Actors

[Driveshaft4Dee]

It's my opinion that the broadway actors are so much more deserving of fan love than tv/movie actors. They work so much harder and are such sweet people when they really don't need to be.

Anyone in particular you love?

I have too long a list so I'll mention them as I go..:nanabobo:

[ozchick]

Too many to list as well. :nanabobo:

Right now I'm loving Christine Ebersole, Raul Esparza, and I'm so thrilled David Hyde Pierce is back on Broadway. And of course the one namers: Patti, Bernadette, Stokes, Audra.

I've seen Michael Cerveris in a couple things, and he always blows me away.

[Driveshaft4Dee]

You'd get along with my roomate. ;)

I am in love with Steve Blanchard (played the Beast and is currently the Creature in Frankenstein) and Stephen R Buntrock (played Gaston and understudied Phantom). They are my two main loves.

Also love John Tartaglia, Meredith Inglesby, Ann Mandrella, Drew Sarich, Jim Stanek, Jeanne Lehman <33, Robert Hunt, Michael Minarik, Norm Lewis, Hugh Panaro, Deborah Lew...

just to name a few. ;)

[Master Xander]

Raul Esparza. Hands down. As a Sondheim nut, watching his clips of Company, plus his take of "Franklin Shepard Inc." are simply AMAZING.

And Sutton Foster. "Astonishing" and "Show-Off" alone are just... wow.

And of course, Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott.

(Not counting your defaults like Patti, Bernadette, etc.)

[The Life of Riley]

Yeah, I was gonna mention Norbert Leo Butz. I was crying from laughing so hard when I saw him in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I stayed afterward to get his autograph, and he was such a nice guy.

And Bernadette is my all-time favorite. I saw her in Gypsy. In her first scene she walks down the aisle, and I had the aisle seat. I almost fell out of my chair. (I got her autograph as well. My hands were shaking when I gave her my program!)

[Master Xander]

Matthew Morrison (did I get his family name right?) - the original Link in Hairspray and Fabrizio in The Light in the Pizza - is another of my favorites. It helps that he's hot. ;) But I love his voice.

[rekha]

Good choice of favourite actors,Paul Newman is my all time favourite,I appreciate to Paul Newman.

[merry slug]

Josh Hamilton - my favorite actor. I'd almost consider a visit to NY just to get to watch him :o

[*Saint*]

Oh lord, where do I start? There are just too many!!

Besides givens like Patti, Angela Lansbury, Audra,Kristin, etc... I am a huge fan of Sutton Foster (we have very similiar voices, so pretty much anything she sings, I can add to my rep book), Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, Christine Ebersole, Stephanie J. Block, Shoshanna Bean, Laura Benanti, oh lord...too many to name!

[MinaKitty]

Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Richard Thomas to name a few I have seen recently.

[*Saint*]

Anthony Rapp has been a sweetheart every time I have met him (a few times after RENT in the late 90's, and this past summer at Blockhead's over on W. 50th betwen 8th and 9th.) Totally talented and just a cool guy.

Oh! And uh, Neil Patrick Harris (NPH) simply rocks my world whether on stage or on tv (HIMYM rocks!)

[Master Xander]

Matthew Morrison (did I get his family name right?) - the original Link in Hairspray and Fabrizio in The Light in the Pizza - is another of my favorites. It helps that he's hot. ;) But I love his voice.

LOL, I posted this two years ago. :D

The best thing about GLEE is that it has introduced a wider audience to the talents of actors and performers who have predominantly been on Broadway, like Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele. The downside is that they're no longer our special secret finds. ;)