Actors do not just sing in musicals they ACT!!!

[HamiltonisLMM]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:16pm

just saying

[haterobics]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:18pm

but not dance?

[Sunny11]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:19pm

Do you have an issue with people Who underestimate the skill set required or singers who can't act who try to do musicals?

Updated On: 12/5/16 at 11:19 PM

[HamiltonisLMM]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:20pm

This is to do with the stupid Kelly Clarkson thread

[Sunny11]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:24pm

Other Idol alums have done well. Fantasia got glowing reviews. 

[@z5]

Posted: 12/5/16 at 11:32pm

Well- thank you very much for the FYI on this...I can now sleep well!

[The Josh]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 12:11am

Do you have a source for this?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 5:45am

So maybe, you should have put this on that  thread. 

[starcatchers]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 6:18am

Well, damn. Guess I should get out now. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 8:16am

HamiltonisLMM said: "This is to do with the stupid Kelly Clarkson thread"

Do two stupid threads cancel one another out?

[trpguyy]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 8:56am

Sometimes they act and don't sing (Elena Roger) and sometimes they don't do either (Chicago). 

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 10:25am

Thank you so much for this information! I am sure a lot of us feel a lot wiser, now that we know this! (I'm sure this makes the person who created that thread feel great, too)

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 10:33am

Or in Lin's case, neither!

[gypsy101]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 11:19am

LYLS3637 said: "Or in Lin's case, neither!"

lol i feel bad for thinking of him when i read this thread's title... he's not a good singer and i don't know how "complex" his acting can be, but hey at least he has one thing that is invaluable to a performer: charisma.

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 11:31am

gypsy101 said: "LYLS3637 said: "Or in Lin's case, neither!"

lol i feel bad for thinking of him when i read this thread's title... he's not a good singer and i don't know how "complex" his acting can be, but hey at least he has one thing that is invaluable to a performer: charisma.

 

No doubt! I'm a fan! He's extremely charismatic, as is Kelly Clarkson. But when the OP creates a whole new thread bashing Kelly's (rather unknown) abilities while celebrating Lin's, I find it amusing. 

 

[Dave28282]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 12:00pm

A sung note works as an actor too.

Hugh Jackman, are you reading this?

No need for speaking a syllable and use vibrato on the next to make it "real". It works in the opposite direction. It makes it fake.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 12:06pm

There is no equation for what translates on stage. Some of the best performers are strange hybrids-Harvey, Carol, Gwen, Chita. Some can sing not dance. Some sing oddly and can dance. Some can style a song in their own unique way and can't dance. It's all about selling it. One of the most most effective versions of Bewitched was Stockard Channing's-she could barely sing it, but damn she nailed the pathos and the  heartache and longing. She acted the hell out of it. If you can act like you believe what you are singing that's sometimes half the battle. Case in point, Glenn Close.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 12:48pm

Dave28282 said: "A sung note works as an actor too. Hugh Jackman, are you reading this? No need for speaking a syllable and use vibrato on the next to make it "real". It works in the opposite direction. It makes it fake."

SHUT UP. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS GET OVER IT.

Bettyboy, Chita could sing her face off.

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 1:56pm

Let's not forget the wonderful surprise that was the other half of the regrettable "From Justin to Kelly" movie. I don't think anyone expected anything from Justin Guarini when he appeared in "Women on the Verge..." and we were all pleasantly surprised. He's gotten great reviews since and is in "In Transit." 

Updated On: 12/6/16 at 01:56 PM

[Dave28282]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 2:03pm

gypsy101 said: "
SHUT UP. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS GET OVER IT."

 

NO. Not until a Miss Saigon movie is made.

 

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 2:09pm

MarkBearSF said: "Let's not forget the wonderful surprise that was the other half of the regrettable "Justin loves Kelly" movie. I don't think anyone expected anything from Justin Guarini when he appeared in "Women on the Verge..." and we were all pleasantly surprised. He's gotten great reviews and is in "In Transit." 

 

Anika Noni Rose also co-starred in From Justin to Kelly. She's pretty bad in it too. No one escaped that movie unscathed. 

 

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 12/6/16 at 2:46pm

LYLS3637 said: "Anika Noni Rose also co-starred in From Justin to Kelly. She's pretty bad in it too. No one escaped that movie unscathed. "

True. (and thanks for the film name correction - I've edited the previous post)