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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:33am

Performances you really enjoyed, in shows you did not.

Most recently for me:
Rob McClure and Jen Colella in Chaplin.

Updated On: 12/24/12 at 12:33 AM

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:39am

Jessie Mueller in "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever"
Ari Graynor in "The Performers".

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:41am

Jen Colella and Erin Mackey in Chaplin.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:42am

Carolee Carmello in Scandalous.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:46am

I kind of liked the show...but generally most people didn't...

Betty Buckley and Linzy Hately in Carrie

Updated On: 12/24/12 at 12:46 AM

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:54am

Lily Rabe in Seminar

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 01:12am

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...

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 01:30am

issac.evans You really enjoyed Erin Mackey's performance in "Chaplin"? I thought she was so dull. Different strokes, for different folks I suppose!

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 02:03am

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)

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 02:04am

Stephanie J Block's Pirate Queen was spectacular - although I thought the show was better in Chicago. It seemed somehow gutted on Broadway.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 03:05am

Amy Spanger in The Wedding Singer

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 08:37am

Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 08:56am

Douglas Hodge in Cyrano. He fully embodied Cyrano and I had to remind myself it was an actor playing the role.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 09:07am

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.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 09:36am

Jan Maxwell (and Danny Burstein) in that incredible dog that was Follies

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:10am

Carolee Carmello in SCANDALOUS
(I know someone already said it, but I agree 100%)

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:30am

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.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:42am

Betty Buckley in CATS

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Kelly2

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:52am

I also agree with Stephanie J. Block in The Pirate Queen.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:06pm

Marin Mazzie in Carrie.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:37pm

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

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 01:59pm

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.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 02:03pm

Danielle Ferland in New Girl in Town at the Irish Repertory Theater.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 02:44pm

I never actually saw it, but the first thing that comes to mind is Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz.

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Great performances in Not So Great shows.
Posted: 12/24/12 at 03:34pm

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.