Worst performers ever

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:45pm

who are the worst broadway stars, or performers that you just can't stand.

[PanaroFan111]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:55pm

Daphne Rubin Vega as Fantine in Les Mis

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:58pm

The above in Rent.

[PanaroFan111]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:10pm

Also Peter Joback truly sucked as the Phantom.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:10pm

John Stamos in BYE BYE BIRDIE, GOD was he awful.

[NoName3]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:16pm

I think it is ugly and mean-spirited of you to create an entire thread about Nancy Hess. I'm sure that she is lovely and talented offstage.






Updated On: 9/9/14 at 09:16 PM

[darreyl102]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:18pm

^ LOL. I would say Wendy Williams but she only did Chicago- still awful though!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:23pm

The Hoff in J/H

[KC91WFU]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:24pm

Emily Skinner was terrible in Billy Elliot. Terrible. Zero chemistry with anybody. Horrible comic timing.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:25pm

This is really a mean spirited thread. What's the point? I've seen many truly terrible performances--that's life in the theater. Deal with it and move on. To give a bad review to a performer that's currently on stage is one thing, but to troll the historical annals in order to trash actors is another.

[Wickedmonkey332]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:28pm

I believe the "worst performers ever" are the people who judge and criticize the talent and passion of others who have made a life for themselves doing what they love.

[Hackasaurus_Rex]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:49pm

There should be a requirement with these kinds of threads that the original poster must attach a link to anything that they have ever created, presented, accomplished, or performed. Generally the sad fact is, 99.9% of the people who crap on others anonymously from behind their computers have neither the talent nor the guts to accomplish anything close to the work they criticize. Worst performer.... hands down, you.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:58pm

Philip Seymour Hoffman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Sutton Foster in everything
Ethan Hawke in MACBETH

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:59pm

I'm not a fan of Victoria Matlock's acting or singing. Her acting is equivalent to the acting from Kristen Stewart and Megan Fox. She also shrieks too much when she sings and is also very inconsistent.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:59pm

There is a reason why these performers are on Broadway or some other professional stage, and we aren't. This thread is meaningless.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 11:04pm

Yes, you are not allowed to criticize anybody if they do their job better than you can. /s
We can say whatever we want about these performers because we are the ones who pay for tickets, and their responsibility is to put on a good performance, and if they do not then we can criticize them for it.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 9/9/14 at 11:10pm

You know, some of you make a great point. No more negative comments should ever be shared on the board ever again. We should only talk about the good performers and the best shows. We should never mention the bad ones or talk about why their performances were not good.

Or, we can cut the bull$h!t and remember that criticism is part of the art. Not every performer is good in all that they do, and that is worth talking about. Some performers are notoriously bad, and yet keep getting work. This too is worth talking about. There is nothing wrong with discussing the bad, so climb down off of your high horses.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 12:41am

THANK YOU jimmycurry01!! I can take it when someone says to me that they didn't like something I did on stage and that's fine. As someone who loves the theatre and hasn't seen every single show on broadway, I'm interested to know who sucked in their show. This thread is definitely not meaningless because it is worth talking about the bad performances. Ive even seen interviews of actors before that have admitted that they sucked in a broadway show before or were miscast. If you have a problem with this thread then don't look at it :) It's people like hackasaurus_Rex that can't handle the criticism.

Updated On: 9/10/14 at 12:41 AM

[Hackasaurus_Rex]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 1:55am

Believe me I can handle it... as is evident by the fact that I never questioned or engaged in argument with any of the opinions opposite to mine expressed after my post. Anyway, I didn't mean to pee in your pool. I very much look forward to seeing Phillypinto's name in lights! Carry on!

[The Josh]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 2:30am

One time I saw a really bad high school production of Pippin.

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 7:14am

Though I wouldn't label him as the worst performer ever, the worst performance I can recall is Richard Kind as the replacement Andre in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

[binau]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 7:44am

I personally don't mind the idea of people who are not aspiring to be actors, singers or dancers criticising actors or participating in this thread...but I cringe at the idea of 'theatre acting students'/wannabe failed actors etc. sitting down and criticising people they couldn't do better than. I don't know why I have this double standard.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 8:30am

I think this thread should be changed to "Worst Performances Ever."
It is extremely rude to say that the PERFORMER it self is terrible when maybe the role they were in just didn't fit them. An example of this is Daphne Rubin-Vega in Les Miserables.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 8:48am

^

[mar6411]

Posted: 9/10/14 at 8:55am

Exactly. Read the title and the OP's comment in the original post. We're supposed to trash performers - not performances. How juvenile.

And yes, we can critique performances - which is done ad nauseum in the threads about the performances when they are given. And in numerous other threads.

When children come on the board they feel the need to start threads to draw attention to themselves. Threads about nothing.

Carry on.

Updated On: 9/10/14 at 08:55 AM