If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be — Page 2

#26

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:01pm

Daphne Rubin-Vega (mimi from rent)
her voice pierces my ears. i seen the touring cast and the girl who played mimi sounded alot better.

#27

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/18/04 at 7:13pm

Idina Menzel on Wicked....seriously.

*Bracing for angry villagers with torches*

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#28

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/18/04 at 8:12pm

Gertrude Lawrence in King and I. I want a recording with Donna Murphy and Yul Brynner.

#29

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

Marylouise Burke in the ITW revival.

#30

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

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

Frances Ruffelle in Les Mis. Gar!

#31

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/18/04 at 10:32pm

I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stand Daphne Rubin-Vega's singing (or rasping) in Rent.

#32

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 11:48am

Kristin Chenoweth in Wicked.

#33

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:19pm

Idina Menzel in RENT. I simply cannot stand her pretensious, pompous Maureen, and she absolutely ruined "Over the Moon" for me.

Sarah Brightman in POTO. Her voice has just never appealed to me.

#34

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:31pm

I totally agree with the Idina comment on the Rent recording. I skip all her songs when I listen to it.

Also, David Bryant on the Les Mis OBC recording. I can't believe he was cast as Marius (his understudies were much better).

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#35

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:32pm

Sutton in MILLIE

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"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#36

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 3:00pm

Sutton in MILLIE!!!! (GASP!)

Amy Spanger in just about everything she's ever recorded or done. I really can't stomach her voice. I almost ripped my ears off when I saw her in Urinetown...

Updated On: 8/19/04 at 03:00 PM

#37

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 4:23pm

This is a first, a thread where I agree with most of the other posts. I know you all worship her now, but Menzel on RENT is just atrocious. And you all know how I felt about Butler as Audrey. The one that sticks out in my mind from a more recent stinker, is every lead on the Footloose soundtrack. I love Jennifer Thompson but she is particularly awful. The whole recording sounds like it was done underwater.

#38

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 8:18pm

You go, Al Dente!

#39

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:22pm

I have to agree with Kerry Butler in Little Shop

#40

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Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:27pm

OOOKAY, StickToPriest...we have a problem.
I LOVE Dean Jones on the Company recording.
I found Kert's "Being Alive" just okay, whereas Jones's was great, and fused with a special energy.
-d.b.j-

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#41

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:40pm

Sorry, NuggetMonkeys. I have to stand with SticktoPriest on that one. Jones' energy level is fine- the timbre of his voice is not.

#42

re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be

Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:42pm

Amy Spanger in ttB. Come to Your Senses had so much potential, but the last note is awful and the end is overacted. I want to hear that song sung by anyone but her.

I have to differ on Idina in Rent, I like her. Daphne drove me crazy at first, but after a while I adjusted. She doesn't bother me now. I do agree that there have been better-sung Mimi's. And Adam is off? I just don't hear it.

Updated On: 8/19/04 at 10:42 PM