THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Tony Winner Hal Linden Shares His Theatregoing Experiences

(Clicking on a name bolded in blue will take readers to that actor or show's entry in the Playbill Vault.)

Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady


	"Earthshaking! You don't have to sing like John Raitt to be a Broadway leading man!"

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Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing


	"This one is personal. I've never worked with a more generous actor, (For the next list, Barbara Harris in Apple Tree — the second coming of Judy)."

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James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope


	"He swung around, and a bead of sweat flew off and hit me in the third row. Talk about live theatre!"

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Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer


	"I didn't really like the show, but couldn't take my eyes off of him.”

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	"I never saw anyone play a frieze - I swear I could see it. Add in Davy Burns and Jack Gilford, two personal icons."

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Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd


	"It may have been sung better, but it will never be acted better!”

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Zoe Caldwell in Master Class


	“She was supposed to be mesmerizing…and she was!”

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Jack Cassidy in She Loves Me


	"How to dominate a stage; he really should have been more famous!"

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	"He proved you can be real and outrageous at the same time."

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James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors


	"This was more performance than theatre, but I have never laughed so hard in a Broadway theater."