Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
#1Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:26pm
Thought I would make an opposing thread, one that's a little more positive :)
Mine is Jeremy Jordan. The first time I saw Jeremy was at the Paper Mill in Newsies, and aside from his incredible belt I wasn't too enthralled with his voice. Then I caught him in an audition for a revival and discovered that his classical side is incredible. I've also grown to love his pop voice outside of Newsies.
#2Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:30pmKelli O'Hara struck me as not much more than a bland ingenue for a long time, but she's proven herself a bit more eclectic and interesting recently.
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-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#2Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:37pmThere was always something about Celia Keenan-Bolger that just irked me, and I never really cared for her. But after seeing her in Merrily We Roll Along and Peter and the Starcatcher, I have totally changed my mind. And now I'm really excited to see her in The Glass Menagerie.
#3Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:39pmDigging waaaay back to the seventies, Liza Minelli bothered me to no end. Once I got used to her presentation, I started to appreciate her. Now I find her more of a deserving legend than camp. That woman COMMITS.
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#4Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:43pmI didn't love Laura Osnes for a while but now i think she is a very talented soprano.
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#5Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 3:56pm
I thought Sutton Foster was boring in WHISTLE, and one of the more insightful comments on the forum "(Luckiest chorus girl in the world)" really rings true for me. But I enjoyed her a lot in ANYTHING GOES.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#6Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 4:28pmI've had a change of heart on Celia as well after seeing her in Peter. Same goes for Christian Borle.
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#7Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 4:49pmJeremy Jordan has a classical side?
I don't WANT to live in what they call "a certain way." In the first place I'd be no good at it and besides that I don't want to be identified with any one class of people. I want to live every whichway, among all kinds---and know them---and understand them---and love them---THAT's what I want! - Philip Barry (Holiday)
#8Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 4:57pm
Chad Douglas, maybe?
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#9Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 4:57pmI had no rational reason for disliking Christian Borle but I have loved him since going on the Angels in America journey with him.
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#10Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 5:09pm
Patti. I became a fan after I heard, "He supports you..."
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
BroomstickBoy
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/04
#11Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 10:13pm
I never had a dislike for him, just didn't pay much attention to his work or whatever, but since the Evita revival I cannot get enough of Max Von Essen.
I think I'm in love.
I don't WANT to live in what they call "a certain way." In the first place I'd be no good at it and besides that I don't want to be identified with any one class of people. I want to live every whichway, among all kinds---and know them---and understand them---and love them---THAT's what I want! - Philip Barry (Holiday)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/5/12 at 10:29pmMatt Bogart... I find his voice to be quite intriguing now... before it just used to bother me
#13Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 10:02amI didn't like Jessie Mueller much in Clear Day or Into The Woods, but liked her much in Edwin Drood. Go figure.
#14Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 10:18amI disliked THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE to such an intense degree, that I it bled over into an intense dislike for Sutton Foster. But, I've grown to love her. A lot.
#15Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 10:47am
Laura Benanti. I disliked her so much in Nine, and hated her interpretation of my favorite song that I just didnt get why she'd been nominated for Tony awards. She was out of Into the Woods when I saw it.
I was upset she was cast in Gypsy. Then I saw it at City Center....twice.
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#16Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 10:54am
"Jeremy Jordan has a classical side?"
Haha, yep :) There's a recording of him duetting with Laura Osnes on her Cafe Carlyle CD on Anything You Can Do. He has this fabulous rich vibrato-filled voice that I didn't realize he was capable of.
#17Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 10:59amI had soured on LuPone for the longest time, but after seeing her in Gypsy and then twice at 54 Below I can't help but love her!
#18Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 11:21am
Bernadette Peters---when I first saw her on TV and movies in the early 80's. Felt she was really mousy.
NOW----I adore her. Loved her in Follies and in A Little Night Music.
#19Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 11:28am
Used to abhor Patti-Gypsy and WOTV brought me around."Invisible" from WOTV is a master class in telling a story through song.
I sometimes forget how gorgeous Laura Benanti's singing voice is because she is so sexy and funny. But damn, she's got pipes!
I used to hate Constantine until oddly enough I saw him in ROA. He has dymanic stage presence and can sings his nuts off. He's quite the performer.
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#20Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 11:36am
JULIA MURNEY! She is such an unconventional, idiosyncratic, one-off talent (and look). Am not sure at which point the scales fell from my eyes and the plugs fell from my ears, but now I embrace the fact that she is not some cookie-cutter diva, and I love her enthralling voice, fearless acting and off-beat beauty. It is such a joy to be proved wrong (sometimes).
Although I wouldn't say that I disliked him as such, my attitude to Justin Johnston changed drastically after seeing him as Roger in the recent off-B'way RENT. Having enjoyed his (somewhat generic but thoroughly committed) Angel in the final B'way cast, I thought it was madness for him to be going into the new version as Roger. Again, a delight to be proved wrong: he was a tortured sensation, redefining the role for me and eclipsing all the previous Rogers I'd seen (including Adam Pascal).
Nettik
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#21Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 12:13pm
Kristin Chenoweth. I've never been a fan of the bubbly blonde personality, and thought she was a one-trick pony when my only exposures to her were YAGMCB and Wicked.
Then I heard her classically-trained work ("Glitter and Be Gay" comes to mind) and I was instantly a fan.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#22Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 12:54pmIt took me a full minute to realize that YAGMCB means YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. Just "Charlie Brown" would have been clearer.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#23Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/6/12 at 1:54pmDavid Hyde Pierce. I think he'll do great work into his old age.
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aaronb
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/12
#24Performers You Used to Dislike, but Now... not so much
Posted: 12/7/12 at 5:30pmAnyone who kind of sucks but redeemed themselves with a knowing cameo on EXTRAS.