Wisconsin theater: Best leading performances of 2017

By Mike Fischer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ordered by preference, here are the 10 performances that most registered with me this year:

1. Jim DeVita (Eddie, “A View From the Bridge,” American Players Theatre): DeVita spoke volumes as a man often at a loss for words, wrestling with his rage at a world he never made.

2. James Ridge (Cyrano, “Cyrano de Bergerac,” American Players Theatre): Ridge’s Cyrano was a poet, dreaming the impossible dream and inspiring us to join him in fighting for it.

3. Andrew Varela (Sweeney, “Sweeney Todd,” Skylight Music Theatre): Varela gave us the demon barber, as well as the loving and sensitive soul this killer had once been. 

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