***ELIMINATE 3 PERFORMANCES A DAY UNTIL 15 REMAIN***

For those of you unfamiliar with me- you can find links to the 2 previous games I’ve organized for the sub right here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/p6c1o7QpRX

As always, this is an ELIMINATION STYLE game. Comment/upvote the name of the performance you want to knock out. The graphic will be updated daily— rinse and repeat until we have our winner!

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***The rules are quite simple:***

- ***RULE #1:*** *ONE* actor/character name per comment. There’s no way to tally which performance the upvotes on your comment go towards if there’s multiple. ***Votes are tallied by number of upvotes on the top 3 COMMENTS containing a single name/performance, not on the replies and not on duplicate comments. This is to ensure fairness.***


- ***RULE #2:*** Do not comment the name of your fave performance on the list. That is the opposite of how to play.


- ***RULE #3:*** Keep the discussion civil. Please, defend your fave with your whole heart. Just be don’t be condescending or unkind. This is a game to **celebrate** these performers— **not** tear them down. General reddiquette and r/broadway rules apply. This is a game! Let’s have FUN.


- ***RULE #4:*** Please be objective. There is definitely going to be some recency bias, but consider and lasting impression the performance made too.

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***And nominees are:***

1. **Brian Stokes Mitchell** as Fred Graham / Petruchio in *Kiss Me, Kate* (2000)
2. **Nathan Lane** as Max Bialystock in *The Producers* (2001)
3. **John Lithgow** as J.J. Hunsecker in *Sweet Smell of Success* (2002)
4. **Harvey Fierstein** as Edna Turnblad in *Hairspray* (2003)
5. **Hugh Jackman** as Peter Allen in *The Boy from Oz* (2004)
6. **Norbert Leo Butz** as Freddie Benson in *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels* (2005)
7. ~~**John Lloyd Young** as Frankie Valli in *Jersey Boys* (2006)~~
8. **David Hyde Pierce** as Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in *Curtains* (2007)
9. **Paolo Szot** as Emile De Becque in *South Pacific* (2008)
10. **David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish** as Billy Elliot in *Billy Elliot: The Musical* (2009)
11. **Douglas Hodges** as Albin in *La Cage aux Folles* (2010)
12. **Norbert Leo Butz** as Carl Hanratty in *Catch Me If You Can* (2011)
13. **Steve Kazee** as Guy in *Once* (2012)
14. **Billy Porter** as Lola / Simon in *Kinky Boots* (2013)
15. **Neil Patrick Harris** as Hedwig Schmidt in *Hedwig and the Angry Inch* (2014)
16. **Michael Cerveris** as Bruce Bechdel in *Fun Home* (2015)
17. **Leslie Odom Jr** as Aaron Burr in *Hamilton* (2016)
18. **Ben Platt** as Evan Hansen in *Dear Evan Hansen* (2017)
19. ~~**Tony Shaloub** as Tewqif Zakaria in *The Band’s Visit* (2018)~~
20. ~~**Santino Fonatana** as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels in *Tootsie* (2019)~~
21. **Aaron Tveit** as Christian in *Moulin Rouge!* (2020)
22. **Myles Frost** as Michael Jackson in *MJ* (2022) 
23. **J Harrison Ghee** as Jerry / Daphne in *Some Like It Hot* (2023)
24. **Jonathan Groff** as Franklin Shepard in *Merrily We Roll Along* (2024)

Yesterday’s eliminations were: **Tony Shaloub** as Tewqif Zakaria in *The Band’s Visit* (2018), **Santino Fonatana** as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels in *Tootsie* (2019), and **John Lloyd Young** as Frankie Valli in *Jersey Boys* (2006) in that order.

DAY 2: Eliminating every Best Actor performance (of this century) until there’s only one left!