Best Performance of 2016-17

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dianamorales
#1Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:11pm

What's the best performance (period) you've seen this season- play, musical, broadway, off-broadway, tour, or even regional? I'll start-

Glenn Close-Sunset Boulevard

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BroadwayRox3588
#2Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:12pm

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen

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ChildofEarth
#3Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:33pm

Lena Hall as Hedwig on the Hedwig and the Angry Inch tour.

cam5y
#4Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:37pm

It's not my favourite musical, but it's my favourite performance by a country mile - Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

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wonderfulwizard11
#5Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:38pm

Female: Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2

Male: Gideon Glick, Significant Other 


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hmaybway
#6Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:43pm

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen 


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TheThreadMaster
#7Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:49pm

Gideon Glick-Significant Other

 

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Laurapattifan
#8Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:54pm

Gideon Glick in Significant Other

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poisonivy2
#9Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 8:57pm

Musical:

Ben Platt - Dear Evan Hansen

Play:

Anthony Azizi - Oslo

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Capeguy
#10Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 9:01pm

Ben Platt

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Andy51
#11Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 9:02pm

Play:  Bobby Cannavale, The Hairy Ape

Musical:  Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen

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Chicken_Flavor
#12Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 9:09pm

Jordan Brown as Cunningham national tour

Gideon Glick in Significant Other

mulligan3
#13Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 9:20pm

Hate to be cliche, but Ben Platt by far for me this season.  

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JudyDenmark
#14Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 10:09pm

Ben Platt for sure. One of the best performances I've seen in my life, not just this season. But I also want to give a shoutout to the ensemble of Hello, Dolly!

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Call_me_jorge
#15Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/1/17 at 11:37pm

I would say Ben Platt, but I want to be original. Stephanie J. Block. 


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Lot666
#16Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 5:16pm

dianamorales said: "What's the best performance (period) you've seen this season- play, musical, broadway, off-broadway, tour, or even regional? I'll start-

Glenn Close-Sunset Boulevard
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^ This one, followed closely by Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park with George.


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BakerWilliams
#17Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 5:19pm

Nicole Rodernburg in The Antipodes


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little_sally
#18Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 5:49pm

Laurie Metcalf in A Doll's House, Part 2

Michael Aronov and Anthony Azizi in Oslo

Brandon Uranowitz in Falsettos

Lucas Steele in Great Comet


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quizking101
#19Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 5:56pm

Going based on what I've seen:

Female (Play) - Allison Janney (Six Degrees of Separation)

Female (Musical) - Glenn Close (Sunset Boulevard)

Male (Play) - Gideon Glick (Significant Other)

Male (Musical) - Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday in the Park with George)


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pupscotch
#20Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 6:01pm

Andy Karl in Groundhog Day. That performance is just a masterclass in musical comedy. Him and Annaleigh Ashford would be my two.

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MsEmilia
#21Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 6:45pm

Glenn Close - Sunset Boulevard

Janet McTeer - Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Sally Field - The Glass Menagerie 

Eva Noblezeda - Miss Saigon

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bwayphreak234
#22Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 7:30pm

Bette Midler - Hello, Dolly! 

Laurie Metcalf - A Doll's House, Part 2

Andy Karl - Groundhog Day

Gideon Glick - Significant Other

*Also, special shot out to Deborah Cox in The Bodyguard at Paper Mill


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The Other One
#23Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 7:53pm

From what I have seen (not much this season, to be honest), Laurie Metcalf in A Doll's House, Part 2 by far.

The buzz around Ben Platt makes me want to see him in Dear Evan Hansen, though I doubt I will be able to afford or time it any time soon.

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Robbie2
#24Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 10:02pm

Ben Platt...Andy Karl...and of course Bette Midler!

 


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Glittergrrl
#25Best Performance of 2016-17
Posted: 5/3/17 at 10:41pm

Stephanie Block in Falsettos.  

Ben Platt was outstanding in DEH, and totally deserves that Tony, but I don't love the show.