Worst wigs in a production
Worst wigs in a production
#1Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:25am
As a spin-off of eatlasagna's thread about the best wigs in a production, how about the ugliest and tackiest mops that they call wigs you've ever seen?
I'll start.
SJB in Cats at the Muny.
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#2Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:29amCarol Channing's in ALNM...Oh wait that's Elaine Stritch
broadwayboy987
Stand-by Joined: 2/15/10
#2Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:39am
Ashley Brown - The Sound of Music at the Muny
#3Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 8:39amI am not a fan of Kristin Chenoweth's wig in Promises, Promises. The wig on the advertisements, posters, etc with the side-part flip looks much better with the structure of her face.
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brochatkid
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/08
#4Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 9:00amJeremy Jordan's wig in Rock of Ages when he played Drew. Terrible!
#5Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 10:57amThis isn't Broadway, but the Signature Theatre's Les Mis was a great show, but half the wigs looked like they pulled them off of troll dolls. Poor Marius' hair looked like a wet Tarzan.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
xoffender45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/07
#6Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:34am
I didn't see the show on Broadway, so I don't know how it compares, but the recent Grease tour with Taylor Hicks. Awful show, awful wigs.
Updated On: 7/29/10 at 11:34 AM
#7Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:55am
Not Broadway, but the Walnut Street Theatre's "Les Miserables"...Hugh Panaro's first convict wig was horrific.
They refitted him and modified them to be a TINY bit better. His initial Valjean/Monsieur Madeleine wig was too long and rather ugly, too...the redesign was O.K., too.
On Broadway...HATED Drew Sarish's Armand wig in "Lestat." I preferred the first, shorter SF preview wig for Armand, but hated Hugh's SF wig. Too long, pale, and straight. Didn't care for Gabrielle's post-bite wigs in either production.
#8Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:11pmI don't know about you guys, but I'm not a fan of Christine's wig in Phantom. Period. It looks like a brillo pad.
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
#9Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:14pm
Stephanie J. Block's original Grizabella wig, definetly.
Most of the Francine wigs in Jersey Boys end up looking super ratty at some point.
bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#10Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:23pm
The men on the new Dreamgirls ....very bad wig
also does anyone remember the Wig that Jonathan Pryce wore in
EVITA the movie horrible
Silence = Death
Leading Actor Joined: 2/4/06
#11Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:24pmGavin Creel's wig in Hair is a little...unrealistic.
"That's what writers do. We cut ourselves open and just bleed all over the page."
#12Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:25pmSutton Fosters FIRST long wig in the opening scene in Throughly Modern Millie was pretty rough
#13Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:28pmThe wig Lupone wore in "Buenos Aires"
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ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#14Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:29pmLuPone's in City Center Gypsy.
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
Updated On: 7/29/10 at 02:29 PM
#15Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:39pmThat's because it wasn't a wig. I was reading something (can't remember if it was his book or an interview) where Arthur Laurents said that there was a wig made that turned out to be terrible, so Patti didn't wear a wig.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#16Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:19pm
Oh, wow...well then, worst hairdo! 
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
#17Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:25pm
Jonathan Pryce's was not that bad.
If you want bad movie wigs, look no farther then Patrick Wilson in Phantom of the Opera.
dramarama3
Stand-by Joined: 2/13/09
#18Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:41pmI don't care is it's a disney musical... Belle's wig in Beauty and The Beast was fugly.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#19Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:47pmI thought the City Center was a wig that looked like her real hair.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#20Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:49pm
Natalie Toro's Madame DeFarge wig and James Barbour's Sydney Carton wigs were terrible in A Tale of Two Cities. It could have been Barbour's real hair, but I hope not!
Edit- WHo could forget that HORRIBLE Emma wig in Jekyll & HYDE, or the wig that the Jekyll/Hydes wore when it wasn't their usual hair. Ouch! Lauren Kennedy's wig in Waiting for the Moon world premiere looked funny to me.
Updated On: 7/29/10 at 04:49 PM
#21Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:57pm
Phy, I heard that too, and it just didn't make sense to me.
Mind you, it doesn't make sense to me that Patti would voluntarily have a hairstyle in real life that makes her look like Moe from the Three Stooges.
#22Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:57pmMichael Cerveris in Road Show
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#23Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:40pmPatti's Reno wig in Anything Goes. Looks like Carrot Top.
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#24Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:45pm
Federov's Joseph wig... I mean really?? That is the worst wig ever.... not to mention casting choice....
Going out on a limb.. I'm gonna say Diana Degarmo in 9 to 5 tour is going to be pretty ridiculous as well...
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