Have You Seen Your Favorite Actor / Actress On Stage?

Pacino thrice - Merchant of Venice (intense and better than in the film), Glengarry (where he was a little out of it) and China Doll (where I thought he was kinda great)

Huppert twice - The Maids and The Mother - what struck me about these perfs were how involving and different she was in her physicality, opposite Blanchett she was so girlish and airy and hilarious, and the other - the Florian Zeller of course - she inhabits a slow decay, a surreal delirium crumbling in front of you (reminded me of Malina from 1991 ....one of her GOAT perfs....which means it's one of the GOAT perfs by anyone).

Eh, I've seen some stage actors that are every bit as good as the best film actors, but I'm also not big on actors in general (I think my view of them as tools is well-documented). I don't know who my favorite actors are, but there are plenty of stage actors that I'm always excited to see show up (in the Washington DC area, I've got Ted Van Griethuysen, Sarah Marshall, Tim Story & Patrick Page - also a Broadway star who should reprise his role as Frollo if Disney remakes Hunchback). I haven't seen many screen actors in person. The most exciting beforehand was probably Stacy Keach as Falstaff in Henry IV (parts 1 & 2), and he sucked. (I don't know if it was Keach or the director that decided on Falstaff being characterized as an old man falling asleep through the whole damn thing...)

Aside from that, I've seen Richard Schiff (a laughable production of Hughie, although that is down to the script as much as anything else) and Marsha Mason (a wonderful All's Well That Ends Well, although she was dull as dirt).

I've never been to New York, but I'd love to try it sometime. I won't be looking for any specific actors, though. The few kinda sorta names I've encountered are no better - and usually worse - than their stage only co-stars.