Cheno - what's the big deal?

I think someone is jealous.

I think she sucks, personally. I don't equate high pitched and fluttery with talent.

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What does it mean that she had a "too legit" voice to be in a musical? Is there only one kind of voice that someone is supposed to have on Broadway? That's unfortunate.

While I'm not a crazy Kristen fangirl, I think she did a great job with Candide. I think her "legit" voice is lovely.

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Yes she has a sqeaky voice, and yes she is short, but she can sing, and she can dance. She can't help her sqeaky voice, or her "freakishly small body."

I personally like her voice. I'm not a huge fan, but I think its different and I think it was perfect for Wicked and YAGMCB.

Haa haa, well everyone has their opinions about that concert. People saying Patti was awful, people saying she was amazing, ect....I've not heard that yet about Kristen.

I like Kristen, but she's either very limited in range or she's been really directed to play things the same way each time because she always seems to be playing the same character, but I think, given that scope, she does a good job.

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Someone's a bit bitter and vindictive, aren't we?

Who says that only belters and those with less legit voices can only be in musicals? What a horrendous generalization.

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charisma, charm? she has about as much of those as a dead fish.

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Ok it seems that some people don't seem to know what they speak of when they critique. First of all you can't be a singer, or a good one without at least recognizing what an amazing singer she is. Seriously, you can hate her voice or her sound, but you can't say that she's not skillful and talented because she's got a high voice. She's much more talented than you seem to realize. Especially once you hear a lot of other girls trying to sing Glitter and be Gay.

Second there's no such thing as too legit for musical theatre. The word legit is a musical theatre term. Opera singers don't use that word. THey sing classically. Legit vs Belt is strictly a musical theatre distinction. How can you be too musical theatre to be in a musical.

Your analysis of her in Wicked doesn't make sense. Firstly there are only too ways to sing a High C (which she had to do twice in Wicked), classically and Legit. Secondly, you can't look at the song Popular and say she's too legit because she's belting. You may not like her belt but yeah that's her belting. There's no such thing as legit belting (which is different from chest). So I don't get what you say about her there.

Now Candide, how you can say she ruined that is odd to me. She sang it flawlessly and the piece was written as a farce. She did both. I mean Leonard Bernstein himself had her recording the song for his personal archives because she did it so well. You'll have to explain what you don't like about it.

As far as her Tony is concerned, you would have had to see Ain't Nothing But The Blues, On the Town, and Fosse with the original casts to make that assessment.


It's absolutely your right not to like her talent, or to find her annoying or whatever. But you can't say she doesn't HAVE talent that she's not got something in her own right. I mean I really can't stand Idina Menzel, but I can't in good conscience say she's not talented. It might help to know what your talking about too.

I won't lash out on you, but just the general "atmosphere" of this thread is INCREDIBLY negative and almost unecessary. Why now? Why this sudden urge to bash our poor Kristin in such a manner? I can understand if you don't LIKE her, but if you don't recognize that she has at least a SHRED of talent and charm...then I guess I've lost most of my hope in people.


You don't have to like her, but you don't have to express your opinions so outrageously either.

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Updated On: 12/29/05 at 05:08 PM

children&art, I am a big fan also.

Are you or anyone going to LA on February 26 to see her?
I have my ticket!

Updated On: 12/29/05 at 05:14 PM

I'm speechless.

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