actors that were miscast in some of you fav. musicals

for me its idina in wicked and daphne in les mis

what about you guys!?

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ANTHONYCBARON...
i agree 100% with you! =]

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Haylie Duff in Hairspray. Not horrible, but she dropped every joke line of Amber's and mugged way more than necessary.

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Updated On: 8/31/11 at 02:41 PM

Vanessa Williams in Into the Woods

Granted I didn't SEE her in it, but I've heard her on the cast recording and her voice hurts me inside, especially on The Last Midnight. Maybe I was just spoiled by Bernadette.

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I totally disagree with the original poster:

Idina's casting in Wicked was right on the money. If it wasn't (and the audience/critics agreed), she probably wouldn't have been asked to open the London Production. I am PRO-IDINA, especially after I saw the production of See What I Wann See.

Back to the topic at hand, I felt the only casting I hated to date was Constantine in The Wedding Singer. He really didn't fit and he seemed a bit off at times. Also - didn't care for the original Cathy (Lauren Kennedy) in THE LAST 5 YEARS. Sherie Rene Scott nailed the role.

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A bit OT, but not really:

I read a review that said Williams never really stepped outside of herself and her "diva" image and really allowed herself to get into the nastier/darker character of the Witch. However, on her recording of "Our Little World" she uses a very prevelant character voice, that is certainly not the light, pretty voice thats he usually uses, and it seemed more in "character" than any other witch I ever heard (not to discredit Peters at all). For those who have seen her performance, was it just that her performance wasn't very daring? Because on the recording it sounds like she took a lot of character risks.

I dunno, maybe it was just that one reviwer's opinion, but it just surprised me because the first thing I noted was how well she got into the character on the recording.

jewishboy, did you see Peters in the role?

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Shoshana Bean was trying way to much to not sound like Idina. She tried so hard to sound different and, she sung the music way different than the way its supposed to and ended up sounding terrible.

I found Shoshana Bean to be HORRIBLY miscast in "Wicked." I saw her before she added the God-awful riffs she introduced about half-way through her run, and very seriously considered leaving at intermission. I thought she over-acted, and next to JLT who was very internal, it looked bad (I actually thought during Morrible's speech before "Defying Gravity", that she was gonna vomit all over the set). She was incredibly nasal on anything with an "E", and she suffered from what I call "Darlene Love Syndrome" where she dropped character after EACH song to soak up the applause and mug.
However, that said, her performance of "As Long As You're Mine" was very enjoyable, and was probably her strongest moment in the show.

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"The was incredibly nasal on anything with an "E", "

It was like "defying Graviteeee"

Updated On: 12/27/06 at 03:59 PM

Bernadette Peters in Gypsy
Brian Stokes Mitchell in Kiss Me Kate

Nothing really new there....

OMG! Liza in Victor/Victoria was horrible! She was really miscast!

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