MOST OVERRATED AND UNDERRATED BROADWAY STARS — Page 7

For me...

Underrated:
DEFINITELY Sarah Uriarte Berry. she was the first person that sprang to mind.
Christianne Noll
Jason Danieley
Rachel York
Brent Carver
Julia Murney
Karen Ziemba

And though I do like most of these people, overrated:
Idina Menzel
Adam Pascal
Amy Spanger
Matthew Morrison
Ashley Brown
Patrick Wilson
Kristin Chenoweth (i kinda debated on this, i do think she is great but... at the moment, yeah, a little overrated.)

>> Seanmartin, you can point out that you do know what you're talking about all you want but you still don't.

Daniel, it's a little hard to keep up when you keep changing the rules of the game.

Look, you think I dont know what I'm talking about. Fine, I dont give a cat's rear end what you think, because I spent the time watching this stuff -- and you clearly havent. I've heard The Voice in almost all of her recordings -- and you obviously havent. If you wish to consider her a Legend, be my guest. But let's understand something, okay? Merman was a Legend because she made herself one. Every role she played was her, no more, no less. Every song she sang, she pretty well dictated the meter, the key, and -- in some cases -- the orchestrations. Read, if you want, her interactions with Sondheim when he was writing the lyrics for GYPSY, and youll get a real insight as to what it was like working with The Voice.

But your anecdotal evidence aside, she was not an actress of any depth. She played herself in every role she took on, which just underscores my original point: people came to see her, not the show. Every Merman show was designed as a vehicle and not much more. Its just great fortune that many of her vehicles have turned into classics of the musical theatre.

But consider: if she was such an outstanding actress, why did she rarely (if ever) get the role in the movie version of her plays?

Bottom line: amazing voice, but overrated in just about every other category.

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i agree.....she was a legend. absolutely.

The most overrated actors to my view are:

Kristin Chenowith - She has an amazing singing voice, but her acting generally doesn't get great reviews.

Chistine Applegate - Sweet Charity should never have opened.

Hunter Foster - He can sing, but his acting and dancing appear to effected, he's not all that beleiveable in a role.

The most underrated actors are:

Harvey Firestein.. we don't see enough of him on the stage.

Sutton Foster - Very talented and gifted in both singing and acting.

if i have to see melissa errico suck the life out of one more theatre i am going to turn in my equity card.

under: SUTTON FOSTER and John Lloyd Young
over: celia keenan

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Okay, Barbra is not a Broadway star/legend. She did Wholesale and Funny Girl and that's it, she is a movie star.

And I am thoroughly surprised by the amount of people who are saying that Patti's overrated. I'm not going to disagree but it's interesting how people say that legends cannot be touched/said to be overrated, and she is a Broadway Legend in many definitions of the word.

Anyways
Overrated- Angela Lansbury.

Nah, just kiddin'

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i dont know if she is considered underrated becuase she constantly works, but someone i love is Donna Lynne Champlin.

Overrated - Barrett Foa. Just a pretty face that sings off pitch and out of the side of his mouth. The only time he pulls off being a so so actor is when he is playing snobs and spoiled brats, which he happens to be. The only people that think he has talent are those that think he is hot. Friends of mine went to see him in Spelling Bee and thought he was retarded.

BroadwayGuy4 said:

"Barrett Foa. Just a pretty face that sings off pitch and out of the side of his mouth."

I'd still like to meet him. I do a double take everytime I walk by a picture of him outside a theare

If you can walk on stage and take a crap onstage, but riff while you are doing it and still get a standing ovation you are over freaking rated

sorry wicked fans

and seriously with musicals like Rent and wicked you either get someone that can sing but can't act
or can act but can't sing

and you can't do one show and be considered a broadway star or underrated

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"Overrated: Anthony Rapp...I'm sorry I know a lot of people love him and he is a great performer I just think he gets WAY too much praise"

What has he done since the Rent movie to make him so overatted?

Kerry Butler is underated