#126
Posted: 8/13/07 at 10:25am
how could Rue be awful in Wicked? She never showed up lol
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#127
Posted: 8/13/07 at 1:59pm
Sebastian Bach in J&H was pretty bad too.
Most "star" replacements typically give pretty bad performances mostly because I imagine they are usually not theatre/stage professionals.
We should start a new tread about Star Replacements that did just as good if not a better job than that of the original star (like I heard about Reba McIntire in AGYG).
Most "star" replacements typically give pretty bad performances mostly because I imagine they are usually not theatre/stage professionals.
We should start a new tread about Star Replacements that did just as good if not a better job than that of the original star (like I heard about Reba McIntire in AGYG).
#128
Posted: 8/13/07 at 2:19pm
Susan Anton in the All Shook Up tour. Good lord.
My dad said that Molly Ringwald was awful in the Sweet Charity tour as well. (He played both shows...)
~*Sara*~
Who would play you in the movie? "Taye Diggs." --Brian d'Arcy James
My dad said that Molly Ringwald was awful in the Sweet Charity tour as well. (He played both shows...)
Who would play you in the movie? "Taye Diggs." --Brian d'Arcy James
#129
Posted: 8/13/07 at 2:57pm
sara schmidt in brooklyn BUT, I will say that it wasnt her fault. They needed a girl in a pinch.. they hired her. It was just too much for her. She is AWESOME in Jersey Boys.
#130
Posted: 8/13/07 at 4:17pm
#131
Posted: 8/13/07 at 4:23pm
Jerry Lewis in the National Tour of "Damn Yankees"! He was fine on Broadway because he was kept under control, but in the tour, he stopped the show for 20 minutes and did his "routine". He was awful.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
#132
Posted: 8/13/07 at 11:06pm
Patti Lupone - Sweeney Todd
Terry Kinny - Buried Child
Kathleen Chalfant - Angels in America
Terry Kinny - Buried Child
Kathleen Chalfant - Angels in America
#133
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:20am
Orfeh in Legally Blonde..,God Aweful.. and the mugging!!--save it for the catskills honey!
#134
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:44am
National tour of Evita-Sarah Litsinger (sp?) as Eva.
She'd just been Belle in Beauty and the Beast and she sounded like Belle singing Eva.
Ugh. The Che in that production (can't recall his name) was underwhelming as well.
She'd just been Belle in Beauty and the Beast and she sounded like Belle singing Eva.
Ugh. The Che in that production (can't recall his name) was underwhelming as well.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#136
Posted: 8/14/07 at 4:19pm
Jerry Lewis did the excact same thing in Londons Adelphi- the audience had no idea what he was on about. Apart from that Damn Yankees was a damn good production but dissapeared between closing at the Adelphi and the planned transfer to the Victoria Palace. We only had it for 2 months. It lost. as you can imagine a fortune when the transfer didnt happen.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#137
Posted: 8/14/07 at 4:22pm
Look up syracuse children's theatre on youtube and find any of the high school musical videos.
#138
Posted: 8/14/07 at 4:24pm
Ouch! lol
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#139
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:36pm
Hailey Duff-- Hairspray..
Actually, most of the Hairspray stunt casting... I wasn't too fond of any of them. Ashley Parker Angel was pretty decent though.
Actually, most of the Hairspray stunt casting... I wasn't too fond of any of them. Ashley Parker Angel was pretty decent though.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."-- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
#140
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:39pm
The last Rent tour - HORRIBLE!!!!!!
#141
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:43pm
I will add, The entire performance of The Phantom of the Opera after waiting 6 months to see it in 1990. The orchestra was off, the performers were off and the chandelier lurched to the stage! It was my partner, at the time, and I's 4th anniversary and we were so excited. Stayed at the Waldorf, did the nice lunch and car thing to the theatre and left the theatre pretty disappointed. Actually a lot of people were and were voicing upon leaving the theater.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#142
Posted: 8/14/07 at 11:56pm
Quote from Vincent:
"wow..this is one mean thread.you dont have to like the show...but the tearing people apart...come on guys!!!
did it ever occur to you that there are several actors who do go to this site and see what is written? especially people from the broadway community.
I dont know just seems that this is no longer a forum but a negative posting board and it will deter people from wanting to join and be part of what is supposed to be a forum about broadway and the shows. To rip people apart and then say they suck when they are doing the best they can is just mean spirited.
whoever started this thread ...isnt there anything else you can write about?'"
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I'm sorry, Vincent, but for actors to be "doing the best they can" is just not good enough. They are being paid to be brilliant. Name actors like Harry Hamlin and Usher are cashing in on their fame to help a show put bums on seats. If I'm going to pay the expensive cost for a ticket to see a show, I expect the best... not some second rate has-been like Jerry Mathers whose name will pull in a couple of audience members who'd never normally see a Broadway show.
That said, my partner and I had the misfortune to see CHICAGO last December starring Huey Lewis... pee-uuw!
"wow..this is one mean thread.you dont have to like the show...but the tearing people apart...come on guys!!!
did it ever occur to you that there are several actors who do go to this site and see what is written? especially people from the broadway community.
I dont know just seems that this is no longer a forum but a negative posting board and it will deter people from wanting to join and be part of what is supposed to be a forum about broadway and the shows. To rip people apart and then say they suck when they are doing the best they can is just mean spirited.
whoever started this thread ...isnt there anything else you can write about?'"
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I'm sorry, Vincent, but for actors to be "doing the best they can" is just not good enough. They are being paid to be brilliant. Name actors like Harry Hamlin and Usher are cashing in on their fame to help a show put bums on seats. If I'm going to pay the expensive cost for a ticket to see a show, I expect the best... not some second rate has-been like Jerry Mathers whose name will pull in a couple of audience members who'd never normally see a Broadway show.
That said, my partner and I had the misfortune to see CHICAGO last December starring Huey Lewis... pee-uuw!
Updated On: 8/15/07 at 11:56 PM
#143
Posted: 8/19/07 at 1:48am
Ghostlight2..
I never knew that Nathan Lane used the triple threat remark in reference to anything.
The sad truth of the matter, is that no matter how nice or likeable Doug and Deb Henning may have been. The show was a HUGE mistake. A big part of the reason why, is that honestly.. those two cannot sing, dance or act.
I saw the show.. .and honestly... if it wasn't for the performances by Chita Rivera and Nathan Lane.. that show would have closed a week after opening... at best.
It is interesting though that you didn't take offence to my stating that Alec Baldwin was like a stick of wood.. or the other comments I made.
I never knew that Nathan Lane used the triple threat remark in reference to anything.
The sad truth of the matter, is that no matter how nice or likeable Doug and Deb Henning may have been. The show was a HUGE mistake. A big part of the reason why, is that honestly.. those two cannot sing, dance or act.
I saw the show.. .and honestly... if it wasn't for the performances by Chita Rivera and Nathan Lane.. that show would have closed a week after opening... at best.
It is interesting though that you didn't take offence to my stating that Alec Baldwin was like a stick of wood.. or the other comments I made.
#144
Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:04am
DRV in Les Mis
Philip Dorian McAdoo and Stu James in Rent
Philip Dorian McAdoo and Stu James in Rent
#145
Posted: 11/14/07 at 1:43am
David Hasselhoff in Jekyll and Hyde
Scary Spice in Rent
Sandra Joseph in Phantom (BORING!)
A bunch of the Chicago replacements
Catherine Walker as Mary Poppins
Molly Ringwald in Charity
Scary Spice in Rent
Sandra Joseph in Phantom (BORING!)
A bunch of the Chicago replacements
Catherine Walker as Mary Poppins
Molly Ringwald in Charity
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason
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Updated On: 11/14/07 at 01:43 AM
#146
Posted: 11/14/07 at 2:01am
The original entire cast of WICKED.
I'm not ashamed to say, I fell asleep during the show. TWICE.
I'm not ashamed to say, I fell asleep during the show. TWICE.
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#147
Posted: 11/14/07 at 3:50am
Idina in Wicked...I get that people love her, but truly for me all she does is scream.
Toni Braxton in Aida....that show was not in her range and her "acting" was painful to watch.
Nathan Lane in Butley....it just didn't do anything for me.
Toni Braxton in Aida....that show was not in her range and her "acting" was painful to watch.
Nathan Lane in Butley....it just didn't do anything for me.
#148
Posted: 11/14/07 at 3:55am
I'm sort of in love with you know LifeoftheParty. From the first time I saw WICKED, that was totally my theroy of Menzel..it wasn't until that total train wreck of a show "See What I Wanna See", that sealed the deal for me about Idina Menzel. Between her SCREAMING and Coast to Coast Panic Attack on the Tonys..it might be best if she did some cardio...work out those lungs a little bit...
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#149
Posted: 11/14/07 at 4:05am
Haha, NYC, I KNOW! Oddly enough, my name is taken from a song of hers from The Wild Party, which I actually enjoy (although I was less into it till one of my friends did the song in a showcase a few years back). But she just SCREAMS everything. In Wicked, I will admit it wasn't entirely her fault. Almost all her songs end with some form of "AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" But still, I was not impressed. I think she never learned to sing properly and Rent killed her voice.
Also, to add another performance I did not enjoy one bit: everything to do with Translations. I can't pin down whose fault that was, but I actually did take a really nice nap for the majority of that play.
Also, to add another performance I did not enjoy one bit: everything to do with Translations. I can't pin down whose fault that was, but I actually did take a really nice nap for the majority of that play.
#150
Posted: 11/14/07 at 4:14am
The arrangements may have been different, but when I saw Stephanie Block was amazing, and to be honest, I thought the chick from SNL held her own. But really...TONY WINNER? Made me wonder if that casting (sorry), TONY couch was comfy for her?
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
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