pop-stars,,,ick!!!

ok, honestly, i have a problem with pop-stars on broadway. i dont like them. i will never like them....it seems like they are posers in a way. im sorry i dont mean to offend anyone or make a stereotype but geeh.
on my list of "broadway" actors i cant stand:
drew lachey
melanie brown
joey fatone

the only one who wasnt horrible was michelle williams....and i really didnt think she was exceptional.

i havent seen any with popstars, but are there any we can look back and say they did a great job? (thats not sarcasm.. i'm actually asking :P)

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i find a show more appealing when they have new talent rather than when they just cast someone with status. normally the newbies have 10 times the talent of any pop-star. geeh it just makes me angry to see them show commercials for broadway shows on like MTV. thats the beauty of broadway. it doesnt appeal to just anyone so why try to make it into smthing its not? i mean i understand its all about money but fans will be fans no matter what.

Well, there's you and there's Joe (or more likey Jane) Q. Public. Most people who buy Broadway tickets aren't big-time theater afficianados; they're people looking for a good time. And if they can say they saw some washed-up pop star at the same time, all the better.

It's sad, but today you can be a "star" for nothing in particular. There's too much media and demand for "star" gossip and news, and not enough real stars to fill it. So we get people who are pretty much famous for being famous. How long do you think it'll take Paris Hilton to get to Broadway?

Updated On: 9/13/04 at 05:38 PM

okay this is a ridiculous topic. does that mean that you guys feel that if a singer wanted to make a cross-over into acting you wouldn't accept it because..GOD FORBID THEY'RE SINGERS..THEY CAN'T ACT. Or better yet what if people went around saying KRISTEN CHENOWETH had no business starring in a pilot for her own TV show because, dammit she's a theatre actress, and theatre people don't belong on TV.

What it comes down to is this: They are all in show business and they have every right to explore any facet of the entertainment field they choose to, it's called diversity, it's not for you to say who should or should not do theatre.

It's your perogative if you don't go see them in whatever show they happen to be in, but just because they are "pop stars" does not mean they couldn't more than be up to the challenge of doing theatre. You guys are stereotyping and it's unfair. See the performances FIRST before you go bashing performers just because YOU don't feel they shouldn't be doing theatre.

Updated On: 9/13/04 at 05:39 PM

That ain't the issue, Marquise. The issue is the casting of marginally talented people because they have a "name." From a theatrical perspective, it stinks. And to tell the truth, it often does nothing from a BO perspective, either. How long did Little Shop last after Hunter Foster left again?

i wouldnt mind if they actually COULD sing/dance/act. however, in my opinion, these pop stars are not fit for broadway. but if they have the talent, they can perform in whatever way shape or form they feel like and i wont have anything to complain about

Updated On: 9/13/04 at 05:43 PM

Uh, you want to address that to someone specific, Marquise?

i cant wait till it works out for someone who deserves it and works hard... not saying none of them have worked hard in the past... but it would be cool to see anyway

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"See the performances FIRST before you go bashing performers just because YOU don't feel they shouldn't be doing theatre."

first of all i DO feel they shouldnt be doing theatre
second of all, i HAVE seen them, I might sound a little crazy at the moment but i really dont bash anyone i havent heard/seen for myself...

point in case being, no pop-star who has dared has succeeded and its just not fair for a pop-star with no theatre experience (but a name) to get cast over a very talented actor who has devoted their life to succeeding on broadway. i will state it again... ITS NOT FAIR TO CAST POPULARITY OVER TALENT. although thats how it is anywhere...

joey mac was awesome in wicked. guys, i mean come on!a lot of pop star have been trained in theatre! look at joey, like it or not, he is a BROADWAY ACTOR. and look at hugh jackman, same thing! hollywood star, everyone raves about him. why does everyone automatically believe that anyone who is a popstar can't be on broadway! what if their awesome performers!

Hey, you know what? Hugh Jackman never sang in his life before being cast in Beauty and the Beast. He was just some guy who'd been cast in (wait for it) a TV show. If the producers then had thought he was unworthy of being in a musical because he had no voice training, we wouldn't be talking about the last performance of BFO today. And it's quite likely we wouldn't know who Hugh Jackman is at all.

When it comes to stage presence, you either got it or you ain't. And if a pop star happens to know how to make him or herself the most compelling thing in the theater, more power to them. I don't want to hear about this "worthiness" crap.