BEST OF THE DECADE: The Great Performances Part 3

All this week, we've been celebrating some truly amazing performances from the past ten Broadway seasons. These are thirty of the greatest star turns, each one iconic for a different reason. The first 10 performers are HERE and the second 10 are HERE. Many of this last group are favorite actors who achieved a new level of personal excellence. Others are from new faces on the theatre scene. Whether they were in plays, musicals, or revivals, these are true achievements in acting.

BEST OF THE DECADE:

The Greatest Performances

Part Three

Bernadette Peters - Follies (2012)

David Hyde Pierce - Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike

2013 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actor in a Play

Billy Porter - Kinky Boots

2013 Tony Award Winner - Best Actor in a Musical

Chita Rivera - The Visit

2015 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night

2014 Tony Award Winner - Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Tony Sheldon - Priscilla Queen of the Desert

2011 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actor in a Musical

Theatre World Award Winner

Phillipa Soo - Hamilton

2016 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Taylor Trensch - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Benjamin Walker - American Psycho

Michelle Williams - Cabaret (2014)

#2365

BEST OF THE DECADE: The Great Performances Part 2

As we said yesterday, over the past ten seasons, we have been witnesses to some truly amazing performances. These are thirty of the greatest star turns, each one iconic for a different reason. The first 10 performers are HERE. Some are from favorite actors who achieved a new level of personal excellence. Some are from new faces on the theatre scene. One made her debut at age 11, another brought a fresh take on an iconic role. But in every case, these are true achievements in acting.

BEST OF THE DECADE:

The Greatest Performances

Part Two

Michael C. Hall - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Glenda Jackson - Three Tall Women

2018 Tony Award Winner - Best Actress in a Play

Cherry Jones - The Glass Menagerie (2014)

2014 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Play

Sydney Lucas - Fun Home

2015 Tony Award Nominee - Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Beth Malone - Fun Home

2015 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Jan Maxwell - Follies (2012)

2012 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Idina Menzel - If/Then

2014 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Laurie Metcalf - A Doll's House, Part 2

2017 Tony Award Winner - Best Actress in a Play

Patina Miller - Pippin

2013 Tony Award Winner - Best Actress in a Musical

Patrick Page - Hadestown

2019 Tony Award Nominee - Best Featured Actor in a Musical

#2364

BEST OF THE DECADE: The Greatest Performances Part 1

Over the past ten seasons, we have been witnesses to some truly amazing performances. These are thirty of the greatest star turns, each one iconic for a different reason. Some are from favorite actors who achieved a new level of personal excellence. Some are from new faces on the theatre scene. One is actually a revisit to an iconic role from decades ago, and one is an amazing debut as a replacement. But in every case, these are true achievements in acting.

BEST OF THE DECADE:

The Greatest Performances

Part One

Here, in alphabetical order, are the first ten:

Nina Arianda - Venus in Fur

2012 Tony Award Winner - Best Actress in a Play

Ellen Barkin - The Normal Heart

2011 Tony Award Winner - Best Featured Actress in a Play 

Denée Benton - Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

2017 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Danny Burstein - Moulin Rouge!

Glenn Close - Sunset Boulevard

James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors

2012 Tony Award Winner - Best Actor in a Play

Andrew Barth Feldman - Dear Evan Hansen

Sutton Foster - Violet

2014 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical

Amber Gray - Hadestown

2019 Tony Award Nominee - Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Josh Groban - Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

2017 Tony Award Nominee - Best Actor in a Musical

#2363