabeth Loyacano Dracula Elizabeth Loyacano The Woman in White Lisa Brescia The Woman in White Tina Maddigan The Wedding Singer
Lea Salonga, Miss Saigon Sandra Allen, Flower Drum Song Joan Almedilla, Les Miserables Megan Hilty, Wicked Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked Sutton Foster, Les Miserables LaChance, The Color Purple Betty Buckley, Sunset Blvd. Rachel York, Victor Victoria Ivan Rutherford, Les Miserables Robert Sena, Miss Saigon Alan Cumming, Cabaret Brandon Victor Dixon, The Color Purple Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ragtime
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Idina Menzel -- Wicked Marin Mazzie -- Kiss Me Kate Rebecca Luker -- Sound of Music Susan Egan -- Beauty & the Beast Julie Andrews -- Victor/Victoria Bernadette Peters -- Annie Get Your Gun Victoria Clark -- Piazza Christine Ebersole -- 42nd Street Dixie Carter -- Millie
Actors:
Howard McGillin -- Phantom the dude from Beauty & the Beast (good God, I forget his name, argh!) Brian Stokes Mitchell -- Kiss Me Kate & Man of la Mancha
Based on seeing these people perform their role live:
Barbara Harris- "The Apple Tree" Liza Minnelli- "Flora The Red Menace" Barbra Streisand- "Funny Girl" Chita Rivera- "Bajour" Luba Lisa- "I Had A Ball" Tammy Grimes- "High Spirits" Beatrice Lillie- "High Spirits" Barbara Cook- "The Music Man" Robert Preston- "The Music Man" Angela Lansbury- "Mame" Alice Playten- "Henry Sweet Henry" Angela Lansbury- "Sweeney Todd" Sammy Davis Jr.- "Golden Boy" Alfred Drake- "Kismet" (Lincoln Center) Georgia Brown- "Oliver" Elaine Stritch- "Wonderful Town" (City Center) Susan Watson- "Oklahoma" (City Center) Angela Lansbury- "Gypsy" Gwen Verdon- "Chicago" Chita Rivera- "Chicago" Dorothy Louden- "Annie" Kevin Cline- "On the Twentieth Century" Dorothy Louden- "Ballroom" Lauren Bacall- "Woman of the Year" Anita Morris- "Nine" Lucie Arnaz- "See Saw"(tour) Ann Miller- "Sugar Babies" Patti LuPone- "Evita" Betty Buckley- "Sunset Blvd" Douglas Sills- "Scarlet Pimpernel" Emily Skinner- "Side Show" Alice Ripley- "Side Show" Rachel York- "Dessa Rose" Bernadette Peters- "Gypsy" Sutton Foster- "Thoroughly Modern Millie" La Chanze- "The Color Purple" Harry Connick Jr.- "Pajama Game"
Chance, I too loved Alice Playten in HENRY SWEET HENRY. I loved that show. It had an incredible first act, and couldn't quite match it, with the second act; but I still thought it was great.