Triple threat performers in musical theatre 

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Emmy Slichta aww :) thanks

Oh muh God this was the most wholesome thread

I felt this comment on a spiritual level. Then I read the reply and felt happier.

Well this is musical theatre, as long as you can still sing “modernly” then it’s still fine

EXCUSE ME YES.

Exactly! The woman learnt how to Irish stepdance for The Pirate Queen, can Tap dance, and can do several other sorts of dancing! Of course she's also the queen of Belting, and of course is an exceptional actress!

Assorted Faves 😂🤣🤣

Honey, sutton could beat thanos with those legs

Wait a minute is this dance dance revolution

FACT

I’m not even a fan of Gabriella’s voice

Remember, the hardest and most noticeable role in any movie is the antagonist. Sharpay KILLED the damn role. Hence, she was remembered for such skillz

@@ryanjoshuacalo9146 Agreed! The antagonist is always the first character you think of!

EmberTheatre sharply was always my favorite I had like 5 Sharpay Barbie dolls in all of her different outfits and one came with her car. I was living LARGE with all my Sharpays, it was really the life

*sutton foster*

sutton foster would still make the list.

@suttonfoster

The fourth one is "having legs for days"

That’s honestly a power move

You wern't just a triple threat though, you were a quadruple threat. They knew that Sharpay could never compare.

Angelicaaaaa

Andreea Popescu all the way from London?

@@elestrial25 Actually all the way from Romania, thanks to RU-vid 😁

@@elestrial25 DAMN!!

Yessss

Rock The Dwayne Johnson (@Barrett Wilbert Weeb)

take note, idina and barrett

@@clarabrandaog hey now, idina menzel and barret are still good. but they do use unhealthy ways that may strain their voice, but they're good singers nonetheless

I love this. I'm so tired of RU-vid comments excusing vocal exhaustion because "singing at that level will always tire out your voice!" There are some vocalists that I love and appreciate but still recognize that their technique is poor and that will cost them longevity.

i’m honestly so shocked her voice has stayed as healthy as it has. if you’ve read some of her interviews, she expressed that millie and little women were terrible for her voice. she hated being the ‘star’ and being forced to carry a show when she didn’t know how to. it took drowsy chaperone and Shrek for her to find her passion again

Sophie B she's incredible

sutton is the reason why i take tap classes

Same but her performance in Anything Goes lol

Ann Merc lol it adds another reason why i could never make it to broadway

Ann Merc Newsies is one of my all time faves. I didn’t discover it until after it was off Broadway so I never got the chance to see it, but I watch Newsies live like once a week.

@@oliviadoesthingz4426 same

Wicked

Hamilton, wicked, cats

Granger Disney Gawwwwwwdddd Ginger Rogers is a QUEEN

Gene Kelly was BAE back in the day 😍

Don’t forget Rita Hayworth!!!

Judy Garland too!

Bob Fosse or Gwen Verdon

I came back to this video to see that I liked your comment hmmmmm

Do we go to the same school?

Shots being fired so much Alexander would be proud

😂😂😂

Wait can I have a timestamp? I'm blind.

@@ronisawyer5371 0:40 but it's really fast

@@mulvaney6067 Thanks so much!

I saw it but I didn't understand ????...

Aine Llewellyn Barrett Wilbert Weed is the one true broadway goddess of our generation. If you search her name on YT you’ll find tons of compilations. I think she wasn’t included in this list because she doesn’t do a ton of dancing, her most well known characters are leads that don’t really have much choreography.

And dats on *FABULOUS*

I wish you could retweet a comment because YES

Oml I see you everywhere

Oh *fuck* yes

I WAS LIKE WAITING FOR HER ON THIS LIST

Yesss I was waiting for her

Literally same. As much as I love musical theatre, I think I'm better off admiring it from afar, because gawd, musical theatre performers intimidate me with their mindboggling amount of talent, range, and energy.

Everyone has talents - you don’t need to be a performer to be talented

I do feel intimidated ,but darn it if i still love performing the few skills i got. I just gotta practice and practice and ,maybe , one day, i'll get to something.

Mood

Tamanna Das i feel the exact same way! glad im not the only one lmao

Slightly unrelated but I saw an article saying Beyoncé would practice singing on the treadmill. I wonder what theatre kids do to practice.

PukingPanda Beyoncé was forced at a young age by her father to do that and run miles while belting out songs and if she ran out of breath had to do it again, it was conditioning her to never get tired

Cole Riney it’s too, you were right. How could I forget Billy Elliot?

AND fantine

I'm pretty sure Bebe Neuwirth has also played all three roles in CHICAGO.

@@meredithchandler73 oh really? didn't know that! well she also deserves queen status

simply sophia YESSSS HER DANCING IN BLACK FRIDAY IS AMAZING AS WELL AS HER DANCING IN TGWDLM SHES AMAZING AND ROBERT MANION TOO

Her acting and dancing is very good, but I’m not a fan of her singing, it’s a bit weak

Eleanor Clark I think it depends on the song she’s singing because she’s a light lyric soprano so does better in her head voice and higher songs. I’ll be honest I wasn’t that mad on her songs in Black Friday but love her singing in firebringer

@@wrenclark4907 SORRY WHAT

@@wrenclark4907 to add to what Niamh Shipley said, she was also classically trained which sometimes is difficult translate to other musicals that sound less operatic... but anyway if you don't really like her sound that's okay too jdhdbhdd

I adore him but i didn't know he could dance. Do you have any videos of him dancing. Ya know... For research purposes.

@@jovanaspasojevic5049 Look up Jonathan Groff singing Anything Goes, doesn't dance a ton in it but he still does a good job!

@@SilvenFan888 wow ok thanks

He was the dance captain of his first Broadway show

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pr4bWvNTZLE.html That clip of Jonathan Groff is from this performance he did with Sutton Foster where they have a dance off

Estela Ramos yeah but she ruined her voice singing with horrible technique so I’d take her singing points away lol... no one can deny she was an amazing singer but her live vocals especially in uncontrolled environments(like stage preforming) have gone so downhill

BROCCOLIBOI right, bad technique and stuff, but I don’t think that means taking her singing points away because even though her vocal chords have been damaged, she still sounds good. I mean her new album came out the other day and her belting is still on point, whether or not her technique is bad. Technique: not so good Sound: oooh you go girl

Estela Ramos no I totally get that she sound s great still, but really only in more controlled settings, like a studio or something. I can see her really excelling in her albums and stuff (not saying they are heavily doctored or anything, just not completely live, considering they can redo stuff and make things louder/softer and stuff). Her live performances, especially more recent ones, are really strained most of the time, I really wish she had learned better technique because she one was such a triple threat. I just don’t think you can count it now because she can’t really produce a good live sound anymore.

BROCCOLIBOI I guess, I don’t know, maybe I’m just biased because I’m a super fan. I think she’s still capable at doing great live, but we all have our own opinions 😁

@@iliveinabog3254 I was about to say "BUT FROZEN 2???" and then you said this and yeah ok.

That jump at the end of So much better is just- so good. Also all of her stuff in What you want gives me life. And that's just my favourite dancing moments. God, that woman is pure talent.

my fav musical ha

Where??? I may just be blind but I do nOT see her.

@@ronisawyer5371 a few seconds in the beginning. Her name appears on screen for a sec lmao.

ok but why no compilation im angry

Our QUEEN

Livi Wold she... doesn't really dance

i think about this all the time

Caroline Tobin Now all I can think about is “I would die for Claire from the Bon Appetit test kitchen”

Same. Her life's worth more

I agree one hundred percent

Ember Iris she’s not a triple threat. She’s no where near foster

I would argue that Robert Manion deserves to be on the list, maybe even more than Lauren does. While he's certainly no Sutton Foster (though is anyone really near her level???) He has an incredible vocal an acting range. Seeing him sing his part in 'No one remembers achmed' an 'show stopping number' seems like watching two totally different actors. AND that dancing in 'I'm a cop' (and again show stopping number). WOW,,,, what a man to stan.

Good kush uwu he’s not a triple threat either.

@@kyliep.4858 Objectively, I would say that he can act, sing, and dance with pretty equal talent in all three categories. Just because he hasn't been on Broadway/discovered doesn't make him automatically worse than Broadway actors. He's good at what he does. I didn't realize you were an all knowing authority on who's what,,,,, my bad.

Ya she gonna have to proof herself more to be on this list

Fizzy Pancakes he ran offstage to get out of the way of the newsies who are doing the dance break.

@@bouncingbuttons7441 ?

The Frank's Tank while i love jeremy jordan and agree that he is a talented performer, he is not a trained dancer and therefore is not truly a triple threat.

bouncing buttons lmao facts I just like to hear him sing

@@bouncingbuttons7441 no i just didnt know what you were talking about not that i was offened or anything like that

YUP, just finished re-watching CXGF for the second time today!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Jay Markel-Pratt love Rita with my whole heart but in her musical career her singing was not as perfect as her dancing.

Well she didn’t include a lot of people, looks like she was focusing on more “modern generation” performers rather than the classic stars of “golden era” movie musicals and broadway

@@maddieb.4282 they put gwen verdon...........

@@maddieb.4282 the list was musical theater, not movie musicals

James Rankin Are you kidding? Both Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera were Broadway stars. Chita was the original Velma Kelly in “Chicago” and Rita won a Tony for her role in “The Ritz”!

???

Anastasia Bananastasia fosse is a choreographer who’s style of choreography is present in many musicals like chicago and sweet charity. he’s dead but his choreography is still used now. gwen vernon was one of his wives and used to be his dance captain so she knows his style very well and honestly can make it prettier than him sometimes

Zoe Reed he also danced his whole life from childhood, danced in tv programmes and for mgm (ie. kiss me kate) and they both danced together for decades. they were more a team and soulmates imo and saying one is better than the other is just distasteful.

So Confused because she was trying to show the “triple threat” with dancing and hamilton isnt a lot of dance

Not every list is gonna have Hamilton, sweetie.

Cause Hamilton isn’t the only musical 😳

Came here for this comment. Thought we’d at least get a snippet of Satisfied. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Payton Gluza cause she only really dances in The Schuyler Sisters and the choreography ain’t nothing to write home about

you only know MOVIES? this list is THEATER. Sharpay has never done Broadway.

@@jamesrankin7598 issa joke

Sharpay Evans *INSPIRED* Sutton Foster

@@jamesrankin7598 lmao I’m kidding bro I’m a theatre major chill

Honestly, Ashley Tisdale *INVENTED* musical theatre

Makaela Garcia nope lol some musicals don’t require dancing at all like les mis for example

Triple threats act, sing, and dance at the same exceptional level. Some stars do better at one or two of the skills than the others.

there are sometimes “character” roles (usually played by older actors) that don’t require any dancing. some don’t even require singing, or have minimal singing. or sometimes the star vehicle in a show sort of steps out of the way during big dance numbers and lets the ensemble take charge.

A lot of leading roles don't require any level of dancing beyond very basic stuff. Many big broadway names would not be considered dancers (Patti LuPone, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Jeremy Jordan, Norbert Leo Butz, Raul Esparza etc.) The two things most required are singing and acting. There are tons of shows that require very little, if any, dance expereince from their leads.

some people are AMAZING singers but not quite as talented in dancing like Patti Lupone

Sissss yessss

Sis when?

Daniel Baskins RIGHT??? Not including LBB I can get behind. But saying Donna isn't a triple threat for "reasons" and then not even bothering to clarify those so called "reasons"??? Just terrible!

Donna Mckechnie?

Angelica Arellano also Patina Miller 🙂

there’s just more white people in musical theatre in general

Crap Bag honestly there are a lot of poc trying to get into musical theatre, they’re just not given as many opportunities to show off their talents like this. But that’s changing!

Because there aren’t many black or poc shows being produced. Triple threats of color definitely exist. We just need the funds behind our shows

@@CrapBag How can you forget Audra McDonald and her six Tonys or Brian Stokes Mitchell? I'm biased though because I was Stoke's dresser during the Toronto run of Ragtime in 1996/97. Keep up the good work and I look forward to more of you videos.

Mackenzie Gordon Now that I’ve seen her- Miss Saigon

Connie McFarlane Thanks! I was wondering too

Welcome to the cult. Good luck....