Worst performances you've seen- Page 7

[CHGriffiths]

re: Worst performances you've seen#150

Posted: 11/14/07 at 4:22am

Has to be Idina Menzel in Wicked, shes an amazing actress and in recordings, due to correction software and multiple takes, she sounds very good, but I saw her in Wicked 3 times (London) and not once did she get through any of her big numbers, DG, Wizard and i, no good deed, not that girl, without hitting a flat note! It was very painful!

"If you talk about my family I will punch you in the fanny so hard it'll end up on your face... oh, looks like someone beat me to it!" - Dawn French

[BtMartin25]

re: Worst performances you've seen#151

Posted: 11/14/07 at 10:41am

Molly Ringwald in Sweet Charity... ahhhh

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[Unknown User]

re: Worst performances you've seen#152

Posted: 11/14/07 at 1:48pm

So many bad performances ... so little space.

David Hasselhoff/Jekyll & Hyde
Rosie O'Donnell/Fiddler (although she was fairly dreadful in Grease, as well)
Bebe Neuwirth in anything/this may be more disppointment, though
Bernadette Peters/Gypsy, & I am a HUGE fan of hers
Lea Salonga/Les Miserables (as Eponine, didn't see her Fantine)
Richard Kind/The Producers (I've since avoided him in everything else)

[Lauren_T]

re: Worst performances you've seen#153

Posted: 11/14/07 at 2:42pm

Alexandra Socha as Wendla in Spring Awakening. Dreadful! Dreadful! Dreadful!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Worst performances you've seen#154

Posted: 11/14/07 at 2:45pm

I once saw a production of I Do! I Do! in an outside venue in Florida... during the sweltering, 100 degrees and up SUMMER... starring two real- estate agents who literally had not acted since high school... and they were in their 60's...

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[Neverandy]

re: Worst performances you've seen#155

Posted: 11/14/07 at 2:58pm

I agree with the above post about the last equity evita tour. I only enjoyed Phil Hernandez as Peron

Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?

[DidYouReallyHearMe]

re: Worst performances you've seen#156

Posted: 11/14/07 at 5:11pm

Molly Ringwald/Charity - Sweet Charity: She was beast. the entire house was almost empty by the end of the show...hilarious.
Tim Martin Gleason/Phantom (u/s) - National Tour of Phantom of the Opera (2004 cast): Dreadful.

And while I liked his performance, I saw Sebastian Bach in the Jesus Christ Superstar national tour. Needless to say, people certainly got up and walked out, or complained the entire show.

[musicandtemiror]

re: Worst performances you've seen#157

Posted: 11/14/07 at 5:17pm

And while I liked his performance, I saw Sebastian Bach in the Jesus Christ Superstar national tour. Needless to say, people certainly got up and walked out, or complained the entire show.

I would think So!! He was like screemoo!!! Jesus!!
It was horrible!
I only stayed for Carl!

[AKDPerformer]

re: Worst performances you've seen#158

Posted: 11/14/07 at 5:36pm

"Idina in Wicked...I get that people love her, but truly for me all she does is scream."

I totally agree on this one.

Earlier on in her Wicked run she was awesome. But then as time went on...errrrr. YouTube some videos of her performances, some of them are painful to listen to. You kind of say to yourself...Broadway...really? LOL, I know i'm still a struggling nobody and this could be miscommunicated as jealousy, but I assure you it isn't. I would love to have originated Elphaba on Broadway, she's very lucky.

Plus, girl didn't study musical theatre when she went to NYU. She only studied acting, and i'm not 100% sure what her voice technique/lesson background was...

"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 "I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)

[musicandtemiror]

re: Worst performances you've seen#159

Posted: 11/14/07 at 5:55pm

^^I couldnt agree more with you~

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: Worst performances you've seen#160

Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:17pm

Jerry Mathers in Hairspray, hands down.

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[musicandtemiror]

re: Worst performances you've seen#161

Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:19pm

Hairspray - Lance Bass's 1st Show!

-oh I could have laughed soo hard!

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: Worst performances you've seen#162

Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:27pm

I know what you mean.

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[Dollypop]

re: Worst performances you've seen#163

Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:38pm

Marian Seldes in DEATHTRAP. It was a classic case of posing and overacting--and she didn'e miss a damned performance.

(I've seen her do much better work in other productions.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[sally1112]

re: Worst performances you've seen#164

Posted: 11/14/07 at 6:42pm

Right now I'd be happy to see any of these. Just to see a show again...

[AngActing]

re: Worst performances you've seen#165

Posted: 11/14/07 at 7:01pm

>> I would love to have originated Elphaba on Broadway, she's
>> very lucky.

ADK, wow, wouldn't we all?! It's my dream role . . .and hey, even if I didn't originate it; I'd still love to play the role now or soon. I'm working on it!

As for worst performances . . . I have yet to see Idina on stage in anything. I keep missing her! But, I love her; thus, I wouldn't be a good judge because, well, I am sure, I will find her brilliant!

Love and Stage Lights, Angela Theresa

[DidYouReallyHearMe]

re: Worst performances you've seen#166

Posted: 11/14/07 at 8:43pm

Got another one....

Julia Murney in the Chess Benefit.

Completely forgot I saw that one....goodness. She's no Florence.

[*brina-doll*]

re: Worst performances you've seen#167

Posted: 11/14/07 at 10:16pm

That's cool you saw the Chess Concert DidYou (I'm simply assuming you saw it live vs. video footage). What did you think of the rest of the performers?

Your aspirations are your possibilities-Samuel Johnson (and a little help from nomdeplume)

[Grand Motel]

re: Worst performances you've seen#168

Posted: 11/14/07 at 11:19pm

Maya Days in Aida. A total stunner but zero voice for it. Couldn't really hear her practically all whispered dialogue either.

[jeniferrenepatricia]

re: Worst performances you've seen#169

Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:09am

Melanie Griffith in "Chicago"
Usher in "Chicago"
Susan Lucci in "Annie Get yOur Gun"
Tyne Daly in "Gypsy"
Rosie O'Donnell in "grease"

Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis

[dfwtheatreguy]

re: Worst performances you've seen#170

Posted: 11/15/07 at 4:54am

Channing in "Dolly" - ugh, someone take that role away from her before she seriously hurts herself

"The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life." - Arthur Miller

[Zeitoujo]

re: Worst performances you've seen#171

Posted: 11/15/07 at 6:58am

socha in spring awakening.
jesse swenson as georg.
julia murney as elphie.
steph block as elphie.
carolle shelley as madame morrable.
daphne rubin vega as fantine.
nadine insenger(sp?) as val in acl.
jessica lea paty as diana in acl.
nicollette hart as maureen in rent god was she a wreck.
thats all i can think of!haha

"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening

[BrianIdol]

re: Worst performances you've seen#172

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:28am

jon secada as the emcee in Cabaret. Thank GOD susan egan was there to distract me!

[HumATune]

re: Worst performances you've seen#173

Posted: 11/15/07 at 11:08am

Lauren Molina in SWEENEY TODD. When pianissimo is the loudest someone can sing, you know there's a problem.

[Jonny boy]

re: Worst performances you've seen#174

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:21pm

The whole cast of the Non-equity RENT tour was AWFULL!!!! I bet the high school production coming out is better than what I saw..... it was that BAD!!!