I've seen almost everyone mentioned at least twice, but like Margo, my multiple times list is smaller and the first person to come to mind is Orfeh (Footloose, Fever, Fascinating Rhythm, Love, Janis, Me & Mrs. Jones) and that's not including the many times I saw her live in concert during her days in Or-N-More. Patti LuPone (Gypsy, Anything Goes, Noises Off, Evita). Matthew Broderick in all of Margo's list, except for Odd Couple and Sherie Rene Scott four times at least, (Tommy, Aida, LFY, Debbie Does Dallas).
Here are some of the ones I seem to see the most often:
Cherry Jones: Faith Healer, Doubt, Flesh and Blood, Lysistrata (Philly), A Moon For The Misbegotten, The Baltimore Waltz, The Heiress, Imaginary Friends, Tongue of A Bird, And Baby Makes Seven, Major Barbara
Donna Murphy: Wonderful Town (Encores and Broadway), Twelve Dreams, Passion, Song of Singapore, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The King and I
Patti LuPone: Sweeney Todd (Broadway and concert version), Noises Off!, The Old Neighborhood, Sunset Boulevard (London), Pal Joey (Encores), Anything Goes, The Cradle Will Rock, Evita, Master Class
Michael Hayden: Festen, Cabaret, Judgement at Nuremberg, Dessa Rose, Carousel, Henry IV, Enchanted April, Far East, All My Sons
Mary-Louise Parker: Reckless, Proof, Bus Stop, Prelude to a Kiss, How I Learned To Drive, Four Dogs and a Bone
LaChanze: The Color Purple, Dessa Rose, Once on This Island, Company, The Bubbly Black Girl..., Dreamgirls (revival), Ragtime, Funny Girl (Benefit)
Julia Murney: Lennon, Time and Again, The Wild Party, Wicked (Philly tour stop), Funny Girl (benefit), Chess (benefit), Hair (benefit), Crimes of the Heart, A Class Act (MTC run)
Judy Kuhn: Rags, Les Miz, Chess, As Thousands Cheer, She Loves Me, Eli's Comin', Funny Girl (benefit), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Two Shakespearean Actors
Mary Testa: See What I Wanna See, First Lady Suite, 42nd Street, Lucky Stiff, Tartuffe, On the Town, String of Pearls, The Knife, A New Brain, Marie Christine, Forum
You reminded me of a couple of others I forgot to include. I'll have to update my list.
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Alma Cuervo in Beauty and the Beast and Wicked Tour Sutton Foster in TMM and Drowsy (tomorrow though - hopefully!)
I've also seen the same ensemble members in different shows as ensemble or lead...like Cheyenne Jackson (TMM and ASU) and Cara Cooper (ASU and Wedding Singer).
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
A few more, since I'm remembering so many wonderful theatre experiences thinking about these:
Alison Fraser: Dedication..., Prodigal, The Secret Garden, Tartuffe, Romance/Romance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Gunmetal Blues (NJ and Philly), The Green Heart, Up Against It!, March of the Falsettos
Audra McDonald: A Raisin in the Sun, Henry IV, Marie Christine, Dreamgirls (Benefit), Ragtime, Master Class, Carousel
Billy Crudup: The Pillowman, The Elephant Man, Three Sister, Arturo Ui, Measure for Measure, Arcadia, Bus Stop
Bernadette Peters: Gypsy, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Song and Dance
Eden Espinosa in BKLYN and in Wicked hmmm I thought there was more.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Michael Gruber (Cats, Swing!, Singin' in the Rain -2 different productions, Rags, Anything Goes -2 different procuctions, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Crazy For You, Guys and Dolls, White Christmas)
Dee Hoty (Anything Goes, Dr. Doolittle)
Christina Saffran Ashford (Singin' in the Rain, White Christmas)
Sutton Foster- Little Women and Drowsy Chaperone Alma Cuervo- BATB and Wicked PJ Benjamin- Chicago and Wicked
That may be all... I can't remember.
"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
Gary Beach - Beauty and the Beas, The Producers, Les Miz Norbert Leo Butz - Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Eden Espinosa - Wicked, Brooklyn Celia Keenan-Bolger - Spelling Bee, Les Miz Jessica-Snow Wilson - Les Miz tour, Little Shop of Horrors Donna Vivino - Hairspray on tour, Hairspray on Broadway (three years apart) And several ensemble members
Melissaerricofan: It's funny that you didn't mention Melissa Errico on your list? If you come back to this old thread.
Michael Cerveris: Tommy, Titanic, Assassins, Sweeney Todd (for a total of about 18 times I've seen him on stage, he makes good choices) Debra Monk: Nick & Nora, Steel Pier Michele Pawk: Mamma Mia, Cabaret John Dosset: Mamma Mia, Gypsy Audra McDonald: Master Class, Ragtime Randy Graff: City of Angels, Moon Over Buffalo Meryl Streep: The Seagull, Mother Courage Kevin Kline: The Seagull, Mother Courage Joanna Gleason: Nick & Nora, Into the Woods, The Normal Heart Cherry Jones: The Night of the Iguana, Doubt John Stamos: Nine, Cabaret Marni Nixon: Nine, Follies Patti LuPone: Noises Off, Sweeney Todd Raul Esparza: The Normal Heart, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Company Linda Mugelston: On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, Nine, Into the Woods Jesse Tyler Ferguson: On the Town, Spelling Bee Jose Llana: On the Town, Spelling Bee Mary Testa: On the Town, 42nd Street Tyne Daly: Gypsy, Rabbit Hole Cynthia Nixon: The Women, Rabbit Hole Marin Mazzie: Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate Brian Stokes Mitchell: Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate Lea Michele: Ragtime, Spring Awakening John Gallagher Jr.: Rabbit Hole, Spring Awaening Mary Catherine Garrion: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Assassins, Rabbit Hole Becky Ann Baker: Assassins, Othello (Public) Dana Ivey: The Rivals, Day in the Death of Joe Egg Christine Ebersole: Steel Magnolias, 42nd Street, Grey Gardens Marsha Mason: The Night of the Iguana, Steel Magnolias Karen Ziemba: Steel Pier, Chicago Alexander Gemignani: Assassins, Sweeney Todd Mark Jacoby: Ragtime, Sweeney Todd Denis O'Hare: Take Me Out, Assassins Donna Murphy: Wonderful Town, Helen (Public) Neil Patrick Harris: Assassins, Cabaret Chip Zien: Into the Woods, Grand Hotel, Falsettos, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang James Naughton: City of Angels, Chicago Bernadette Peters: Into the Woods, Gypsy Mary Louise Parker: Bus Stop, Holiday Stephen Bogardus: Falsettos, Love!Valour!Compassion! Mario Cantone: Love!Valour!Compassion!, Assassins Judith Ivey: Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Follies Chita Rivera: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Nine
I'm sure my list could be much longer, but I'm tired now and can' do all the cross-refencing I'd like to do.
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
Sherie Rene Scott - Adia & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mandy Gonzalez in Dance of the Vampires & Aida Rachel York - Victor/Victoria & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Elaine Paige - Sunset Blvd & Sweeney Todd (NY Opera) Heather McFadden - Dance of the Vampires & Phantom of the Opera Roz Ryan - Pajama Game & Chicago Lauren Kennedy - Sunset Blvd & Spamalot Capathia Jenkins - The Civil War & Fame Becomes Me Gary Beach - La Cage Aux Folles & Les Miserables George Hearn - Sunset Blvd & The Diary of Ann Frank Lewis Cleale - Sunset Blvd (2nd US tour) & Spamalot Howard McGillin - Kiss of the Spiderwoman & Phantom of the Opera Burke Moses - Kiss Me Kate & Beauty and the Beast John McMartin - Into the Woods & Grey Gardens Max Von Essen - Dance of the Vampires & Les Miserables Byran Batt - Sunset Blvd, Scarlet Pimpernel & La Cage Aux Folles Tony Roberts - Victor/Victoria & The Tale of the Allergist's Wife Jonathan Freedman - 42nd Street & The Producers
I'm sure I'm missing some but these spring to mind...
Bernadette Peters in "Mack and Mabel", "The Goodbye Girl", "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Gypsy"
Patrick Wilson in "The Full Monty" and "Oklahoma!"
Richard H Blake in "The Sound of Music", "Saturday Night Fever", "Aida", "Hairspray", "The Wedding Singer", "Legally Blonde"
John Stamos in "How to Succeed in Business.." and "Cabaret"
Matthew Broderick in "How to Succeed...." and "The Producers"
Nathan Lane in "The Producers", "Guys and Dolls", "A Funny Thing Happened..", "Love! Valour! Compassion!"
Andy Karl in "Saturday Night Fever", "Altar Boyz", "Legally Blonde"
Hunter Forster in "Urinetown, "Little Shop", "The Producers"
Liza Minelli in "The Rink" and "Victor, Victoria"
Donna Vivino in "Hairspray" (including once when she went on as Tracy), "Saturday Night Fever", "The Opposite of Sex"
Orfeh in "Footloose", "Saturday Night Fever" and "Legally Blonde"
Tony Roberts in "Promises, Promises" and "Victor, Victoria"
Gregory Jbara in "Damn Yankees", "Victor, Victoria"
Jarrod Emick in "Damn Yankees" and "The Boy From Oz"
Stephanie J Block in "Wicked" and "Boy From Oz"
Lee Roy Reams in "Applause", "La Cage Aux Folles" and "The Producers"
Robert Goulet in "South Pacific" and "The Producers"
Rachel York in "City of Angels", "Victor, Victoria", "Ragtime" and "Kiss Me, Kate"
Kathleen Turner in "Tallulah" and "The Graduate"
Tommy Tune in "Bye, Bye, Birdie" and "Seesaw"
Donna Murphy in "The King and I" and "Wonderful Town"
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
Brian Stokes Mitchell in Jelly's Last Jam and Ragtime George Hearn in 1776 and Sunset Blvd. Carolee Carmello in Lestat and Mamma Mia Carleton Carpenter in Crazy for You and 70, Girls, 70 Hugh Panero in Side Show and Lestat David Holliday in Applause and Gigi Emily Skinner in Side Show and Dinner at Eight Alice Ripley in Sunset Blvd. and Side Show
Christian Anderson in Avenue Q & High Fidelity Rachel York in DRS & Camelot (La Mirada) Brian D'Arcy James in Apple Tree & White Christmas (LA) Nikki Snelson & Natalie Joy Johnson in Legally Blonde & How to Save the World...
Ok, so maybe I stretched the definition of broadway just a tad.