First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#2First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 6:55pmHe sounds great, a very Broadway voice. I just don't think that's enough.
#3First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 8:17pmI don't know who he is so I'm judging differently as from someone who watched the voice. He looks extremely old for the part. He looks like a who from the Grinch. & I don't like his voice.
#4First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 8:50pmI don't get the appeal. He actually won the show?
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#5First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 9:01pm
"He looks like a who from the Grinch."
DAAAAAMN!
#6First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 9:12pmHe just looks so old. That video wasn't very impressive either.
#7First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 9:49pmI don't like is voice that much at all. He is over articulating and he sounds like he's trying to hard.
#8First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 10:33pmExcept for his voice and look he's ok
#9First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 10:40pm
He's the modern day version of Johnny Whitaker. I guess this sounds superficial...but he looks....plain.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#10First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 10:49pm
Seriously, Pippin needs to be hot.
Updated On: 10/28/14 at 10:49 PM
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#11First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:01pm^I think Pippin being YOUNG is more important, but we shall see how Josh does
#12First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:09pm
The two go hand in hand.
I guess I'm just spoiled since we got that cutie Matthew James Thomas here in LA. He had a tee shirt tan line on his arms. It was simply adorbs!
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#13First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:41pmSee, I don't think Matthew James Thomas is cute, adorbs, or any of that. So ... hot is all relative. Not that I think this guy is hot, but just saying. I don't think the 'hotness' factor of Pippin matters. It just has to be someone you, as the audience, cares about.
#14First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:46pmWhoa, I completely agree with a RippedMan post, lol.
Everlast85
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/14
#15First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:50pmI don't think the holiday audiences will particularly care about the cast. Most people see it to see the show, not the specific actors.
#16First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/27/14 at 11:50pmListen, maybe Pippin doesn't have to be hot, but it sure don't hoit!
#17First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 1:02amI'm no saying Pippin is Ibsen or anything, or that this guy will be any good, but it's sad that the standards for being good in this role apparently are looking good shirtless.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#18First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 1:59am
I think there are too many cruel,unnecessary comments here.
The fact that he doesn't look like a member of a boy band will/should allow the audience to stop concentrating on tan lines and hopefully respond to his performance-not his looks.
#19First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 2:20amYeah because I'm sure his performance will be groundbreaking. He's a singer plucked from obscurity on a television reality show. He's Susan Boyle.
#20First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 3:40am
There's comments someone can make for a laugh and then there's some of the stuff up here. I joined these boards years ago under another name and left because of crude things had become. I know we all have opinions, I myself don't think he's that exciting, but we don't need to put down others to make that point clear.
Updated On: 10/28/14 at 03:40 AM
#21First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 5:11am
There's an audience for all types of performers-Susan Boyle, Andre Rieu etc etc so what does it matter what their backround or how they got to where they are now.
Some sleep with the producer others come from a reality show but they are all earing a living because people are willing to pay to see them perform.
Lousy
Understudy Joined: 6/10/13
#22First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 5:30amHe really seems to be reaching on the lower notes and his throat looks like it's under a little stress. His voice is perfectly serviceable, but it'll be interesting to see how it holds up under the 8 shows a week schedule.
No one gives a damn about the list of shows you've seen.
IanMorton1
Chorus Member Joined: 10/24/14
#23First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 6:19ammjohnson2 what the **** I am sorry what were you thinking. What an outragious statement. He won the Voice got four turns he can sing. Is he Broadway meterial maybe not but he does have talent. Even if he had a disability it sounds like you are saying something for no reason but to bully.
IanMorton1
Chorus Member Joined: 10/24/14
#24First Listen: Josh Kaufman in PIPPIN
Posted: 10/28/14 at 6:19ammjohnson2 what the **** I am sorry what were you thinking. What an outragious statement. He won the Voice got four turns he can sing. Is he Broadway meterial maybe not but he does have talent. Even if he had a disability it sounds like you are saying something for no reason but to bully.
