Posted by Born in a Ditch 2012-12-24 00:33:10
Performances you really enjoyed, in shows you did not.
Most recently for me:
Rob McClure and Jen Colella in Chaplin.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-24 00:39:39
Jessie Mueller in "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever"
Ari Graynor in "The Performers".
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by isaac.evans 2012-12-24 00:41:20
Jen Colella and Erin Mackey in Chaplin.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by broadwaydevil 2012-12-24 00:42:46
Carolee Carmello in Scandalous.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by PositivelyEmerald 2012-12-24 00:46:07
I kind of liked the show...but generally most people didn't...
Betty Buckley and Linzy Hately in Carrie
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by MKunkel 2012-12-24 00:54:14
Lily Rabe in Seminar
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by wicked_beast4 2012-12-24 01:12:55
Definitely Lily Rabe in Seminar
Norbert Leo Butz in Dead Accounts
I'm beginning to see a trend here, concerning the "not so great" shows. How are the completely mediocre plays of Rebeck still being produced? Right, because idiots like myself keep buying the tickets, expecting something better but never getting it...
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Born in a Ditch 2012-12-24 01:30:53
issac.evans You really enjoyed Erin Mackey's performance in "Chaplin"? I thought she was so dull. Different strokes, for different folks I suppose!
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by undercoveractor 2012-12-24 02:03:59
Laura Benanti in WOMEN ON THE VERGE..(although I still say there is a fantastic show in there that a director will find one day)
Linda Lavin in THE LYONS
Martha Plimpton in PAL JOEY (Roundabout)
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by carolineorchange21 2012-12-24 02:04:59
Stephanie J Block's Pirate Queen was spectacular - although I thought the show was better in Chicago. It seemed somehow gutted on Broadway.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by ChanceEncounter 2012-12-24 03:05:10
Amy Spanger in The Wedding Singer
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by henrikegerman 2012-12-24 08:37:07
Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by aasjb4ever 2012-12-24 08:56:19
Douglas Hodge in Cyrano. He fully embodied Cyrano and I had to remind myself it was an actor playing the role.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by trentsketch 2012-12-24 09:07:40
David Turner in In My Life. Aside from the giant lemon, his performance is the only thing I remember about the show. Could be that he was the only one who had a character to play in the show. Could be the CGI skeleton kickline that haunts my nightmares.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by That Groovy Guy 2012-12-24 09:36:19
Jan Maxwell (and Danny Burstein) in that incredible dog that was Follies
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by TheGingerBreadMan 2012-12-24 11:10:24
Carolee Carmello in SCANDALOUS
(I know someone already said it, but I agree 100%)
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by madbrian 2012-12-24 11:30:58
This isn't very recent, but the first performance that came to mind was Orfeh in Saturday Night Fever. She was terrific. The show wasn't.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-12-24 11:42:19
Betty Buckley in CATS
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-24 11:52:13
I also agree with Stephanie J. Block in The Pirate Queen.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by GlindatheGood22 2012-12-24 12:06:27
Marin Mazzie in Carrie.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by bdn223 2012-12-24 12:37:14
Audra McDonald and Norm Louis in The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (I am sorry but when they gut the show to the point where Porgy explains he know Bess cheated on him because he has a bum leg, there are issues)
Raul Esparza in Leap of Faith
SHERRIE RENE SCOTT as well as t Sierra Bogess, and Tittuss Bergius in The Little Mermaid did I mention SHERRIE RENE SCOTT!!!
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Next2Noone 2012-12-24 13:59:18
I was a little disappointed in Peter and the Starcatcher. It didn't quite live up to my expectations.
But I think that Celia Keenan-Bolger & Adam Chanler-Berat were great.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by macnyc 2012-12-24 14:03:04
Danielle Ferland in New Girl in Town at the Irish Repertory Theater.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Taryn 2012-12-24 14:44:23
I never actually saw it, but the first thing that comes to mind is Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Hannahbelle 2012-12-24 15:34:26
Almost everything I've seen Sutton Foster in. I didn't like Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Little Women, or Thoroughly Modern Millie, but Sutton was a rock star. It was great to watch her shine in Anything Goes and the Drowsy Chaperone, both shows I enjoyed.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by emilyfaye48 2012-12-24 16:52:21
3rd for Carolee Carmello in Scandalous!
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by nobodyhome 2012-12-24 18:58:04
In relatively recent times, Anthony Chisholm in Radio Golf.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by perfectlymarvelous 2012-12-25 03:30:48
I feel like the performances really elevated the revival of Porgy and Bess. Obviously the original material is fantastic, but the cut and paste job they did with the revival was not great. I saw the show twice and both times I walked away thinking I would like to see this cast perform the opera, or at least a different musical adaptation. They were all uniformly excellent, ensemble included, and the production was very well-sung. And I'm still in awe of Phillip Boykin's Crown, it was such a towering and frightening and powerful performance.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by steven22 2012-12-25 08:50:01
Stephanie J. Block in The Pirate Queen...the show was complete mess...she was not
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by little_sally 2012-12-26 13:13:29
Norbert Leo Butz in Catch Me If You Can
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by minicko88 2012-12-26 13:40:36
James Barbour in almost everything he has been in. I actually liked most of his shows, but they never really became great.
Carly Rose Sonenclar in Wonderland. She was amazing in a horrid show.
Douglas Sills in The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Hugh Panaro in Lestat.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by goldenboy 2012-12-26 17:55:35
D'avine Joy Randolph in Ghost.
I second Rob McClure and Carolee Carmello.
Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted by Broadway Baby8 2012-12-26 18:30:08
Eartha Kitt in Wild Party
