Worst performances you've seen- Page 5

[Parsley]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 9:02am

actually when Daphne RV's Fantine died I really wanted to cheer!!!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 9:41am

Matthew Broderick - The Odd Couple
David Hasselhoff - Jekyl & Hyde
Rita Wilson - Chicago
Keith Carridine - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Not BAD, but I didn't enjoy his performance.)
Whoopi Goldberg - Forum
Vanessa Williams - Into the Woods
George Rose - Peter Pan
Daphne Rubin Vega - Les Miz
Tony Danza - The Producers
Brad Oscar - The Producers (as Max Bialystock. He was trying to hard to actually BE Nathan Lane.)
Brad Garret - The Odd Couple (Not the WORST, but he wasn't very good. When he was onstage it felt like he, Nathan and Matthew were competing for "Who is The Biggest Star!".)
Ben Vereen - Wicked


I'm sure there are more i'm forgetting...

And I, personally, loved Robert Morse in Wicked...just because I love Robert Morse in anything. lol.

DollyPop - Nathan was terrific in BUTLEY! Yes, he has done better, but I think he gave a great performance and worked his ass off on that stage!

Updated On: 8/12/07 at 09:41 AM

[MrsVampyre]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:46am

For me.. hands down...it's

David Hasselhoff - Jekyl & Hyde - Overacting and just plain bad.

Alec Baldwin - South Pacific Concert - uncaring, unprepared performance. It was liking watching a stick of wood on the stage.

Doug Henning and Deb Henning - Merlin - They are both triple threats - can't sing, dance or act.

NathanLanStalker - I have to agree. Nathan Lane turned in an impressive emotional performance as Butley. He was on stage for just about the entire show, and was terrific.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:54am

That "triple threat" crack about Doug Henning wasn't funny when Nathan Lane rather cruelly used it years ago, and it's not funny now.

Nathan is certainly talented, but it would be nice if he could learn not to use it to take cheap shots at his colleagues.

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:05pm

I saw the Skid Row star Sebastian Bach in the Jesus Christ Superstar tour, and cried it was so awful.

His Acting-He would drunkely move his arms

His Singing- To awful to even star on..

[little donkey]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 12:30pm

helen dallimore's glinda in the original london cast... just didn't suit the part.

[AngusN]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 3:02pm

Katie Clarke - Light in the Piazza (maybe because Kelli O'Hara ste the standard SO high, I just wasn't bowled over by Katie)

Pete Poselthwaite - Macbeth

Bette Midler - in the Gypsy film (I know it's a film, but it's still a performance)

Claire Sweeney - Fosee (awful, awful, AWFUL!)

Maureen Nolan - Blood Brothers (didn't have a convincing Scouse accent and over-acted every scene)

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 3:37pm

Lauren Pritchard - Spring Awakening
Troy Horne - RENT
Kyle Post as Roger - RENT

[Spacedog78]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 3:43pm

Broadway:

1) The ENTIRE cast of Beauty and the Beast this past January

2) The ENTIRE cast of Chicago in January 2002

3) The ENTIRE cast of Phantom in January 2006

Maybe I should stop seeing shows in January


Touring:

The newest Aida tour....gag...

[Footlooser]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 3:49pm

Eartha Kitt as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, scariest thing EVER!!!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 7:39pm

I'll agree with Katie Clarke in LitP, but only in the Broadway run. In the tour she was passable.

My problem with her was that she couldn't sing the entire score. And her diction drives me crazy.

[jv92]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 8:07pm

Lilias White, who I usually like, butchered "When You're Good to Mama" when I saw her in Chicago. She riffed like a maniac, completely ruining the number.

Oh, and by the way, it finally happened. Someone PMed me to tell me that this thread was too long, I was a bitter 'wanna be' and that Josh Strickland was brilliant in Tarzan. Whatever.

[chino]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:40pm

David Ayers in Wicked
Mandy Bruno in Les Mis
Daphne Rubin Vega in Les Mis Updated On: 8/13/07 at 10:40 PM

[brainlessorwise]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 10:44pm

Greg Louganis in Jeffrey. I honestly hope that no other performance ever comes close to being that bad.

[singingbackup]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:04pm

Hugh Panaro in LESTAT
Joanne Worley in DROWSY CHAPERONE
John Stamos in H2$

[istillbelieve24601]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:05pm

Rosie O'Donell in the Fiddler on the Roof revival. I didn't mind Harvey (he wasn't that bad) but Rosie was just awful. I'm easy. I don't really care if an actor can't act or sing- it's not their fault. When an actor can passably act and passibly sing yet they chose not to, that bugs me.

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:10pm

Tony Danza in the producers

Updated On: 8/14/07 at 11:10 PM

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 8/12/07 at 11:36pm

I am surprised no one has mentioned Tony Danza in THE PRODUCERS. Awful...just awful.

[Midoria]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 12:01am

The Touring Cast of "Cats" in the Mid-90's. Half of them were obviously out of breath during most of it. It was kinda sad.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 12:11am

I didn't think Tony Danza was terrible.
Just not as good as other Max's.

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 12:19am

David Burnham in LitP? Really? He literally stopped the show with his first number the night I saw it.

Footlooser, be careful what you say about Eartha. I made a less-than-complimentary remark about her back when I first joined the boards, and Margo Channing severely chastised me!

[iloveidinamenzel]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 3:14am

Are you kidding?

Idina Menzel and Joel Grey in Wicked??

Ive seen Wicked 6 times, including with the OBC!

And i dont think everyone in the original cast is the best, but i must say no one could ever be better than Ms. Chenoweth or Mrs. Menzel! Or Joel Grey, except maybe David Garrison who was very good.

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 3:25am

Hold me closer Tony Danza

[scooter38432]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 8:02am

"Are you kidding?

Idina Menzel and Joel Grey in Wicked??

Ive seen Wicked 6 times, including with the OBC!

And i dont think everyone in the original cast is the best, but i must say no one could ever be better than Ms. Chenoweth or Mrs. Menzel! Or Joel Grey, except maybe David Garrison who was very good."


No. Not kidding.
I'm not surprised that you disagree with my choices of adding Idina and Joel to my list of Worst Performances, considering that your User name is "iloveidinamenzel". (Taye, is that you?)

Idina, although certainly talented and beautiful in her own way, is NO ACTRESS. She's awful! I guess some people like her singing (or yelling) voice, but come on. She can't act! All you have to do is go on to that other unmentionable website and watch a clip of Julia Murney or two, and you'll see how the role of Elphaba SHOULD be played. It really makes quite a difference when you have a TRAINED actor and singer in the role.

I know. I know. Let the onslaught begin.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 8/13/07 at 9:02am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrel - I said Tony Danza in The Producers.

istillbelieve24601 - Rosie O in Fiddler was good. She acted the role very well and although she can't sing, she can pass for what she did. Was she amazing? No. But I think she was pretty good.

Harvey in Fiddler was magnificent! Harvey as Tevye is one of those things...you either love it or you hate it.