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Idina Menzel. A household name to everyone at this point. She earned her place in Broadway history by starring in 3 of the biggest musicals of the past 3 decades (Rent, Wicked, Frozen), and her career shows no signs of stopping.
Kristin Chenoweth. She's not only a Tony winner, but a TV-star & Emmy winner for her role on the iconic Pushing Daisies. Inside that tiny body, Kristin packs a massive and golden set of pipes, as well as a brilliant wit that's not to be messed with.
Sutton Foster. As a young chorus girl, she got her big break when she was asked to step up and replace the lead actress in a show called Thoroughly Modern Millie. She ended up winning her first Tony for this role. A bona-fide triple-threat, she now stars in the popular TV-show Younger on TV Land.
Laura Benanti. An NJ girl, she made her Broadway debut fresh out of high-school in The Sound of Music, taking over the role of Maria at 19. She has been steadily working on both Broadway and TV (Law & Order, Nashville, Supergirl) ever since, earning her Tony as the title-character in Stephen Sondheim's Gypsy.
Kelli O'Hara. The Susan Lucci of Broadway. Since 2005, she has busted her buns on stage and earned 6 Tony noms before finally nabbing her first win in 2015. She is director Bartlett Sher's muse and a modern master of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Jessie Mueller. The youngest girl on this list, she has had a meteoric rise on Broadway in the past few years. A vocal chameleon, she currently stars in Sara Bareilles' Waitress, a role she got when Sara saw her Tony-winning star turn in Beautiful: The Carol King Musical.
Audra McDonald. What is there to say about Audra? She has the most Tony Awards of any actor ever, with a record 6 Tonys. The only person close to this is Angela Lansbury with 5 Tonys. Audra is also the only person ever to win awards all 4 acting categories for the Tonys. Hell, I don't think any Oscar, Golden Globe, or Emmy winner has achieved such a feat. Audra is a legend, that is undebatable.

These are seven of Broadway's biggest and brightest leading ladies today. Together, they hold 13 Tony-Awards and 34 Tony-nominations. For this rate, you will watch and score 49 (7 each) of their greatest performances both on-stage and off. You will help decide: who is the reigning Queen of Broadway?

Idina Menzel: Defying Gravity (Wicked) Take Me or Leave Me (Rent) Let It Go (Frozen) Always Starting Over (If/Then) The Life of the Party (The Wild Party) See What I Wanna See (See What I Wanna See) Heaven Help My Heart (Chess)	Kristin Chenoweth: Popular (Wicked) Glitter and Be Gay (Candide) My New Philosophy (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown) Veronique (On The Twentieth Century) My White Knight (The Music Man) Taylor the Latte Boy The Girl in 14G	Sutton Foster: Gimme Gimme (Thoroughly Modern Millie) Anything Goes (Anything Goes) Show Off (The Drowsy Chaperone) I'm the Greatest Star (Funny Girl) I Know It's Today (Shrek: The Musical) Lay Down Your Head (Violet) Astonishing (Little Women)	Laura Benanti: Let Me Entertain You/The Strip (Gypsy) Unusual Way (Nine) / Audio Only Model Behavior (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) All The Wasted Time (Parade) Do Re Mi (The Sound of Music) Vanilla Ice Cream (She Loves Me) / Full Audio So Many People (Saturday Night)
Kelli O'Hara: Getting to Know You / Shall We Dance (The King and I) Almost Real (The Bridges of Madison County) To Build A Home (The Bridges of Madison County) Say It Somehow (The Light in the Piazza) / Audio Only I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (South Pacific) Someone To Watch Over Me (Nice Work If You Can Get It) (Audio Only) If I Loved You (Carousel) (Full video is recommended, but not required.)	Jessie Mueller: Beautiful (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) She Used to Be Mine (Waitress) Mister Snow (Carousel) (Removed from YouTube. ) Ev'ry Night at Seven (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) / Alternate Link On the Steps of the Palace (Into The Woods) Where You Lead	Audra McDonald: Your Daddy's Son (Ragtime) / Audio Only God Bless The Child (Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill) My Man's Gone Now (Porgy & Bess) Climb Ev'ry Mountain (The Sound of Music) (Audio Only) It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing Down With Love The Glamorous Life (A Little Night Music)

The Rules

1. You must rate all 49 performances with a score between 1-10. Every performance has a YouTube link available.

2. You are allowed to give ONE performance a score of 11, if you wish to do so. You are also allowed to give scores that have decimals of .25, .5, or .75. Anything else will be rounded accordingly.

3. Your deadline is September 30th. Please PM me your scores by then!

4. Please feel free to write commentaries for any song that inspires you! I'd love to see how you all feel about certain performances!

5. Please do not troll! If I think something is up with your scores, I will ask you to resend them.

6. Have fun!!!



On a cheesy personal note, I hope that after this rate, you will come out of it with a newfound appreciation for theatre. There's really nothing else like it.

Originally posted by Ace Reject So happy for this! ATRL approaches class!

Originally posted by StonedSoulPicnic I'm working on this right now. I hope none of Idina's selections win.

Originally posted by KylieistBoi Rooting for Kristin and Laura will try to vote on this

Originally posted by Rhisiart When I was making this, my first thought was "Idina is getting dragged." It was so difficult finding a vocal performance of Defying Gravity and Let It Go that didn't feel like I was sabotaging her from the start.

Originally posted by Ace Reject Screaming - she's such an inconsistent performer!