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MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
#25re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:10pm
I used to think Carol Channing was overrated. Then, I heard from other people how great of a performer she is and how she can make you laugh. The reason I thought she was overrated because of her voice I heard on HELLO, DOLLY. I don't think Idina is overrated. I think some reason others dislike her is because of her fans. It's really sad some people stoped liking her because of her fan base.
Updated On: 12/26/06 at 03:10 PM
purpleprince101
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Danielm
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#27re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:10pmZeitoujo, how many of these people you consider overated have you seen doing more than a few songs or shows? How qualified are you to rate their careers?
Yes, we do need a third vampire musical.--Little Sally, Gypsy of the Year 2005.
Zeitoujo
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#28re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:14pmall except chita and steph b
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#29re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:16pmcarolee is under rated...she is an amazing, gifted actress, with a range that is silly good!
#30re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:17pmI don't know about ya'll but I can't stand Adam Lazar. Terrible.
#32re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:29pm
overrated- Ethel Merman, Patti LuPone, Carol Channing, Barbra Streisand, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Amy Spanger
underrated- Ted Keegan, Julie Hanson, Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Katie Clarke, Patti Cohenour, Sarah Uriarte Berry, Aaron Lazar, Michael Berresse, Shirley Jones, Stephanie J. Block
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#33re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:33pm
Zeitoujo--how do you define overrated? I think that few people on this board have probably heard of VIctoria Matlock; I wouldnt have if not for way too many Wicked threads, but overrated...how can she be overrated if the general publidc didnt even rate her to begin with...and she certainly has less hype than Megan HIlty
note:I picked Victoria Matlock as one of MANY examples of the abhove fact from your list
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#34re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:39pm
Elphba3, I agree with a lot of your underrated list, but Brian Stokes Mitchell is amazing. Any questions, see the "South Pacific in Concert" DVD.
And, I just love Ethel Merman. Period.
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#35re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:41pmYou are so right I*Heart*Fame, people seem to think "overrated" means "performers I don't like."
Yes, we do need a third vampire musical.--Little Sally, Gypsy of the Year 2005.
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#36re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 3:54pmBarbra Joan Streisand is a GOD.
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#37re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:00pmAdam Pascal is extremely overrated.
#38re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:00pm
Overrated:
~Idina Menzel
~Daphne Rubin-Vega
~Shoshana Bean
~Idina Menzel 
Underrated:
~Rachel York
~Michael Beresse
~Victoria Clark
~Carolee Carmello
~Aaron Lazar
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#39re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:14pm
So I'm a wee biased in saying I stand up for Adam Pascal. I truly believe he is a gifted rock singer, perhaps not the grandest "Broadway" vocalist; but he is talented. On one note I do agree with the overrated-ness (if that tis even a word...). It seems to me alot of people only know him as Roger from RENT, and they don't take the time to listen to his own music, which I recommend to anyone looking for a good mellow rock/indie-rock CD.
Anyhoo, I believe that John Tartaglia and Julia Murney are underrated.
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#40re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:15pm
^Julia Murney is underrated. Even thought she was the only Elphaba I've seen, she was absolutely magnificent. I was glad I caught her on the last tour stop and I'm glad the principals will be going to Broadway(even though I'm mostly excited for her).
Updated On: 12/26/06 at 04:15 PM
#41re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:16pm
Julia Murney hasn't done enough to be considered over- or underrated yet. So far, she's been in one extremely short-lived show. That does not make her a Broadway "star."
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/26/06 at 04:16 PM
#42re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:18pm
OVERATED:
{love them but I'm sorry:}
Kristin Chenoweth
Idina Menzel
Shoshana Bean
John Lithgow
Underrated:
Christopher Fitzgerald
Cheyenne Jackson
Jenn Gambatese
Kevin Cahoon
Gregory Jbara
Michelle Dowdy
Aaron Tveit
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Updated On: 12/26/06 at 04:18 PM
#43re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:28pmI agree with the poster who said Chenoweth is NOT overrated, you're all biased because of WICKED. She was around (and won a Tony) before WICKED, and she'll be around decades after.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
bella cantato
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#44re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:35pm
Stephanie Block is overrated??? How is that possible? She's hardly even acknowledged... she doesn't have a Tony... people hardly talk about her... Pirate Queen is her first big show... how can she be overrated? She's a working actor... she doesn't get the recognition she deserves, in my very humble opinion! God, it's like, as soon as someone gets a job they are overrated? What?
What EXACTLY are your terms of "overrated" and "underrated"? How can Beth Leavel be underrated? Last time I checked she had a Tony, and is doing very well for herself. I don't get it, at all.
"You know, a little orphan girl once told me that the sun would come out tomorrow. Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I supressed the urge to laugh in her face. But now, by gum, I think she might have been on to something!"
--Reefer Madness
Updated On: 12/26/06 at 04:35 PM
#45re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:37pm
Underrated:
Brian d'Arcy James (Lippa's Wild Party, smokin')
Idina in Wicked in London (if you haven't seen her, don't judge her London performance)
Overrated:
Idina in Wicked on Broadway
#46re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:41pmSee, bella, this is the problem - I'll bet you a million dollars this poster had never even heard of Leavel before DROWSY.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
bella cantato
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#47re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:46pmYeah and I wonder if he has even seen ALL of them perform, LIVE. Because I don't think you can judge someone's "overrated" or "underrated" status until you've seen them all live. And having seen a healthy number of them, I would beg to differ.
"You know, a little orphan girl once told me that the sun would come out tomorrow. Her adopted father was a powerful billionaire, so I supressed the urge to laugh in her face. But now, by gum, I think she might have been on to something!"
--Reefer Madness
BSoBW2
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#48re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:47pm
Sadly to even be rated in the general public you gotta make a movie.
Ya gotta get a movie
If ya wanna get ahead
snl89
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#49re: MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS
Posted: 12/26/06 at 4:56pm
ok, so I dont really feel like I know enough broadway people and their careers well enough to fairly judge who's overrated and underated.
I WILL say, however, that I do agree about Idina BUT that doesn't mean I dont think she deserves all the aknowledgment she's gotten. Its just that some of her more "fangirly" fans seem to think she's God... and, clearly she's not :) insanely talented, yes. But not God. So its really more what her fan base has made her OUT to be that makes her overrated.
I think thats probably the case for MOST people who've been listed as overrated. Its not that they dont deserve to be where they are. And I agree with the people who've said its important to remember theres a big difference between "performers I dont like" and "performers that are overrated"
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