Macauley was actually quite good in "Madame Melville" off-Broadway a few years back.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
I didn't see him in that, so I'll take your word for it, but I'm going by things like "Party Monster" and "Saved", in which he was just plain bad. It was like he was reading from the script.