Biggest Miscast- Page 4

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/31/04 at 6:06pm

I thought Matt was awful in The Music Man as well!

[QuiteSo]

Posted: 8/31/04 at 6:11pm

Manley was HORRIBLE in Rent. Made me want to die. During Goodbye, Love, when Roger and Mark have their little confrontation. "Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive!" and then, Manley ruins the moment with "Poor baybaaaaaaaaaaah." It was so painful. He couldn't act, his voice was all right, but sounded whiny at points...I wanted to kick him.

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 8/31/04 at 6:22pm

Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of "The Music Man" - he was drunk the night I saw him. The show closed early.
Brooke Shields in "Cabaret"

[mallardo]

Posted: 8/31/04 at 8:48pm

Robert Morse in Showboat - it was sad. He was finally replaced by John McMartin.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/31/04 at 9:14pm

Good lord, MisterMatt, you're so goddammed midwestern literal and earnest. It was a metaphor, obviously one that did not work for you but stop fricking harping on it. "I don't understand what you mean by the word harping, if you mean to play the harp I am not really sure what that has to do with anything. Perhaps you mean carping, but a carp is a fish...." Jesus.

As for the thread topic, when Manley was new, he was a fine, if overly muscular Roger. (And he was never new on Broadway, you had to be there back in Boston, '96.)

[gypsy#12]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:01pm

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH...........oh and did i say AHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHA. hilarious. your cookie stinks. no thanks.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:08pm

Agree w Hasselhoff.
But I am shocked no one has mentioned Melanie Griffiths. Or maybe cos she is in a "special" class all her own?

[LuvUrBatBoy]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 2:29pm

I CANNOT believe that this thread has made it to 4 pages without mentioning Mickey Dolenz in AIDA.

Atrocious can't even touch it!

[Sant]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 3:49pm

Denise Van Outen as Roxie in Chicago. She's an ok singer but her acting was terrible.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 4:12pm

'Adam P- Cabaret'

*cry* o well.

hm...

mel b-rent
toni braxton-BATB and AIDA
taylor dayne-AIDA

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:10pm

Reinking was a brilliant Roxie. Not sure how she could be miscast when her performance was an exact replica of Gwen Verdon's who created the role.

Updated On: 9/26/04 at 05:10 PM

[TGIF]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 5:57pm

I have the video of J&H with Hasselhoff. Hes horendous.I fast foward to all of Coleen Sexton's parts.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 6:00pm

'Adam P- Cabaret'
I enjoyed his performance. Oh well.

[JoMarch]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 6:05pm

Nathan Lane in Guys and Dolls. Gallagher deserved the nomination instead.
Marylouise Burke as Jack's Mother in Into the Woods. Paiiiiinful!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 6:17pm

Ricky Martin in Les Mis was the worst piece of casting I've ever seen in my life.

I'd also have to say some bad ones were:
Megan Lawrence in Les Mis
Kerry Butler in Little Shop
Deborah Cox in Aida
Tammy Blanchard in Gypsy
Nancy Anderson in Kiss Me Kate
Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 7:03pm

I thought that casting Bernadette as Annie was horrible. It really turned me off to her. (And don't remind me of her Tony.) I had no desire to see her in Gypsy after that but TKTS had a good ticket one afternoon, so I went. I was completely wiped out by that woman's performance. I understand that she had good performances and bad during the run, so I guess I just lucked out by seeing one of the really, REALLY good ones. I thought she was just incredible.

[cocoloco]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 7:04pm

I thought Tammy Blanchard was pretty bad in Gypsy. And Bernadette was miscast. If only Patti Lupone had played it. That would have been amazing.

[Chote887]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:18pm

michelle williams - aida
susan egan - millie

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:26pm

Michelle Williams in Aida
Marylouise Burke in Into the Woods (Dear Christ, my poor ears)
Jeff Goldblum, Matthew Broderick, and Robert Sean Leonard in The Music Man
Joel Grey in Wicked
Amy Spanger in Urinetown
George Hamilton, Kevin Richardson, Vicki Lewis, Sharon Lawrence, etc in Chicago
Jon Secada in Cabaret
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in Man of La Mancha

[bythesword84]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:27pm

I agree about Amy in Urinetown

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:33pm

Loretta S*it, I mean Swit in Drood
Nell Carter in Annie
Liza in V/V
Raquel in V/V
Judy Kuhn in Chess

[JekyllHyde88]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 8:40pm

Colm Wilkinson in Jekyll & Hyde
I find his voice incredibly irritating...Anthony Warlow was a LOT better.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 9:10pm

Matt_G, oh no you didn't!
BERNADETTE WAS SIMPLY PERFECTION AS MAMA ROSE... I LOVED IT!

But you're entitled to your opinion.

[RadioTV2]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 9:22pm

Without a doubt, the most miscast person in a Broadway show HAD TO HAVE BEEN:


A) The entire cast of "Bombay Dremas" or
B) Joey Fatone for LSOH

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 9/26/04 at 9:36pm

Jennifer Westfeldt?? Oh, but she's so gosh darn cute...