Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#1Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/19/20 at 12:22am
What broadway performers would you like to see have a residency on broadway or think they could amass enough of a ticket sale for one.
Kristin Chenoweth has managed two. Liza had a couple.
I would like to see Bernadette do a brand new setlist and show. Betty Buckley? Chita?
Idina would probably fare well.
Barbra would sell out as would Bette
Would someone like Jeremy Jordan have the name to do even a week or two of shows?
Audra?
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#2Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/19/20 at 3:14pm
I could see Sutton Foster doing a small residency.
I’m surprised Hugh Jackman hasn’t ever taken his solo concert to Broadway.
"Charlotte, we're Jewish"
#3Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/19/20 at 3:21pmHe did? HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY ran for ten weeks back in 2011.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#4Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/19/20 at 8:21pm
Audra could do something really special. Patti has before, including with Mandy. Idina would be a no-brainer!
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#5Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 12:26am
Audra, Megan Hilty, and Aaron Tveit.
#6Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 12:36amAriana Grande should step back to her Broadway roots and do a residency. Potentially, with JRB on the keys and a surprise appearance from Liz Gillies?
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SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#7Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 12:39am
Aaron is great but wouldn’t sell past 2 nights.
I’d love to see some performers doing a residency to get Broadway back up and running.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#8Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 12:44am
Lol. Yeah, that's a lie. He sold out six performances at 54 Below in a few hours. He could do at least a 3 month residence in NYC. Just like Jeremy Jordan. Both wildly popular and very talented.
#9Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 1:01am
Sutton Ross said: "Lol. Yeah, that's a lie. He sold out six performances at 54 Below in a few hours. He could do at least a 3 month residence in NYC. Just like Jeremy Jordan. Both wildly popular and very talented."
Six sold-out performances at 54 below is 882 tickets. That's a far cry from selling that many seats for each performance in a Broadway house.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#10Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 1:06am
I never said a thing about a Broadway house. There have been many successful residencies at places like Cafe Carlyle and 54 Below.
#11Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 1:50am
Sutton Ross said: "I never said a thing about a Broadway house. There have been many successful residencies at places like Cafe Carlyle and 54 Below."
Oh, the OP said Broadway run and I thought that's what you meant too.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#12Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 2:03am
Oops, that's my fault, I just read the title of the thread and went from there. Filling a Broadway house several nights a week would take a mega star or perhaps two of them?
#13Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 2:06am
Sutton Ross said: "Oops, that's my fault, I just read the title of the thread and went from there. Filling a Broadway house several nights a week would take a mega star or perhaps two of them?"
Now there's an interesting idea. What if instead of one person, you had a rotating cast of say five or six that played once or twice a week.
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 3:20am
IdinaBellFoster said: "He did? HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY ran for ten weeks back in 2011."
That show also travelled to L.A. for the MPTF benefit.
The bigger solo concert happened in NYC but not on Broadway--
Last year, Hugh went on a 90-show music tour across Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico called TheManTheMusicTheShow. In essence it was " a theatre show" because it featured numbers adapted from stage and film such as TheBoyFromOz/BeautyAndTheBeast/ DearEvanHansen(YouWillBeFound/LesMiserables/Oklahoma!(London only)/Carousel (Soliloquy)/Greatest Showman and from some movie musical favorites (Singin' in the Rain, An American in Paris, etc) and other classic songs(AllTheWay/MackTheKnife/SomewhereOverTheRainbow/etc). In New York, he had 3 sold-out shows, not on Broadway, but at MadisonSquareGarden. His special guest performers in NYC included Pasek&Paul and KealaSettle. In attendance (he pointed them out) were Phil Smith( ShubertOrg) and TedChapin(Rodgers&Hammerstein).
Later in the tour, he had a special song collage in a tribute to New York and Broadway.
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 3:42am
Hugh even had a special dance/drums number, which included a tribute to his screen persona ( Wolverine) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5ImXvMxII&list=RD2Lk_6Fa_GSQ&index=15
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#16Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 5:12pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "He did? HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY ran for ten weeks back in 2011."
He didn’t. Not the same show.
"Charlotte, we're Jewish"
#17Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 8:29pmThen what did I see at the Broadhurst in 2011?
#18Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 8:53pm
Plannietink08 said: "I could see Sutton Foster doing a small residency.
I’m surprised Hugh Jackman hasn’t ever taken his solo concert to Broadway."
Are you referring to Broadway to Oz or The Man. The Music. The Show?
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#19Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/20/20 at 9:26pm
What are we counting as a "residency"? I feel like this the term "residency" implies an extended period of time. Kristin Chenoweth doing a 2 week concert on Broadway doesn't seem like it counts. I guess most concerts are only a few nights, so 2 weeks is more than usual, but it still doesn't strike me as a "residency" like Springsteen's show (which ran for over a year).
But Springsteen really isn't a "Broadway performer" in the traditional sense, he's a famous musician who did a residency on Broadway. And we could go on and on naming mega-famous musicians who could sell out a year on Broadway if they wanted to. And maybe someone like Sara Bareilles or Sting (both of whom have written Broadway shows) would have some interest in doing something like that. Then you have big movie stars with Broadway ties like Hugh Jackman, who could definitely manage to sell out an extended residency. Meryl Streep could easily do it too, though personally, I'd much rather that Streep's big return to Broadway be in a theatrical role. Maybe Glenn Close? Anne Hathaway? Jennifer Hudson?
As for performers mostly known for doing Broadway? It would be difficult. I mean, plenty of them could do a couple weeks like Chenoweth did. But any longer than that? The list of viable candidates would be very short. Like others said, I think Bette and Barbra could do it. But other than them, even some of the biggest Broadway names would struggle to fill the house for more than a few weeks. As much as we might love them, most Broadway actors simply don't have the box office power for long runs.
#20Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/21/20 at 1:30pm
Hugh's 10 week run at The Broadhurst was fantastic! In addition to seeing it in NYC, saw it the summer before in San Francisco, when the show played there, before going to New York. Then saw the show again when he performed at The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, raising money for the MPTF benefit.
In 2001, Linda Eder did a 5 night run at The Gershwin Theatre. She was fantastic, as always.
#21Broadway performers who could hold a residency
Posted: 7/21/20 at 3:05pm
To OP: Chita has already somewhat done a 'residency' to unfortunately not much business.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
