Most Surprising Broadway Actor- Page 2

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/29/20 at 11:56am

This is correct. At that time Tarantino had Reservoir Dog and Pulp Fictions as hits (and Jackie Brown, a lesser hit), but he wasn't QUENTIN TARANTINO yet."

Sweets, Tarantino was already THE Oscar winning Quentin Tarantino when he chose to slum it as an actor in the 1998 Broadway revival of WAIT UNTIL DARK.  I was around then so I’m quite keen of all the industry accolades he received with 1994’s PULP FICTION.  It was one of the major films that awards season.  He and Tomei were the big name showcases for this 1998 Broadway revival.  


 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 5/29/20 at 12:13pm

Plannietink08 said: "Katherine Hepburn in a musical about the life of Coco Chanel was incredibly surprising to read."

And she gave an incredible performance as well.  For my money, she should have won the Tony that year, but Bacall's win was a good one...should have been a tie.  In the case of Coco, Hepburn was the entire show, even if George Rose was in it and Rene A. won a (not particularly deserved) Tony.  With Applause, Bacall was not the entire show, although she was terrific.

[zainmax]

Posted: 5/29/20 at 11:23pm

amaklo said: "Tom Hanks in Lucky Guy. He was fine in a so-so play. He also sweated and spit like a pro."

I liked the play when I read it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/29/20 at 11:56pm

Plannietink08 said: "Katherine Hepburn in a musical about the life of Coco Chanel was incredibly surprising to read."

 

Good God, I sat through that! Listening to Hepburn sing was like listening to tin cans being dragged behind a wedding vehicle.

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/30/20 at 8:46am

Chris O'Donnell was on Broadway back in the early 2000s. That surprised me as I always associate him with movies/tv.

[AADA81]

Posted: 6/6/20 at 10:00pm

Jake Gylllenhaal: A goofy nerd with a fine singing voice in 'Little Shop of Horrors; an intense artist with a wonderful singing voice in 'Sunday in the Park With George', and a wry everyman in'Seawall / A Life'.

[skies]

Posted: 6/9/20 at 3:02pm

Not so much Broadway, as Broadway musicals but Anthony (Pyscho) Perkins was in two musicals,   Sondheim’s Evening Primrose and Frank Loesser’s Greenwillow.

I have the Greenewillow cast album, not bad actually....