Great performances in Not So Great shows.

[Born in a Ditch]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:33am

Performances you really enjoyed, in shows you did not.

Most recently for me:
Rob McClure and Jen Colella in Chaplin.



Updated On: 12/24/12 at 12:33 AM

[Kelly2]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:39am

Jessie Mueller in "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever"
Ari Graynor in "The Performers".

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:41am

Jen Colella and Erin Mackey in Chaplin.

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:42am

Carolee Carmello in Scandalous.

[PositivelyEmerald]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:46am

I kind of liked the show...but generally most people didn't...

Betty Buckley and Linzy Hately in Carrie


Updated On: 12/24/12 at 12:46 AM

[MKunkel]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:54am

Lily Rabe in Seminar

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 1:12am

Definitely Lily Rabe in Seminar

Norbert Leo Butz in Dead Accounts

I'm beginning to see a trend here, concerning the "not so great" shows. How are the completely mediocre plays of Rebeck still being produced? Right, because idiots like myself keep buying the tickets, expecting something better but never getting it...

[Born in a Ditch]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 1:30am

issac.evans You really enjoyed Erin Mackey's performance in "Chaplin"? I thought she was so dull. Different strokes, for different folks I suppose!

[undercoveractor]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 2:03am

Laura Benanti in WOMEN ON THE VERGE..(although I still say there is a fantastic show in there that a director will find one day)

Linda Lavin in THE LYONS

Martha Plimpton in PAL JOEY (Roundabout)

[carolineorchange21]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 2:04am

Stephanie J Block's Pirate Queen was spectacular - although I thought the show was better in Chicago. It seemed somehow gutted on Broadway.

[ChanceEncounter]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 3:05am

Amy Spanger in The Wedding Singer

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 8:37am

Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 8:56am

Douglas Hodge in Cyrano. He fully embodied Cyrano and I had to remind myself it was an actor playing the role.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 9:07am

David Turner in In My Life. Aside from the giant lemon, his performance is the only thing I remember about the show. Could be that he was the only one who had a character to play in the show. Could be the CGI skeleton kickline that haunts my nightmares.

[That Groovy Guy]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 9:36am

Jan Maxwell (and Danny Burstein) in that incredible dog that was Follies

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:10am

Carolee Carmello in SCANDALOUS
(I know someone already said it, but I agree 100%)

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:30am

This isn't very recent, but the first performance that came to mind was Orfeh in Saturday Night Fever. She was terrific. The show wasn't.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:42am

Betty Buckley in CATS

[Kelly2]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:52am

I also agree with Stephanie J. Block in The Pirate Queen.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:06pm

Marin Mazzie in Carrie.

[bdn223]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:37pm

Audra McDonald and Norm Louis in The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (I am sorry but when they gut the show to the point where Porgy explains he know Bess cheated on him because he has a bum leg, there are issues)

Raul Esparza in Leap of Faith

SHERRIE RENE SCOTT as well as t Sierra Bogess, and Tittuss Bergius in The Little Mermaid did I mention SHERRIE RENE SCOTT!!!

[Next2Noone]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 1:59pm

I was a little disappointed in Peter and the Starcatcher. It didn't quite live up to my expectations.

But I think that Celia Keenan-Bolger & Adam Chanler-Berat were great.

[macnyc]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 2:03pm

Danielle Ferland in New Girl in Town at the Irish Repertory Theater.

Updated On: 12/24/12 at 02:03 PM

[Taryn]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 2:44pm

I never actually saw it, but the first thing that comes to mind is Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz.

[Hannahbelle]

Posted: 12/24/12 at 3:34pm

Almost everything I've seen Sutton Foster in. I didn't like Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Little Women, or Thoroughly Modern Millie, but Sutton was a rock star. It was great to watch her shine in Anything Goes and the Drowsy Chaperone, both shows I enjoyed.