this is why i thought to differentiate superstar on broadway vs broadway superstar.
I do think you can be a broadway superstar (Patti, Audra, Chita, Bernadette, Chenoweth, Patinkin) without being a superstar (Jackman, Midler). Because there are also Broadway stars who are not "broadway superstar" level. I'd put into this: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie (RIP), Alice Ripely, Sheri Renee Scott, Gavin Creel (though he's creeping toward superstar), Patina Miller, Christine Ebersole. I would actually argue that Sutton is in this category and not bway superstar as some would put her in. I think Kelli is here too.
I think Nathan Lane is interesting because he's more famous and a bigger box office draw than any of the other Bway Superstars I think, even if just slightly (depending on the show too, as with any of them), but is obviously not a global superstar in the realm of Jackman or MIdler. |
