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[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#100

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:31am

Redhot - agree with your post. Might I add Brent Barrett to that list of lovely voices with nothing behind them?

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Mister Matt]

re: irritating voices#101

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:49am

Mandy Patinkin
Adam Pascal
Vanessa Williams (the way she drops at the end of every phrase)
Liliane Montevecchi
Karen Akers
Glenn Close
Jerry Hadley
Glynis Johns

I would agree with Betty Buckley if I had only heard the CDs, but when you see her live, you understand what all the fuss is about. The woman is utterly amazing. Same thing with Christine Andreas. I didn't care for hearing her voice on CD, but I loved her when I saw Scarlet Pimpernel.

Idina was fantastic in Rent. Her voice was great then as it is now. Anyone who thinks she sounds like she's screaming has obviously never heard someone scream before. I would love to know where this "screaming" occurs because I have never heard her do it live or on any CD.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[redhotinnyc2]

re: irritating voices#102

Posted: 7/13/04 at 9:54am

Rathnait - its funny you should say that - joeyjoe was playing Brent Barrett's Kander and Ebb CD this weekend and I kept thinking - nice enough voice, but it just does nothing for me - though, of all the songs on the CD, I did think he sounded best suited for Billy Flynn on the recording.

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#103

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:03am

Last summer he and KZ did a concert in East Hampton, and I didn't understand how he could be onstage with her and be...so...BOOOORING. Like, didn't he notice what she was doing? She was awesome, and he just put me to sleep.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[ActinUpNYC]

re: irritating voices#104

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:14am

"Ooh, I can't believe I forgot Mastrantonio on Man of La Mancha! Thanks, ShbrtAlley. Her performance of "It's All the Same" is incredibly grating. I'm getting a headache just thinking about it."

But what about The reprise of "Dulcinea"? MEM was exquisite.... Updated On: 7/13/04 at 10:14 AM

[Bobby457]

re: irritating voices#105

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:20am

The only one that drives me to drink is Mandy Patinkins voice....That man can melt lead in 10 inches of ice! EWWWWWW

"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"

[Plum]

re: irritating voices#106

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:21am

To be fair, her rendition of "Aldonza" wasn't bad. In fact, I rather liked it. But her "It's All the Same" is so godawful I can't help but be affected for the rest of the CD.

[Broadwayboobs]

re: irritating voices#107

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:26am

Nothing was more irritating than Mandy Patinkin in The Wild Party...not just singing, but everything about him was irritating !!!

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

[redhotinnyc2]

re: irritating voices#108

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:27am

as I said before - you should hear Angela Decicco do Aldonza - not only is she an amazing actress - but her mix on all the top stuff is amazing. I haven't heard from her in a few years - but the last thing I remember her doing was swinging all the females in the ensemble of Les Miz on Broadway. Gosh I miss that girl!

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

[Bobby457]

re: irritating voices#109

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:31am

I couldnt agree with you more Broadwayboobs. (I feel so nasty typin that!) When Mandy was on Chicago Hope, the man just would make me mad as hell! Yet I still watched it...

"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"

[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#110

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:33am

Oh man, I loved Chicago Hope and he just ruined it for me.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Broadwayboobs]

re: irritating voices#111

Posted: 7/13/04 at 10:37am

I was lucky (NOT) to sit next to Mandy Patinkin the first time I saw Urinetown Off-Broadway...he laughed so uncontrollably that it ruined the show for me. I'm glad I gave it a second chance when it got to Broadway. That would be a good thread...someone in the audience who ruined a show for you.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

[HeartinNYC]

re: irritating voices#112

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:09am

Josie deGuzman in "Guys and Dolls". Almost ruins listening to the OCR for me. Her strained rendition of "If I Were a Bell" makes me want to lay down and die.

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[ShbrtAlley44]

re: irritating voices#113

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:30am

I have to agree with that one. I hate the way she delivers the lines too. She sounds like she's in a high school production. I don't like Faith Prince either.

[HeartinNYC]

re: irritating voices#114

Posted: 7/13/04 at 11:41am

You're right, it DOES sound very high school. Yikes! And agre again about Faith Prince - nnnaaaasal. (This has been another Jerry Zaks moment.)

Neither a borrower nor a lender be...unless that's mine in the first place.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

re: irritating voices#115

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:10pm

thanks to whomever said frances ruffelle. she totally ruins eponine for me. i bought the TAC so i wouldn't have to put up with her whiney interpretation. same goes with kate reinders in Gypsy. i think she is irritating primarily because the character of June calls for it, but it is still enough to make me skip all of her songs on the CD.

Thou giveth fever.

[ponine24601]

re: irritating voices#116

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:14pm

omg i hate frances ruffelle's voice! eponine is my fav. character, but whenever i'm listening to OBC i'm just like, why her?! anyone else but her!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#117

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:15pm

The character of Dainty June as sung by Tracy Venner in the Tyne Daly production was nowhere near as annoying, and yet somehow still got the point across. You don't have to be as completely horrifyingly turn-offish annoying as Kate Reinders to play June. Every time she squealed my ears bled.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[ponine24601]

re: irritating voices#118

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:22pm

i'm going to listen to clips in order to see what you guys mean.

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

re: irritating voices#119

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:23pm

i need to punch something everytime i hear her shriek "She's so MOOsical!"

Thou giveth fever.

[ponine24601]

re: irritating voices#120

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:25pm

ok, yeah her squeals are pretty annoying, but her normal singing voice isn't that bad.

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#121

Posted: 7/13/04 at 12:29pm

Umm, yeah - it IS that bad.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[Jimmcf]

re: irritating voices#122

Posted: 7/13/04 at 1:09pm

I guess I am in the minority of really loving Sarah Brightman and Frances Rufelle - to me, she is the definative Eponine! I was lucky to catch her do it in London a few years back, with Mario Frangoulis as Marius.

My mother always used to say, "The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana." - Rose Nyland

Updated On: 7/13/04 at 01:09 PM

[Rathnait62]

re: irritating voices#123

Posted: 7/13/04 at 1:18pm

I like Frances Ruffelle too.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[ponine24601]

re: irritating voices#124

Posted: 7/13/04 at 3:49pm

her voice is just a little too nasal for me.

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon