some I had the honour of, Dorothy Loudon in Ballroom,and Sweeney Todd, Pearl Bailey, Hello, Dolly!, Toni Collette,The Wild Party, Eartha Kitt, Timbuktu!, Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens, the OBC Follies, Ann Reinking in Dancin, Chita and Gwen in Chicago, Liza in The Act, and Liza in Chicago and Chita in Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Just a few off the top of my head.
Carol Channing in the '95 Revival of Dolly, Glenn Close in Sunset Blvd, Patti LuPone's first preview of Gypsy at the St. James, Matthew Broderick & Nathan Lane in The Producers, opening weekend of John Doyle's Sweeney Todd... Alot more, but these are just a few that stick out in my memory.
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Oh hell I feel so privileged, thank god for being the sort of **** kid that "ran away" on a daily basis and had access to a bus to NYC. Bernadette Peters in A Little Night Music and Gypsy, Murphy in Follies and Anyone Can Whistle and LoveMusik, Patti LuPone in Sweeney Todd and Candide and Gypsy, Barbara Walsh in Company, Alice Ripley in Next to Normal, and LaChanze in The Color Purple.
know this isn't a classic or anything, but watching the OBC of In the Heights the week after they won the Tony's was AMAZING! The energy and passion on that stage brought a stream of tears.
Jealous? I ain't jealous. I can take on these fellas whateva.
GLYNNIS JOHNS A Little Night Music OBC ALEXIS SMITH Follies OBC PATTI LUPONE Evita OBC ANGELA LANSBURY Gypsy Touring HARVEY FIERSTEIN Tourch Song Trilogy OBC
More than I can count, but here are a few that I will absolutely never forget:
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey Into Night Robert Sean Leonard, Long Day's Journey Into Night Cate Blanchett, A Streetcar Named Desire Simon Russell Beale, The Cherry Orchard Meryl Streep, Mother Courage and Her Children Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart and Mary Stuart Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart Jessica Hecht, A View From the Bridge Liev Schreiber, A View From the Bridge and Macbeth Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia and Macbeth Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza and Juno Patti LuPone, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd Laura Benanti, Gypsy, Women on the Verge..., and In the Next Room... Marianne Jean-Baptiste, The Winter's Tale Rebecca Hall, The Cherry Orchard Sinead Cusack, The Cherry Orchard and Rock 'n' Roll Billy Crudup, The Pillowman and The Coast of Utopia Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens Laura Linney, Time Stands Still Bernadette Peters, A Little Night Music Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town and Follies Boyd Gaines, Journey's End and Gypsy Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed Anne Hathaway, Twelfth Night Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Coast of Utopia Elizabeth Marvel, Seascape and Top Girls Alison Pill, Blackbird and The Lieutenant of Inishmore Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten and The Homecoming Janel Maloney, 100 Saints You Should Know Frances McDormand, Good People Lauren Ambrose, Awake and Sing and Hamlet Zoe Wanamaker, Awake and Sing Mark Ruffalo, Awake and Sing Laurie Metcalf, Brighton Beach Memoirs Edie Falco, Frankie and Johnny and The House of Blue Leaves Marin Mazzie, Next to Normal Lili Taylor, Landscape of the Body Roslyn Ruff, Seven Guitars Viola Davis, Fences Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy and Entertaining Mr. Sloane Michael Cumpsty, Richard III
Like I said, this is just the tip of the iceberg. I could go on all day.
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-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
John Owen-Jones as Jean Valjean and The Phantom. Sarah Lancashire in Betty Blue Eyes (yes, this one WILL go down as a great performance) Michael Ball as Edna Turnblad
Out of so many great ones, the indelible performances that usually come to mind are:
Alice Ripley in NEXT TO NORMAL Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in SWEENEY TODD Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney in SUGAR BABIES Anne Patoniak in 'NIGHT, MOTHER Charles Dutton in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Charles Dutton in THE PIANO LESSON Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason in INTO THE WOODS Constance Cummings in WINGS Donna Murphy in PASSION Gregory Hines in SOPHISTICATED LADIES Irene Worth in THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE Janet McTeer in A DOLL'S HOUSE Jennifer Holliday in DREAMGIRLS Judith Light in W;T Judy Kaye, John Cullum, and Kevin Kline in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Kevin Kline in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Meryl Streep in ALICE Victoria Clark in A LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Patti and Bernadette in Gypsy Ebersole in Grey Gardens Clark in Piazza Mazzie in N2N Murney in Wicked Audra in 110 Stokes in KM,K and MolM Everyone in the recent ALNM Updated On: 5/29/11 at 01:06 PM
Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, and Jerry Orbach in "Chicago" Hugh Jackman in "Boy From Oz" Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in "The Producers" Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Richard Easton and Robert Sean Leonard in "Invention of Love" Michael Crawford in "Phantom of the Opera" edit to add: Norbert Leo Butz in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
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Patti LuPone - Gypsy Patti LuPone - Sweeney Todd Michael Cerveris - Sweeney Todd Viola Davis - Fences Denzel Washington - Fences Cherry Jones - Doubt Natasha Richardson - A Streetcar Named Desire Amy Ryan - A Streetcar Named Desire Ellen Barkin - The Normal Heart Amy Morton - August: Osage County Deanna Dunagan - August: Osage County Kelli O'Hara - South Pacific Kelli O'Hara - Light in the Piazza Victoria Clark - Light in the Piazza Sara Ramirez - Spamalot Raul Esparza - Cabaret Laura Benanti - Gypsy
Amy Morton and Estelle Parsons in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Carey Mulligan in THE SEAGULL Lauren Ambrose in ROMEO & JULIET and HAMLET Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter in MARY STUART Joe Mantello, Ellen Barkin, and John Benjamin Hickey in THE NORMAL HEART Mark Rylance in BOEING-BOEING and JERUSALEM Patti LuPone and Judy Kaye in SWEENEY TODD Douglas Hodge in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Kelli O'Hara in SOUTH PACIFIC Reed Birney in THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY Geoffrey Rush in EXIT THE KING Updated On: 5/29/11 at 02:23 PM
Alice Ripley in NEXT TO NORMAL Idina Menzel in WICKED Marin Mazzie in NEXT TO NORMAL Lea Michele in SPRING AWAKENING Karmine Alers in RENT Gavin Creel in HAIR
Stephanie Mills in THE WIZ Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in CHICAGO Julie Andrews in VICTOR/VICTORIA Carol Burnett in MOON OVER BUFFALO (maybe not a great show, but I have always LOVED her) Tonya Pinkins and Anika Nani Rose in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Doug Henning in THE MAGIC SHOW (I was a star-struck teen, what can I say?) Harvey Fierstein in HAIRSPRAY LaChanze in COLOR PURPLE Fantasia in COLOR PURPLE Lupone in GYPSY Idina in WICKED (just before she departed)
These are the memorable ones that stand out for me right now. I'm sure I'll think of more later......
Bernadette Peters- Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and A Little Night Music Alice Ripley- Next to Normal Marin Mazzie- Next to Normal Brian d'Arcy James- Next to Normal Nina Arianda- Born Yesterday The revival cast- Ragtime Douglas Hodge- La Cage Aux Folles The OBC- The Scottsboro Boys (if there were only a Tony for ensemble...) Donna Murphy- The People in the Picture Bobby Steggert- Yank
Updated On: 5/29/11 at 05:32 PM
James Barbour - A Tale of Two Cities Christiane Noll - Ragtime Patti LuPone - Gypsy Marla Schaffel - Jane Eyre Elaine Paige - Sunset Boulevard Douglas Sills - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Michael Crawford in Phantom of the Opera James Earl Jones and Mary Alice in Fences Yul Brynner in The King and I Cherry Jones in The Heiress and Doubt Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Ashley in Agnes of God Betty Buckley in Cats and The Mystery of Edwin Drood Brian Stokes Mitchell in Ragtime Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens Tyne Daly in Gypsy Natalia Makarova in On Your Toes
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