All of my non-NPH-crazy friends can ignore this

Oct 27, 2008 19:28




Lately I've been downloading and watching some Broadway bootlegs of Neil Patrick Harris in "Cabaret" and "Assassins".   I'm currently downloading the "Rent" boot, and plan on getting my hands on some more "tick...tick...BOOM!" audio boots.  Since NPH is so fabulously amazing in all of these (especially as the oh-so-raunchy Emcee in "Cabaret"....*rowl*), it got me to thinking what other Broadway roles I'd like to see NPH do.  Which got me to thinking about my other Broadway obsessions - Raul Esparza* and Matthew Broderick.  Any role they've done, I would kill to see NPH take on.  How heartbreaking would he be singing Being Alive from "Company"?  How awesomely geeky would he be as Leo in "The Producers"?  How adorably smexy would he be bouncing around the staging singing and dancing Brotherhood of Man from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"?  Don't take my word for it - check out this vid of Matthew Broderick from the 1995(?) Tony Awards.  Just replace him with NPH in your mind's eye - if you haven't already done so:  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AV2zOsRSS7s  (I would have embedded the vid, but the original poster disabled it).

*if you've never heard of Raul Esparza, look him up NOW.  I suggest the "Company" 2007 revival, and the "tick...tick...BOOM" Original cast recording.  You shan't be disappointed - "Pushing Daisies" fans will recognize him as Alfredo, Olive's sort-of-love interest.

Edit: I just found a "How to Succeed" bootleg vid of Matthew B: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3FqhTOqHE   NPH would make this song melt-worthy.

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