Worst Tonys performance ever?

[TheatreKid100]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:31pm

What are some of the worst performances you've ever seen? Let's try to keep it before 2005. There was one posted here a while ago with a guy rambling in about nothing. They said the performance sucked but the show was great. So if you can pos the name and a video!



Updated On: 7/20/12 at 03:31 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:33pm

FTFY

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:38pm

I mean, I think there's a pretty unanimous opinion out there on the performance by the cast of the recent Godspell revival.

This is pre-2005, but when I saw Wicked on the Tony's, before I had seen the show on myself, all I could think of was, "Why is this girl yelling at me and why are people paying so much money to have her yell at them?"

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:41pm

The worst Tonys performance ever happens during the worst Tonys broadcast ever which happens every year. And why keep it before 2005? And I think the clip you were talking about was Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. The guy wasn't rambling about nothing.

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:50pm

Well recently I agree, Godspell was rough, as was that Young Frankenstein business a few years ago, as well as Faith Prince singing that sad song from A Catered Affair the same year. I am usually a huge fan of hers, however it just seemed as though no one wanted to be there...

But if we are going pre 2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnd5KUhT6dc I pick this gem,it looks tired. And such a by the numbers Peter Pan presentation, it kind of makes me long for the epic fail where the nursery set falls over... at least it makes it interesting!

On the otherhand I was enthralled by SHOW PEOPLE from Curtains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1hzFmib9M
and Ragtime...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZbPdFv7qVs

and call me a sap but I tear up everytime I watch the animals start in on Lion King... i know the whole show isn't everyone's cup of tea but that first few minutes holy wow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfBvzs62sUg

Updated On: 7/20/12 at 03:50 PM

[Judy25]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:50pm

I know you said pre-'05, but I think the 2010 performance of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES sucked. Maybe it's just becuase I hated the show. Also, this year's performance of FOLLIES. But, again, I did hate that show too, so that may have had something to do with it. Also, I know you said worst, but I must mention 2 of my favorites. This year's NEWSIES. I just love the show and "Seize The Day" is my favorite song from the show. I can't remember what year it was from (either '10 or '11?) But HOW TO SUCCEED with Daniel Radcliffe "Brotherhood of Man". It blew me away. I never got a chance to see the actual show. I very much regret that.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 3:50pm

WHAT is with the threads that just want to talk about the negative? Worst Tony perf. Worst Fans. Worst Shows to do in amateur theater.

WTF.

[EvanK]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 4:00pm

Fella.

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 4:21pm

Catherine Zeta F*CKing Jones in 2010's Little Night Music ...

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 4:23pm

^Painful.

I also really hated Follies on the Tonys this year. It was a bad choice, and just seemed so awkward. The Porgy and Bess actors did a good job, but the songs were strung together poorly.

[nealb1]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 5:18pm

Yes, Buddy's number from "Follies" did seem out of place and completely out of context. Too bad the show wasn't still running and "Woman In The Mirror" or "Beautiful Girls" wasn't performed. It would have been so expensive to fly in pretty much the whole cast for either of those 2 numbers.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 5:25pm

Newsies. Obnoxious beyond belief.

[PattiLover]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 6:24pm

two words: Busker Alley

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 8:14pm

Gotta go with Zeta-Jones' odd "Send in the Clowns" by way of The Exorcist. No excuses about how she was sick (it wasn't the singing that was bad) or didn't know where to look. It was just bad. It was bad on TV and it would be been bad on stage.

I actually like Catherine Zeta-Jones a lot, but that performance was just...no.

[Citygirl.grace]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 8:27pm

I absolutely LOVE "Follies", but I do agree that the performance at the Tony's this year was most definitely not the best. The should have done a different more "show stopping" number.

I also didn't like any of the numbers from the 2010 Tony's (or any show that season for that matter...) except for I did enjoy La Cage Aux Folles.

[shrekster224]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 8:51pm

JCS this year

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:24pm

Rosie and the three divas:


Lord, the bloated Betty Buckley fiddling with her boa and then pushing Holliday out of the way to stand next to Rosie is classic.
oh no!

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:38pm

Ghost. They were screaming the entire time

[Jon]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 9:39pm

Idina's painful screaming was matched by Tonya Pinkins' painful screaming that year.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:05pm

I'll play, since I'm feeling negative tonight.

Catherine Zeta Jones -- I love her. She's very talented. But her televised rendition of "Send In the Clowns" sucked.

Wicked: Idina Menzel started out brilliantly with all that raw rage and emotion, until she couldn't hold pitch to save her life during the song.

* * * *Forgettable, but it should not have been:

Follies revival last year. Wrong song. It landed like a thud on TV with zero impact.

Caroline or Change the channel. Didn't work at all out of context AND she lost her voice during the song. Pass.

Updated On: 7/20/12 at 10:05 PM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:33pm

I thought the 2010 Tonys were the worst overall in terms of performance- most of them were pretty dreadful. The only ones that I remember liking at all were La Cage and the brief performance from Everyday Rapture.

[ZoeTheGoat]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:40pm

Umm Royal Caribbean's Hairspray...what was that!!???!!!

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:41pm

I second the cruise line Hairspray performance. That was a trainwreck.

[Back Row]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 10:44pm

Evita was pretty awful this year, and the Guys and Dolls revival of 2009 comes to mind as being particularly cringeworthy.

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 7/20/12 at 11:00pm

BackRow, I'm glad I'm not the only one who disliked the Evita performance. In fact, it almost made my lose interest in the production as a whole. Everyone I happened to be watching with this year couldn't stop cooing over Ricky Martin's "charm" and how he "oozed charisma." Maybe I just didn't get it, or maybe I was watching a completely different performance.