Biggest Miscast

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:51pm

Name the people that were miscast on Bway (and the roles they played)?

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:52pm

Bernadette Peters - GYPSY

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:59pm

Mel Brown-RENT

[timote316]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:02pm

I've heard terrible things about Joey Mac in Wicked, but I'll let you all know this weekend...

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:03pm

Are you serious Matt?

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:03pm

wait, are we talking original casting or replacements? cuz we've got that going too...

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:06pm

Yep. GYPSY is my alltime favorite show and God knows I love me some Bernadette, but they just didn't work together which is a real shame. I travelled to NYC from Florida to see the first preview and was very dissapointed.

[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:10pm

Jeff Goldblum in CLO's Music Man
Big mistake..huge!

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:12pm

Mel B- RENT
Adam P- Cabaret
John S- Nine
Marylouise B- Into the Woods

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:14pm

I thought Bernadette was FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
crap on your face, matt.
and i hope it is chunky.
good job, look what you made me do.
:)
-d.b.j-

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:16pm

Nuggs, I just said I didn't care for her. I thought Tyne Daly was the best Mama Rose I've seen.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:18pm

Nathan Lane as Nathan Detroit

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:20pm

Sandy Duncan as Roxie Hart

[Derek2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:20pm

Tyne was great live! I saw a clip of her on Tv durring an interview

[lildogs]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:25pm

Boy George in "Taboo"......ouch

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:28pm

I have no complaints about her singing voice, and she was cute, but I had the feeling Kerry Butler didn't know what to do w/ Audrey in "Little Shop...". It's like she was trying to be different from EllenGreen by taking it in another direction, but it's like she didn't knwo what that direction was.

Also, Peter Krause (who is charming but wasn't fitting) in "After the Fall".

[kjklo]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:28pm

But Matt, if you only saw the first preview, then that's hardly fair. You can't judge a production or a performance when it's in previews. Peters grew enormously in that part (throughout the entire run). Remember, they opened on Broadway cold, with no out of town run. I think Bernadette was unorthodox, counter-intuitive, yet brilliant casting.

[TheAudrey3]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:30pm

Sandy Duncan as Anna in the King and I. No. Just no. (tour though)

[Mythus]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:30pm

Chris Kattan as Xanthias in The Frogs. He was replaced before opening night, thank goodness. Now, I love Chris Kattan as much as the next person, but he just doesn't seem like the Broadway type. A friend of mine, who went to see The Frogs, said there's no way she could imagine Kattan in the role. He's too...smarmy.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:31pm

kjklo, I can only judge the show by what I saw.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:33pm

Manley Pope as Roger in RENT. He got on my nerves in that role.

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:34pm

i agree with you broadwaydiva

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:35pm

Joey Patone - little shop!!

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:43pm

kerry butler- lsoh
anne reinking- chicago
chita rivera- chicago in the west end (when she played roxie in the revival)

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 10:43 PM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 10:46pm

Idina as Amneris (AIDA) - Love Deedee, but she's too edgy rock-n-roll for that part!

Norbert as Fiyero (WICKED) - WHY?? Wasted talent on a crappy part.