Worst performances you've seen- Page 4

[Fortuna]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 1:03am

Jenny Powers, Of Thee I Sing, ENCORES!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 2:07am

I loved Ali Ewoldt, on tour and in the revival. Oh well!

Edit: Oops, I forgot to mention Paul Truckey as Javert! Although he wasn't so much "worst," but "hilariously, entertainingly bad." I had a blast, even though it was a wreck.

Updated On: 8/10/07 at 02:07 AM

[scooter38432]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:38am

Among the worst I've seen...

John Stamos in HOW TO SUCCEED...
Karen Ziemba in CHICAGO
Terrence Mann in BEAUTY & THE BEAST
Terrence Mann in LES MISERABLES
Idina Menzel in WICKED
Joel Grey in WICKED
Frances Ruffelle in LES MISERABLES
Betty Buckley and Cast in SUNSET BLVD
David Hyde Pierce in SPAMALOT
Will Chase in AIDA
Michael Maguire in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (NYCO)
Peter Allen in LEGS DIAMOND
Marla Maples in THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES
Tommy Tune in BYE BYE BIRDIE (Nat'l Tour)

Updated On: 8/10/07 at 06:38 AM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 8:59am

Marylouise Burke and Molly Ephraim in the Into the Woods revival. I've never seen anyone look for cues as if they were truffles like that.

Updated On: 8/10/07 at 08:59 AM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:04am

Oh, let me add:

Nathan Lane in BUTLEY. I've seen him do much better work; especially in TRUMBO.

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:19am

Loretta Swit in Drood.

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:27am

Oh yeah, I forgot to add Marin Mazzie in SPAMALOT

Her "Diva's Lament" was absolutely terrible...

[MimiJudith]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:29am

LizzieCurry, what was wrong with Robert Morse in Wicked? I did not see him in that show, but I love him. I heard that he was supposed to be in the Broadway cast, but it didn't work out. What did he do wrong?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 10:46am

Sucked the life out of the stage whenever he was on it.

[MimiJudith]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 11:08am

That's a shame. He was so good in "Tru."

[Shawk]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 11:51am

When Robert Morse was doing the "Wonderful" number, I was embarrassed for him, myself, and everyone else in the theatre.

[MimiJudith]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 1:20pm

Was it his singing that was the problem?

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 1:28pm

Stephanie J. Block in the 1st National tour of Wicked (In Denver)

Tommy Tune in Busker Alley/Stagedoor Charlie/Buskers (In Denver)

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 2:02pm

Tony Randall - The Music Man

Matthew Broderick - The Odd Couple

Hasselhoff - Jekyl/Hyde

Lorraine Newman - 5th of July (Granted she was taking over for Swoosie Kurtz who gave one of the best performances I've ever seen)

June Havoc (the real life Baby June) - Sweeny Todd

Linda Lavin - Gypsy

Mark Hamill and David Birney - Amadeus (I only went because I heard it had to be seen to be believed)

[Footlooser]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 3:44pm

The only truly BAD performances I have seen were...

Daphne Rubin Vega in Les Mis
and Lisa Rinna in Chicago

[Shawk]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 3:49pm

Robert Morse seemed really lost. His soft-shoe routine was almost apologetic, like he had no idea how to make the number work. And when the number is basically one guy on the stage, ahd he is seeming confused and unsure of himself, it just really doesn't work.

[Pippin]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 3:54pm

"he had that cool, clear, eye of a seeker of wisdom and truth.
yet there's that upturned chin and the grin of impetious youth.
Oh I believed in you
I believed in you."

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 4:31pm

"Marylouise Burke and Molly Ephraim in the Into the Woods revival. I've never seen anyone look for cues as if they were truffles like that. "

-Oh doodle, your wit amazes me. So true.

[thesondhead]

Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:02pm

Joey Fatone - Little Shop of Horrors

[madame_no]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:32am

George Hearn in Wicked. The Wizard is already a boring character, and he did nothing to change that. I guess he wasn't "bad", persay, but he was really boring.

Nellie McKay in The Threepenny Opera. No character whatsoever, and her singing was basically speaking, but occasionally singing a word or two and the notes were wrong.


Rue McClanahan in Wicked. My mother, the people sitting around us, and myself were all convinced that she was drunk. She slurred her words, couldn't stand still, and made strange noises. It was painful to watch.

Speaking of drunk, allow me to wander off topic for a moment. Did anyone see Bette Midler's performance at the American Idol finale? I was so sad for her. I truly hope she was drunk.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:46am

Aaron Carter in Seussical. I don't think I've ever seen anyone as lost on a near-open stage as Carter was.

ETA

Rue McClanhan was dreadful, I agree. I feared she was going to fall over every time she stood --I mean, slumped-- on stage.

Updated On: 8/12/07 at 12:46 AM

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 8:46am

OK so not that many got the chance to see it as it dissapeared very fast -thank god- but what the hell was Michael Crawford trying to do in 'Dance Of The Vampires'?? The most god awful mess ive ever seen and in 35 years of theatre going ive seen a few.

[Parsley]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 8:51am

(1) Daphne R V as Fantine in Les Mis - give me nails down a blackboard anytime this was a travesty on so many levels.

(2) Caprice in the 2nd West End version of Rent - horrific

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 9:01am

Peter O'Toole in 'Macbeth' at the Old Vic theatre London 1980. Regarded as one of the biggest disaters in recent theatre history. I saw it and i agree. Shocking, how they got away with i will never know. The amount of stage blood used would put movies like 'Hostel' and 'Saw' to shame! The stuff of nightmares!

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 9:01am

Every single second of the musical 'The Fields Of Ambrosia' -Aldwych Theatre London. Stand out lyric from number called Alone- 'If it aint one thing its another' just after the male character had been gang raped!

Updated On: 8/12/07 at 09:01 AM