Top Five Favorite and Least Favorite Performers- Page 3

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 2:06am

FIVE CLASSICS:
Carol Channing
Ethel Merman
Angela Lansbury
Gwen Verdon
Mary Martin

FIVE CONTEMPORARY GREATS:
Nathan Lane
Bernadette Peters
Sutton Foster
Patti LuPone
Audra McDonald

[broadwaybaby_1983]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 2:20am

Note: I have seen all of these performers and/or met them as well. If I have met them, part of the reason that I like or dislike them.

Favorite Female:
1.Sutton Foster ( So sweet!)*
2.Sherie Rene Scott(from my hometown)*
3.Susan Egan (Best Belle ever)*
4.Karen Ziemba (saw in ACL, age 5!)*
5.Amy Spanger( Reefer Madness! :) )
Faveorite Male:
1.Tim Curry (I love him!)
2.Raul Esparza (Great MC)
3.Harvey Fierstein(love!)*
4.Rick Lyon(Go Trekkie!)*
5.Jeremy Kushnier(Footloose)*

Least Favorite Female:
1.Melanie Griffith(played herself,an airhead!)
2.Sandra Joseph (Honestly,how much
longer must you play Christine?)*
3.Judy Kuhn (Good voice, I just
don't like to look at her)*
4.Scary Spice (Really nice lady but
terrible for Bway)*
5.Elaine Stritch (She may entertain
but I would love to see her do it
sober, sorry)
Least Favorite Male:
1.Joey Fatone(Please leave Bway to people w/talent)
2.Drew Lachey(Why,God,Why?)
3.Norbert Leo Butz (I just don't get him)
4.Joey McIntyre (Bway is going to the hasbeen boy bands)
5.John Stamos(What a pompous a**!)*
*= I met them

[phantom_tenor]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 2:49am

Best

1. Anthony Warlow
2. Placido Domingo
3. Mandy Patkin
4. Sarah Brightman (she's not perfect, but i like her)
5. Michael Ball

Worst

1. Michael Crawford (i'm surprised how many people agree with me on this)
2. Barbara Streisand
3. Richard Harris
4. Sian Phillips
5. Colm Wilkinson (what the hell is the big deal with this guy? It is not a "strong, pure tenor". His voice is just disgusting.
Updated On: 3/25/05 at 02:49 AM

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 11:54am

IN NO ORDERRRR

FAV. FEMALES.
1. MANDY GONZALEZ
2. Elizabeth Loyacano(BEST FREAKIN UNDERSTUDY ever i dunno why but i jsut LOVE her!)
3. Susan Egan/Sutton Foster (i dunno why but they kinda tie..even tho i said no order hahahah)
4. Eden Espinosa
5. Kristin Chenoweth
^^this mostly has to do with their voices...not there over all performances

FAV. MALES
1. NORBERT LEO BUTZ
2. Adam Pascal
3. Hunter Foster
4. Max Von Essen
5. I can't think of a 5th..but I know there is one!!

LEAST FAV. FEMALES AND MALES...(IM DOIN THESE TOGETHER HEHE)

shoot, ill do these later the bell just rang for class!! hahah

[bwayrunner22]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 12:11pm

Faves:
Idina Menzel
Shoshana Bean- I just saw her in WICKED and she was amazing
Kristin Chenoweth
Adam Pascal
Jennifer Laura Thompson

[SeptemberKel]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 12:29pm

Favorite Five:
1. Donna Murphy
2. Norbert Leo Butz
3. Adam Pascal
4. Sutton Foster
5. Tonya Pinkins

Least Favorite Five:
1. Kristin Chenoweth
2. Bernadette Peters
3. Colm Wilkinson
4. Marissa Jaret Winokur
5. Ann Reinking

[robyn525600]

Posted: 3/23/05 at 1:07pm

FAVES (in no order):

Raul Esparza
Adam Pascal
Idina Menzel
Hugh Jackman


HONORABLE MENTIONS (in no order):

Euan Morton
Carolee Carmello
BD Wong
Susan Egan
Gary Beach

I don't want to put that I dislike anyone because everyone has their own special talent and way about them. : )

[Jamie Pierce]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 6:34pm

My Top Five Faves:

Charlotte d'Amboise
Jeffrey Carlson
Sandra Joseph
Michael Rupert
Laura Benanti
Updated On: 3/24/05 at 06:34 PM

[sharon1]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 7:08pm

My favs:
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Michael Crawford
Michael Ball
Bernadette Peters
Donna Murphy

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 7:35pm

Favorites -

Julie Andrews
Jerry Orbach
Angela Lansbury
Brian Mitchell
Chita Rivera

Least Favorites

I don't dislike anyone enough to make a list, although Nathan Lane really annoys me.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 8:10pm

Top 5 fave males:
Brent Barrett (makes me weak in the knees when I listen to him)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (What presence!)
Joel Grey (classic)
Nathan Lane (Very consistent)
Mandy Patinkin

Top 5 Females:
Rachel York (everything about this women is incredible)
Julie Andrews (can't beat her)
Angela Lansbury (WOW)
Carol Channing (at first couldn't stand her, but now I'm starting to appreciate her)
Patricia Morison (LOOOOOOOOOOOVE her voice)

I don't want to do least favorites, because i know that when I'm on broadway, I wouldn't want to be put on a list like taht. SO instead, I'll make a list of my top 10 (5 male 5female) who have sadly been deceased.

1. Jerry Orbach (rest his incredibly talented soul)
2. John Raitt
3. Larry Kert
4. Alfred Drake
5. Zero Mostel
6. Marilyn Miller
7. Gwen Verdon
8. Ethel Merman
9. Lisa Kirk
10. Madeliene Kahn (sp?)

[rent1988]

Posted: 3/24/05 at 11:13pm

favorites (in no order):
norbert leo butz, harvery firstein, raul esparza, bernadette peters, anthony rapp, sherie rene scott, kristin chenoweth
...ok more than five

and i cant think of my 5 least favorites but i really cant stand marissa winkour or chita rivera

[BWAYboi_yes]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 1:23am

1. Maria Friedman- I'm shocked no one's mentioned her yet. I'm a huge fan of hers.

2. Bernadette

3. Jason Alexander

4. Joanna Gleason

5. Betty Buckley

BAD

1. Francis Ruffele, even though I don't know if I've spelled that correctly

2. Richard Kind

3. David Hasselhoff

4. Rebecca Luker

5. Gwen Verdon

[jarred03]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 1:43am

My Favorites are:
1. BEBE NEUWIRTH
2. Idina Menzel
3. Kristin Chenowyth
4. John Tartaglia
5. Anna Ai and the girl who played Gary Coleman in Avenue Q

mY lEAST Favorites:
1. Adam Pascal(why does everybody love him?, maybe it would be different if I saw him as Roger but he made a bad emcee)
2. Susan Egan
3. Norbert Leo Butz(he's alright but he pales in comparison to Idina and Kristen)

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 1:50am

Top 5 Males
1. Hugh Panaro (He has a great voice, he was great as the Phantom and in Todd he did the best version of Johanna I ever heard (and Ive heard it alot)
2. Roger Bart
3. Brian Stokes Mitchell (his voice is truly perfect)
4. George Hearn (the greatest Sweeney ever!!!)
5. Neil Patrick Harris (Id have never learned to like Assasins had it not been for him)
6. The OBC of Rent

Top 5 Female
1. Chenoweth (Incredible voice (though a little hyped) and extremly beautiful)
2. Sutton Foster (Millie couldnt have been done by anyone but her)
3. Audra Mcdonald (She has deserved every Tony she won)
4. the OBC of Rent

Least favorite (put together)
Joey Fatone (you were the worst I have ever heard)
Taye Diggs (He doesnt have a great voice)
Shosana Bean
Carol channing (I cant tell whats up with that women at all)

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 2:35am

Top 5 Women
1. Alice Ripley
2. Emily Skinner
3. Heather Headley
4. Daphne Rubin-Vega
5. Idina Menzel

Top 5 Men
1. Michael Ball
2. Hunter Foster
3. Norbert Leo Butz
4. Raul Esparza
5. Hugh Jackman

I have a LOT of fav's...these were the 5 of men and women that first came to mind....believe me, there are so many more fav's.

I don't have any worst, really...I've seen some off days with some people, but I don't believe that they are necessarily BAD performers...except for one that comes to mind....DAVID HASSELHOFF, he should never be allowed back on the broadway stage again!

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 8:52am

FAVORITE (no order)
1. Sutton Foster
2. Kristin Chenoweth
3. Eden Espinosa
4. Julie Andrews
5. Jenna Leigh Green

LEAST FAVORITE
1. Idina Menzel
2. Michelle Federer
3. Amy McAlexander

[Glinda's Candy]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:16am

MyFairlady, what don't you like about Michelle Federer? I'm just curious, because I think she has a really beautiful voice (one of the best voices in 'Wicked').
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[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:21am

Michelle Federer has a nice voice, but she gasps a lot when she sings. I don't dislike that many performers and I don't hate her. She just irritates me a little with her breathing.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:22am

Why don't you like JLT then, GLinda's Candy? I think she has a beautiful voice and is one of the most far superior actresses in Wicked? (It's all relative--we like who we like)



PLUS I like the way you think MFL
Updated On: 3/25/05 at 09:22 AM

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 12:02pm

LEAST FAVORITE

the girl that plays "amy" in little women...TERRIBLE...just TERRIBLE..NOTHING like "amy" is supposed to be and just ANNOYING and BAD...and I HATED HER...

david hasselhoff...

carol channing--disgusting..just disgusting..

maureen mcgovern...i will NEVER get why she is who she is...maybe she was GREAT in her time...but in this day I just don't get her...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE les mis...dont get me wrong its my favorite show and I love all the original performers...except omg the girl who was the original EPONINE(and that's my all time favorite character too) omg shes all whiney and ahhh she just sucks lol like she cant sing...like the onyl reason I can listen to it is cuz i sing over her..i forget her name...but yeah her...like i dont HATE her but she does come to mind for least fav....

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 12:06pm

I'm going to stop reading this thread.

[aliceripleysnumber1]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 3:05pm

Okay...using the word "hate" is awful strong isn't it? Good Lord, I don't know why people have to be so harsh. This thread should have just stuck to our favorite performers...

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:27pm

I agree we shouldnt use hate except in the 2 folowing cases:

I Hate
David Hasselhoff
Gerard Butler


They killed the music they sang.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 9:31pm

I would like to ammend my list, and add the entire cast of "Movin' Out" to my favorite list. Also added to that list is Charlotte D'amboise. She's amazing!!!