Comments (about performers) that frustrate you... — Page 2

Sorry, but Allison Janney can't sing and Annaleigh Ashford was a horrible Glinda.

I don't like when people think complain about certain Elphabas not riffing and are obsessed with riffs. It's not supposed to be about riffing.

I hate how people will not let Donna Murphy live down her illness, which caused her to miss shows. I mean just get over it. The woman was sick.

Speaking of Donnas, I hate how so many people have canonized Donna McKechnie's Cassie and shred and vilify anyone who attempts Cassie post-Donna. Donna was superb, but she performed the role in a VERY different time without the scrutiny and speculation of todays internet. Give some of these other actresses a break.

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Positive comments about Karen Olivo, Shoshana Bean, or Stephanie Block.

"Gwen Verdon couldn't sing"

"Ethel Merman couldn't sing"

It frustrates me when regional performers suggested in casting choice discussions on this board are sneered at as somehow being undeserving just because they haven't yet appeared in a show on Broadway.

Some of the best talent in musical theater in this country are wowing audiences regularly in regional productions and the only difference is that these excellent artists have not gotten that big break and are sadly ignored by producers who cast the same small group of performers who have already gotten that break in show after show on Broadway, despite the fact that very few performers in the last 25 years are capable of making a show a guaranteed success just on the basis of their casting.

Musical theater has always thrived on new talent and there is no such thing as too many stars and today's Broadway musical theater needs more distinctive musical talents who, if given a chance, could fill theaters and wow audiences as much if not more than today's stars.

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