Josh Groban on Broadway ! — Page 2

A huge number of people say him act before ever hearing him sing. He was on ALLY McBEAL as a high shcool kid who wanted to sue the girl who said she'd go to prom with him, then backed out at the last minute. He did a second episode a year later in which his mother died. He was very good at playing a modern, angst-ridden teen.

I did not see him in Chess, but have seen a bit of his acting.

I'll say again, he can use some seasoning but compared to some of the stunt casting garbage pulled on Broadway, I'd have to say that I'd rather see him in a musical and listen to HIM sing than Britney Spears who has been suggested for several roles.

If stunt casting continues on the stage in NY you can pretty much kiss the triple threat goodbye anyway. The days of people coming to NY and struggling to pay voice, dance and acting teachers are over...because for the most part, those people can only expect to advance into the chorus these days...the bigger parts are given to people who can barely act, sing OR dance...so why would you hold Groban aside as an exception when he can at least do SOME of these things?

If you just don't like him...say so...that has nothing to do with someone's talent...it's personal taste.

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I'm really glad to see that Carl's horrible message about me was erased. It was really awful. Anyway, when talking about things you're passionate about here just remember...don't take it too far. It's not life an death. If someone doesn't like who you like...take it with a grain of salt. Calling people fat hags and being complete ass holes for no reason is not cool at all. just disagree...politely.

on that note. Josh is amazing and he was great in Chess...I completely forgot about that (so was BeBe Neuwirth!)

Well, I'm done with this subject. It got too rough. I'm a peaceful person....

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yeah, josh was also not admitted into ANY musical theatre programs in the country. He auditioned for a lot of them. I know for a fact that when he auditioned for U of M, Brent Wagner was awed by his vocal talent, but his acting was...eh! But no one can deny that he's a great singer.

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I just wish the Chess concert was recorded
Josh, Adam, Raul, Norm, Sutton, Julia
You can't beat those voices

"Have any of you seen him act outside of a concert?"

Does Chess count? I saw it twice (the rehearsal and at the show) and his voice was great but I must agree that his acting leaves a lot to be desired. I think it may have helped that the show had an amazing cast backing him up so it wasn't SO obvious?

As for concerts, he does have a wonderful voice but the concert itself was kinda boring. It was just him singing and maybe making a comment or two. The rest of the time he was just walking around the stage. My girlfriend actually got me tickets for his next concert (instead going nuts thinking what to get each other for xmas each of us buys two tickets to the show and we go to both together. Definatly a win-win situation, if you ask me. The show isn't for another month but I'll update then if anyone is interested.




My sources tell me that he was in discussions to perform again for one night but ended up not signing on for it.


That production of Chess was one of the most amazing shows I have had the pleasure of attending.

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he would never be cast to play anthony in sweeney... anthony is a lyric/classical baritone... josh is a classical tenor... wouldn't work, i've a copy of the score and in a lot of the songs he is actually written to sing very very low... and we can all hear in "to where you are" that josh is not a low-boy.