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I disliked Jim J. Bullock as Spritzer/Mr. Pinky/Principal/Guard last year in Hairspray. He seemed to be overacting way too much. I'm not sure how he is on tour as Wilbur.

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It sounds strange but JP Dougherty nearly ruined Les Mis for me a couple of times in the 1990s. He must have been on the tour for ever and he always looked lazy and bored in the role of Thenardier. Yet every time on a couple of occasions that I took a friend to enjoy the beauty of Les Mis, there he was sleepwalking through the role in the National Tour.

ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME???? Chris was the best thing that ever happened to the idea of making the film version! At least he cared about the project. people are so dumb about movie musicals they complain when they don't get the OBC but they also complain when they do... It just really annoys me. Sry, but yeah that's how I feel, ya don't have to agree with me...

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sweetestsiren, Ehle is atrocious as Lady M.

Simpering, screeching. And the best she can do so far for physical acting is klutzily run up and down stairs during her sleepwalking scene. Why, why, why is that necessary?

I have to agree with the Matthew Broderick casting in the TV version of The Music Man. He can sing, he can dance, but there is a reason why he is primarily known for playing nebbishes. A nebbish cannot play Harold Hill...ever.

Also, Rex Smith in Anything Goes. He toured through here with Leslie Uggams for this production and he was far and away the worst Billy Crocker. No personality, no comic timing and sang nearly every song off-key in a weak voice. Usually I ignore reviews, but they were on the money when they lambasted him.

And, although not one of my favorite shows, I was really left cold by the stunt casting of Ann-Margret in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. I really like her on screen, but on stage she seemed wan and listless, and more than once screwed up her lines so that her co-stars had to feed them to her. She seemed so physically tapped out by the performance that the director really should have re-thought the use of a wheelchair on stage for her, as it only drew attention to her frailty in the role.

Shirley Jones was HORRIBLE as Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street when I saw it. She came in on the wrong pitch more than once, her acting was horribly cheesy, and she was simply too old to play the role. Did anyone else see her? Agree/disagree?

Updated On: 6/16/06 at 04:24 PM

I saw a tour of KISS of THE SPIDER WOMAN with no star in the role of the Spider Woman. I think in order to have a parallel experience with Molina you have to feel a certain amount of starstruck when she appears. I felt nothing. No zip at all. Even a TV celebrity would have worked. Just give me something. No heat or chemistry from the newbie Spiderwoman.

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chris columbus ruined RENT for me.

Brooke Shields for CHICAGO

Geeze! I don't want to know what you would think if you saw Melanie Griffith as Roxie. Atleast Shields did all the original Reinking choreography for Roxie, thank you very much.

"ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME????"

May I throw that question back at you?

I see you and FictionWriter joined post-RENT film release. And my wrath on the subject has settled down a little, lol.

But yes, he ruined it. I think the film is an absolute disgrace to what the show used to be.

Fiction...RENT the show has no time setting. It was assumed to take place in the 90s, actually, since the setting was "present" and it opened in the mid-90s.

I knew a lot about the show before I saw the movie or on stage. I've always assumed it takes place in the late 80s, early 90s. And doesn't La Boheme (Puccini) take place in late 1800s?

And I quote, "But yes, he ruined it. I think the film is an absolute disgrace to what the show used to be."

I've underlined what I wanted to point out. Theatre changes. People changes. Our culture changes. Nothing is what it used to be.

But the thing that comes to mind is the decision to drag the first act into 3 days. I didn't like that.

I haven't seen CHICAGO live, but the movie is one of my favorites. Mostly for Queen Latifah.

Well, it's not exactly one of my favorite shows, but Phylicia Rashad almost ruined Bernard Alba for me. I thought she was atrocious. If it wasn't for Daphne's phenomenal turn, and Nikki James' amazing talent the show would have been completely lost on me.

Updated On: 6/17/06 at 06:54 PM