THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Buyer & Cellar Star Christopher J. Hanke 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.)

Les Miserables


	"My first Broadway show — Les Miserables. After the show I was gobsmacked and went straight to the lobby to buy the $100 double CD souvenir and listened to that soundtrack for years! (ps…Found my PLAYBILL a few years ago from that production and Lea Michele was in it--I loved her as Gavroche!)"

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Denis O'Hare in Sweet Charity


	"That elevator scene alone was a comic master class. I memorized his physical comedy."

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History Boys


	"I wanted to be in this sooo badly. But I wasn't British. Instead I saw it three times and could not get over the genius that was Richard Griffiths — spellbinding."

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The Light in the Piazza


	"All of it. The star was the score to me. One of my top two or three Broadway shows of all time."

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	"A dear friend of mine as Glinda. She was so buoyant and bright and wicked-ly funny. See what I did there?"

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Venus in Fur


	"Nina Nina Nina!"

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[title of show]


	“So proud of this troupe of misfit weirdos with such inspiring stories; I love how they got their dream to Broadway!”

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Boeing-Boeing


	"I don't know who to pick as my standout performance: I wanna say Mark Rylance in his comedic buffoon a la Jack Lemmon turn, but then there was the Amazonian German Goddess that was Mary McCormack crawling across the stage eating the carpet. Literally. It's a tie!"

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The Normal Heart


	"I snuck out of my matinee of How To Succeed to catch a random show time and I will never be the same...so proud I had the chance to do this production on the road. The entire cast was breathtaking."

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Tom Edden in One Man, Two Guvnors


	"Tom Edden as the nimble clown in One Man, Two Guvnors. I was in total awe of his limitless physical comedy playing the 80+ waiter Alfie. I'm obsessed with this performance."