worst performance in a musical EVER!- Page 2

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 7:54pm

I'm with Jersey Girl...my vote goes to Sebastian Bach in J&H. He was totally hoarse by intermission, and never for a moment did he allow anyone to forget that they were watching Sebastian Bach play the role of J&H. Bad. Really, really bad.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:16pm

what about melinne(sp) griffin in chicago

[Glebb]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:19pm

Didn't see her. Did any of you see Susan Lucci or Cheryl Ladd in Annie Get Your Gun?

[TheTruth2]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:51pm

I am going to have to add the original Broadway Sophie in MAMA MIA! I can't remember her name...Tina Maddigan or something. Really bothered me. Though I love the new girl.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 9:59pm

My vote goes to the ensemble of "Carrie". Have you ever heard any songs from this disaster? NOBODY in the chorus can hit the notes. No wonder it closed in five performances.
Someone earlier mentioned Ricky Martin in "Les Mis". I totally agree. It only proved that he can't sing worth a damn. Especially noteworthy was his butchering of "A Little Fall Of Rain". Urgh.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 10:48pm

Doug Henning in MERLIN

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:03pm

HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE DAVID HASSLEHOFF!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE JEKYLL AND HYDE. That makes it very diffacult. I really hated his little speech at the end of the production. "This is a long way from the beach, haha.." BLAH!

[orchajaws]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:53pm

Eartha Kitt as the fairy godmother in "Cinderella."

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:58pm

Roseanne as the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz" tour with Jessica Grove...i mean she wasnt BAD but its Roseanne lol

[johny0828]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 12:16am

the worst performance ive seen in a show is brooke tensley as penny in hairspray.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 12:38am

"Did any of you see Susan Lucci or Cheryl Ladd in Annie Get Your Gun?"

I didn't but I saw Crystal Bernard and Bernadette Peters and neither one was bad.

[johny0828]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 12:43am

i saw lucci she was a very weak annie.

[Jon]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 7:49am

Kathryn Crosby as the mom in STATE FAIR - if her name was Kathryn Smith she couldn't get the role in community theatre.

[scooter38432]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 8:26am

Ooooh. Good one.

Kathryn Crosby was dreadful in STATE FAIR. (As was Andrea McArdle, incidentally. She sang it well, but couldn't have delivered a flatter performance, though not one of the worst EVER.)

I'll also add my vote to David Hasselhoff, although the material is soooo atrocious, I'm not sure anyone could pull it off well, including Cuccioli.

More nominees:
Michael Crawford in POTO (I know, I know...)

Karen Ziemba in CHICAGO (although she's great in so many other shows -- Roxie is just not her role)

Molly Ephraim in INTO THE WOODS (the most boring Little Red EVER)

Barbara Barrie in FIDDLER (who was wisely replaced)

Terrence Mann in BEAUTY & THE BEAST, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL and LES MISERABLES (how does this man get so much work in musicals when he can't sing?)

Sheryl Lee Ralph in MILLIE (but the perfect Deena Jones)

Vanessa Williams in INTO THE WOODS (why cast a Witch who cannot belt?)

Updated On: 6/24/04 at 08:26 AM

[cabarethed]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 8:44am

Jon Secada. Cabaret.

Perhaps the most horrifying atrocity EVER.

[SamIAm]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 9:03am

are performances that came from stunt casting that was done to get box office returns. Proof that the whole stunt casting thing OFTEN fails miserably.

Joey Fatone
Jon Secada
Toni Braxton
Yada Yada

[Janki]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 9:04am

Just be glad none of you saw Caprice in Rent....OMG....didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

Updated On: 6/25/04 at 09:04 AM

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 9:48am

SEBASTIAN BACH in ROCKY HORROR.
he was a nightmare. too cocky, can't act, and constantly attempting to upstage any and every other actor despite his lack of talent and ability. sure, he can carry a tune, but he does NOT belong on ANY broadway stage.

also: Toni Braxton in Aida, Molly Ringwald in Cabaret, Beth Fowler in The Boy From Oz, Hunter Foster in Little Shop of Horrors, Marissa Jaret Winoker in Hairspray. ::chills::

[chauvelin128]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:00pm

Ugh...David Hasselhoff...what a disaster. I would also like to add to the list Sebastian Bach in the tour of Jesus Chirst Superstar. I wanted to kill myself. And who can forget Christy Carlson Romano's tragic turn as Belle in BATB. Sweet girl, but OH GOD...someone get her off that stage.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:01pm

Hunter Foster in Little Shop? Really? I thought he was absolutely fantastic in the role.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 4:30pm

I had the misfortune to see Tony Randall do Prof. Harold Hill on tour in Baltimore, and it was dreadful.
This is seconded only by Robert Goulet in Carousel - I saw him in Miami ( I was on tour in a different show). He was so drunk he lost his place 3 times in the soliloquy. When he came out to take a curtain call, it was the first and only time I've seen an entire audience start to boo.
Of course I agree also with DH in Jekyl/Hyde.

All three cases are going with a name before finding out if they can actually do the part.

[chasing_rainbows43]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 7:25pm

I'll cast another vote for David Hasselhoff in J/H. Honestly, was that *really* necessary?

Also, Jon "don't make me touch the boys!" Secada in Cabaret. although it was a nice contrast to having seen John "ooh..boooys!" Stamos on the previous viewing.
Additionally on the Cabaret front, Tony Roberts as "Tony Roberts as Herr Schultz".

Jamie-lynn SopranosChick in Beauty and the Beast. Who knew cartoons could look so human?

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 7:31pm

How did Sebastian Bach do in Jekyll and Hyde?

[PrivateUniverse]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 7:34pm

I hated Molly Ringwald in Tick, Tick, boom. I know others liked her but...no. :P

[LM]

Posted: 6/23/04 at 7:40pm

Did you see JOhn Cudia as Phantom of the Opera? Couldn't be much worse than that!