Examples of extraordinary romantic chemistry on Broadway

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:12pm

I'll start.

Cheyenne Jackson and Kate Baldwin in Finian's Rainbow.

 

Updated On: 1/12/17 at 12:12 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:18pm

Kelli O'Hara and Paolo Szot.  Come to think of it, everything about that revival was "extraordinary."

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:19pm

Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale in Bridges...

[Kad]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:21pm

Kelli O'Hara and Harry Connick Jr. in Pajama Game...

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:22pm

Kelli O'Hara opposite Szot and Pasquale in South Pacific and Bridges were both what came to my mind as well!

For some reason, I'm also reminded of Sierra Boggess and Norm Lewis in Phantom. I'm not sure if they qualify as "chemistry" but I remember the duo were just absolutely electric. 

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:26pm

I know I'm in the minority but I thought the chemistry between Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells in FALSETTOS was beautiful.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:53pm

I'm noticing a trend. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 12:57pm

adamgreer said: "I'm noticing a trend. "

That you are more likely to convey romantic chemistry if you have two consonants in your name?

Kelli, Harry, Rannells?

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 1:38pm

It's true that O'Hara and many - arguably all - of her leading men have made magic together.  Perhaps the most alchemical was with Josh Radnor in the Roundabout concert of SHE LOVES ME.  As much as I liked last season's revival and enjoyed Levi and Benanti in it, I still wish it could have been Radnor and O'Hara.  

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[gleek4114]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 2:43pm

Carmen Cusack and Paul Alexander Nolan in Bright Star. 

[gleek4114]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 2:45pm

Cynthia Erivo and Heather Headley in The Color Purple

Laura Benanti and Zachary Levi in She Loves Me

Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin in Big Fish

[hanabana]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 3:58pm

First thing that popped into my head:  Jeremy Jordan and Laura Osnes in Bonnie and Clyde.  Their voices are marvelous together.

I also agree with Laura Benanti and Zachary Levi in She Loves Me (I also thought Zachary Levi and Krista Rodriguez had great chemistry in First Date), and Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale in Bridges of Madison County.

 

Updated On: 1/12/17 at 03:58 PM

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 4:05pm

Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim in The King and I. Amazing. 

[MinnieFay]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 5:08pm

Barry and Fran Weissler

[Harriet Craig]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 6:29pm

 Only musicals mentioned so far, but there can be romantic chemistry in plays too, for example, Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan in Private Lives

[trpguyy]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 6:44pm

Christian Borle and Laura Bell Bundy

Sutton Foster and Roger Bart

[tomwsjr]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 7:15pm

Will Swenson and Gavin Creel in Hair. 

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/12/17 at 7:50pm

Joe Mantello and Megan Mullally

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 1:00am

Kelli O'Hara and Stephen Pascuale in Bridges

Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe in The King and I

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 1:10am

Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss in DEH

Jeremy Jordan and Laura Michelle Kelly in Finding Neverland

 

[broadwayguy91]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 2:54am

Call_me_jorge said: "Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss in DEH

Jeremy Jordan and Laura Michelle Kelly in Finding Neverland

 

 

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Jeremy never played the role on Broadway though (oh snap)

 

[Dfgtoronto]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 5:01pm

I love the subtle chemistry in a really good performance between Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and between Anna and the King in The King and I. I also love the song Do You Love Me in Fiddler on the Roof when Tevya and Golda dare to consider the question of whether they love one another and discover that they do. 

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[zainmax]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 5:15pm

I think of Ciara Renee and Kyle Dean Massey in Pippin.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 5:19pm

I want to agree warmly with Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim in THE KING AND I. A sense of tremendous mutual admiration and amusement with just the right note of sexual tension. Two performers who create real, three-dimensional people so that their feelings seem genuine and unforced.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/13/17 at 5:25pm

broadwayguy91 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss in DEH

Jeremy Jordan and Laura Michelle Kelly in Finding Neverland

 

 

"

Jeremy never played the role on Broadway though (oh snap)

 

 

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Don't remind me