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If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
#25re: 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.
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#26re: 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*
Updated On: 8/18/04 at 07:13 PM
another sloe eyed vamp
Stand-by Joined: 8/18/04
#27re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/18/04 at 8:12pmGertrude Lawrence in King and I. I want a recording with Donna Murphy and Yul Brynner.
#28re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/18/04 at 8:30pmMarylouise Burke in the ITW revival.
#29re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/18/04 at 8:30pmFrances Ruffelle in Les Mis. Gar!
#30re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/18/04 at 10:32pmI'm glad I'm not the only one who can't stand Daphne Rubin-Vega's singing (or rasping) in Rent.
wally
Featured Actor Joined: 11/1/03
#31re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 11:48amKristin Chenoweth in Wicked.
#32re: 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.
#33re: 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).
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#34re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:32pmSutton in MILLIE
#35re: 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
Al Dente
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#36re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 4:23pmThis 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.
#37re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 8:18pmYou go, Al Dente!
#38re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:22pmI have to agree with Kerry Butler in Little Shop
#39re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
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-
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#40re: If you could have replaced 1 lead on any cast recording who would it be
Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:40pmSorry, NuggetMonkeys. I have to stand with SticktoPriest on that one. Jones' energy level is fine- the timbre of his voice is not.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#41re: 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
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