I was rummaging through my Playbills of mine the other day and realized I actually had overlapped performers in different shows (It's bound to happen, but it took a bit for my synapses to connect around this fact).
In my case, it's: Danny Burstein (South Pacific, Women On The Verge, and Follies) Aaron Tveit (Next To Normal, Catch Me If You Can) Jan Maxwell (Lend Me A Tenor, Follies) Will Swenson (HAIR and Priscilla) Nick Adams (La Cage Aux Folles and Priscilla) Fred Applegate (Young Frankenstein and La Cage Aux Folles) Beth Leavel (Young Frankenstein and Baby It's You) Wallace Smith (American Idiot and Godspell)
What are your cases of seeing one performer in many different shows?
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Laura Benanti in Gypsy and Women on the Verge Rebecca Luker in Mary Poppins and Death Takes a Holiday Aaron Tveit in Hairspray and Next to Normal Patti LuPone in Gypsy and Women on the Verge Danny Burstein in Follies and Women on the Verge Bernadette Peters in Night Music and Follies Leigh Anne Larkin in Gypsy and Night Music Alexandra Socha in Spring Awakening, The Dream of the Burning Boy, and Death Takes a Holiday Mary Faber in How to Succeed and American Idiot Krysta Rodriguez in In the Height and The Addams Family John Gallgher Jr in Spring Awakening, American Idiot, and Jerusalem Jennifer Damiano in Spring Awakening and Next to Normal Estelle Parsons in August: Osage County and Good People Frank Wood in August: Osage County and Angels in America
Patti LuPone: "Sweeney Todd", "Gypsy" Nick Adams: "A Chorus Line", "La Cage", "Priscilla".
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
David Hyde Pierce - Spamalot, Curtains, La Bete John Bolton - Spamalot, Curtains Mark Rylance - La Bete, Jerusalem Daniel Radcliffe - Equus, How to Succeed Steve Rosen - Spamalot, Guys & Dolls Jason Danieley - Curtains, Next to Normal Megan Sikora - Curatins, How to Succeed Kevin Covert - Spamalot, How to Succeed
I am sure there are more, but I don't know without looking at my Playbills.
I'm sure there are a bunch for me, but the most interesting one I can think of at the top of my head is Kerry Butler (Beauty and the Beast [Belle], Les Misérables [Eponine], Xanadu). I didn't even see her in Hairspray, Little Shop, or Catch Me If You Can.
I think I've seen quite a lot of ensemble players multiple times, but I think it would take a bit for me to work it out!
In terms of the ones I can remember off the top of my head (and the vast majority in the West end...):
David Hyde Pierce: Curtains, La Bete Mark Rylance: Twelfth Night, Richard II, Boeing Boeing, La Bete, Jerusalem. Robert Lindsay: Richard III, Onassis Nigel Planer: We Will Rock You, Wicked Judi Dench: Royal Family, Merry Wives the Musical Summer Strallen: Chitty, Drowsy Chaperone Dave Willets: Seven Brides, Sunset Boulevard
Sutton Foster: Thoroughly Modern Millie (6X) Little Women The Drousy Chaperone (2X) Young Frankenstein Shreck Anyone Can Whistle (City Center) Trust (off Broadway) Anything Goes (2X so far)
Lots of others, but I just wanted to mention my favorite all time performer.
Bernadette Peters: A Little Night Music, Follies Christina DeCicco: Wicked, Sister Act Saycon Sengbloh: Wicked, Hair Jennifer Simard: Spelling Bee, Sister Act Evan Harrington: Avenue Q, The Phantom of the Opera Ann Sanders: Avenue Q, Beauty and the Beast Patrick Page: Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King Tom Wopat: A Catered Affair, Catch Me If You Can Marissa Perry: Hairspray, Sister Act Alex Ellis: Legally Blonde, Catch Me If You Can Leslie McDonel: Hairspray, Legally Blonde Van Hughes: Hairspray, 9 to 5 Gabrielle Ruiz: In the Heights, A Chorus Line
I'm sure there are many other ensemble members, as well.
This is mostly ensemble....haven't seen many leads more than once
Megan Sikora: Promises, Promises and How to Succeed Kevin Covert: Memphis and How to Succeed Colt Prattes: WSS revival and How to Succeed Michaeljon Slinger: WSS, Billy Elliot, and How to Succeed (didn't see him, but he's a swing) Mary Faber: America Idiot and How to Succeed Corbin Reid: American Idiot, Sister Act, Rent Off Broadway Ellen Harvey: How to Succeed, Mary Poppins Tour Nick Adams: La Cage and Priscilla Josh Kobak: American Idiot and Spiderman Jennifer Allen: Memphis and Sister Act Samantha Zack: Wicked and H2$ Charlie Williams: Memphis and H2$ Tanya Birl: Memphis and H2$ Ryan Watkinson: Promises and H2$ Ben Thompson: American Idiot and Rent revival Matt Wall: Promises and H2$ Mikey Winslow: WSS revival, American Idiot, Wicked Tour David Larsen: Billy Elliot and American Idiot
I'm sure I'm theres more, but moral of the story is, How to Succeed is filled with gypsies/hoofers, and Rob Ashford took everyone over from Promises!
Sutton Foster (Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein and Anything Goes this December) Raul Esparza (Taboo, Company, Speed the Plow, Leap of Faith) Adam Pascal (Cabaret, Rent, his own concert) Idina Menzel (Wicked, See What I Wanna See, her own concert) Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal, Catch Me if You Can, Rent at the Hollywood Bowl) Gavin Creel (La Cage and Hair) Chad Kimball (Memphis and Into the Woods) John Gallagher Jr. (Spring Awakening and American Idiot) Laura Benanti (Into the Woods and Gypsy) Kerry Butler (Xanadu and Catch Me if You Can) Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Catch Me if You Can) John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and All My Sons)
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
Nathan Lane-- THE PRODUCERS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, NOVEMBER, BUTLEY, WAITING FOR GUDOT, THE ODD COUPLE and THE FROGS
Bernadette Peters-- INTO THE WOODS, GYPSY, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, FOLLIES
Patti LuPone-- GYPSY, WOMEN ON THE VERGE, EVITA
David Hyde Pierce-- SPAMALOT and CURTAINS
Bebe Neuwirth-- CHICAGO and ADDAMS FAMILY
Daniel Radcliffe-- EQUUS and HOW TO SUCCEED...
Norbet Leo Butz-- WICKED and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Sutton Foster - Annie, Little Women, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Shrek, Anything Goes Brian d'arcy James - Shrek, Next to Normal Sarah Jane Everman - Shrek, Promises Promises Marissa O'Donnell - Annie, Shrek, Camp Wanatachi Celia Keenan-Bolger - Spelling Bee, Les Miserables Megan McGinnis - Little Women, Les Miserables Christy Romano - Beauty & the Beast, Avenue Q Jenn Colella - Lucky Guy, Kiki Baby Kyle Dean Massey - Next to Normal, Lucky Guy Louis Hobson, Next to Normal, Kiki Baby Beth Leavel - The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf Haven Burton - Legally Blonde, Shrek Kate Shindle - Legally Blonde, Wonderland Carly Rose Sonenclar - Les Miserables, Wonderland Heather Parcells - A Chorus Line, Wonderland Jennifer Damiano - Next to Normal, Spider-Man
Norbert Leo Butz-Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Is He Dead?, Catch Me if You Can Brian d'Arcy James-The Apple Tree, White Christmas, Next to Normal, Time Stands Still Aaron Tveit-Hairspray, Next to Normal, Saved, Catch Me if You Can Julia Murney-Wicked, Saved Jennifer Damiano-Spring Awakening, Next to Normal John Gallagher Jr.-Spring Awakening, American Idiot Bernadette Peters-A Little Night Music, Follies Danny Burstein-The Drowsy Chaperone, Follies Kristin Chenoweth-Wicked, The Apple Tree
There are definitely more, but those are the ones off the top of my head.
Cheyenne Jackson-Xanadu and Finian's Rainbow Aaron Tveit-Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can Christopher Seiber-Spamalot, Shrek, and The Kid Kerry Butler-Xanadu and Catch Me If You Can Karen Olivo-In the Heights and West Side Story Sutton Foster-Shrek and Anything Goes Nick Adams-La Cage Aux Folles and Priscilla Queen of the Desert Robin De Jesus-La Cage Aux Folles and In the Heights Will Swenson-Hair and Priscilla Queen of the Desert Marin Mazzie-Spamalot and Next to Normal
I know there are more, but these are the bunch I can remember off the top of my head.
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Mara Davi - A Chorus Line, White Christmas, Death Takes A Holiday Jill Paice - Curtains, Death Takes A Holiday, Kiki Baby (NYMF show) Beth Leavel - The Drowsy Chaperone, Mamma Mia, Baby It's You Kate Shindle - Legally Blonde, Wonderland Edward Hibbert - Curtains, Anyone Can Whistle
And my all-time favorite performer ... Sutton Foster - Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein (3x), Shrek (6x), Trust (5x), Anyone Can Whistle (3x), Anything Goes (14x), Various concerts (8x), TimesTalk (2x) ... yea, I can't seem to get enough of her. :)
Off the top of my head: Gavin Creel (Fame, Hair) Eden Espinosa (Wicked, Brooklyn) Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Promises, Promises) Norbert Leo Butz (Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me if You Can) Kerry Butler (Xanadu, Rock of Ages, CMIYC) Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun, 42nd Street, A Catered Affair, CMIYC) Victoria Matlock (Wicked, Marvelous Wonderettes, Million Dollar Quartet) Christina DeCicco (Wicked, Marvelous Wonderettes, u/s for Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act) Rebecca Luker (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) Danny Burstein (Drowsy Chaperone, South Pacific) Mara Davi (A Chorus Line, Drowsy Chaperone) Stephanie J. Block (Pirate Queen, Wicked, 9 to 5) Annaleigh Ashford (Legally Blonde, Wicked, Hair) Hunter Foster (The Producers, Million Dollar Quartet) John Treacy Eagan (The Producers, Sister Act) Fred Appelgate (Sound of Music, Young Frankenstein, La Cage, Sister Act) Victoria Clark (Love, Loss and What I Wore, Sister Act) Gary Beach (Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Les Miz) Ann Harada (Les Miz, 9 to 5) Meghan Fahy (Next to Normal, The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown) Diana DeGarmo (Hairspray, Toxic Avenger, Hair) Kirsten Scott (u/s Amber in Hairspray, Marvelous Wonderettes) Harvey Feirstein (A Catered Affair, Hairspray) Courtney Balan (The Extraordinary Ordinary, Marvelous Wonderettes) Jenni Barber (Spelling Bee, I Love My Wife and Cactus Flower) Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee, Les Miz) Nicole Parker (Wicked, People in the Picture) Donna Murphy (King and I, People in the Picture) Christopher Sieber (Shrek, Hairspray at Papermill) Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, 42nd Street, Elf) Becky Gulsvig (Hairspray, Legally Blonde Broadway and Tour)
Norbert Leo Butz: Cabaret(Tour), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can
Kerry Butler: Xanadu and Catch Me If You Can
Carolee Carmello: Lestat and The Addams Family
Krysta Rodriguez: In the Heights and The Addams Family
Patti Lupone: Sweeney Todd and Gypsy
Noah Weisberg: Legally Blonde and South Pacific
Wallace Smith: American Idiot and White Noise(Chicago)
Gerard Canonico: Spring Awakening and American Idiot
Jackie Hoffman: Xanadu and The Addams Family
Will Swenson: Lestat and Hair
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
Kathleen Turner/High, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, Indiscretions Bobby Cannavale/The Motherf***er with the Hat, Trust, Hurly Burly Jude Law/Hamlet, Indiscretions Patti Lupone/Sweeney Todd, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Denzel Washington/Fences, Checkmates Jan Maxwell/Follies, Lend Me A Tenor Tyne Daly/Master Class, Rabbit Hole Cynthia Nixon/Rabbit Hole, Indiscretions Michael Urie/Angels in America, The Temperamentals Daniel Radcliffe/How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Equus Marin Ireland/After Miss Julie, Reasons to be Pretty Angela Lansbury/A Little Night Music, Blithe Spirit Adam Pascal/Cabaret, Rent Alicia Silverstone/Time Stands Still, The Graduate Fred Weller/Some Men, The Shape of Things Allison Pill/House of Blue Leaves, The Lieutenant of Inishmore Karen Olivo/West Side Story, In the Heights Richard Griffiths/Equus, The History Boys Danny Burstein/Follies, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Mary Beth Peil/Follies, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown