By Courtney Enlow | Lists | September 21, 2016 |
By Courtney Enlow | Lists | September 21, 2016 |
Recently, I was reading an article about Bloodline, specifically actor Norbert Leo Butz, who plays Kevin Rayburn. The article said something to the effect of “fans might not realize Butz is a huge Broadway star.”
This shocked me. HOW. How is this possible?
And then I realized that some of you might actually not know of the musical work of many actors, because you’re some common-ass trash ignorants not everyone enjoys musical theater. So, I thought I’d help you out you swine.
Norbert Leo Butz
Non-theater types only know him from: Bloodline, Mercy Street
The rest of us know him from: The Last Five Years, Wicked
Jane Krakowski
Non-theater types only know her from: 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Ally McBeal
The rest of us know her from: Grand Hotel, Nine, She Loves Me
Andrew Rannells
Non-theater types only know him from: Girls, The New Normal
The rest of us know him from: The Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Jersey Boys
Victor Garber
Non-theater types only know him from: Alias, Titanic, The Flash
The rest of us know him from: Sweeney Todd, Godspell, Lend Me a Tenor
Lea Michele
Non-theater types only know her from: Glee (though I suppose you’re probably kind of a theater type if you watched that), Scream Queens, being fairly irritating
The rest of us know her from: Les Mis, Ragtime, Spring Awakening, being fairly irritating but also being best friends with Jonathan Groff, so I guess she’s OK
Jerry Orbach and Jesse L. Martin
Non-theater types only know them from: Law and Order, Jerry from Dirty Dancing, Jesse from The Flash
The rest of us know Jerry from: Chicago, 42nd Street, The Fantasticks
The rest of us know Jesse from: Rent
Josh Gad
Non-theater types only know him from: Frozen, The Comedians, 1600 Penn, New Girl, terrible movies
The rest of us know him from: Book of Mormon
Sutton Foster
Non-theater types only know her from: Younger, Bunheads
The rest of us know her from: Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone Anything Goes
Taye Diggs
Non-theater types only know him from: How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Best Man, Private Practice
The rest of us know him from: being the actual hero of Rent, Wicked, Chicago, Hedwig, The Wild Party
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Non-theater types only know him from: When you see the unsettling CTO on Mr. Robot, know he’s actually the most skin-meltingly amazing singer.
The rest of us know him from: Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate, Shuffle Along
Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
Look, if you know who they are but don’t know that they’re Broadway legends, I don’t know what to do for you.
Or if you only know Anthony Rapp from Dazed and Confused.
Same with Jonathan Groff.
And very especially Audra McDonald. But I’m not here to NOT post videos of amazingness given the excuse.