| Broadway is unique. In most venues, TV, movies, | | | | Chenoweth and Idina Menzel who portrayed the |
| radio, etc., we never really get to see our | | | | good witch and the wicked witch respectively in |
| favorite celebrities up close and personal. But | | | | the Broadway production of "Wicked." When it |
| Broadway is different. Depending on how much | | | | came time to hand out the Tony Awards for |
| money you dished out for tickets, you may end | | | | that year it was literally a toss up as to who was |
| up just a few feet away from your favorite | | | | going to win between the two of them. Menzel |
| Broadway star. This is something that can't be | | | | ultimately ended up winning. It was said that these |
| equaled by any other medium of entertainment, | | | | two were so perfect for their roles that there |
| excluding of course sports events. But to get a | | | | may never be anyone who comes close to pulling |
| courtside seat to a Knicks game is going to cost | | | | off a performance as great as the ones these |
| you thousands of dollars. Few real people can | | | | two gave us. |
| afford that. | | | | And then of course there are the Broadway |
| In the meantime, Broadway has certainly given us | | | | stars that transcend Broadway and grace just |
| our share of popular stars. One needs to look no | | | | about every corner of stage and screen. There is |
| farther than Julie Andrews who originated the role | | | | no better example of this than Hugh Jackman |
| of Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady." Many people felt | | | | who was simply brilliant in "The Boy From Oz" and |
| it was strange that she wasn't picked to do the | | | | "Oklahoma." Many of us also know him as |
| movie version, especially since Audrey Hepburn | | | | Wolverine in the "X-Men" series of movies. |
| couldn't even sing and had to have her vocals | | | | Jackman is probably one of the most popular |
| dubbed in. Certainly one of the strangest casting | | | | performers on stage today. |
| jobs in all of movie history. | | | | The list, of course goes on and on. There's |
| If you're looking for a more recent example, | | | | currently Sara Ramirez and Christopher Sieber of |
| there is always Michael Crawford who originated | | | | "Spamalot," a Monty Python goof that is probably |
| the role of "The Phantom Of The Opera" in the | | | | one of the funniest plays to come out in a very |
| early 80s. Crawford's portrayal was so incredible | | | | long time that mixes comedy with some of the |
| that he was actually named a living legend | | | | best, and most hysterical, music around. Just one |
| because of it. Nobody has since sung "Music Of | | | | listen to "The Song That Goes Like This" is all you |
| The Night" like Crawford, a song that has been | | | | need to realize that Ramirez and Sieber are pure |
| literally linked with him for all eternity. | | | | comic and musical geniuses. |
| If you need an even more recent example of | | | | And just think of it. These are people who you |
| two people who will forever be linked with a | | | | can actually see live. |
| show, you need look no farther than Kristin | | | | It doesn't get any better than that. |