Weird Facial Expressions
Weird Facial Expressions
#1Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 6:41pm
Any peculiar expressions that certain musical theatre performers make?
For example, the interesting Elvis-esque lip curl that Patti LuPone tends to do when she's singing. Or that incredibly odd face that Michael Ball makes when he sings the phrase "and rain" in "A Little Fall of Rain" from the Les Miserables TAC. (He tends to make a lot of pretty goofy faces, actually...)
George Hearn's chin does the strangest thing when he sings. There's that strange eyebrow twitch that the OBC Moritz in "Spring Awakening" did on the Tony Awards (John Gallagher? I am not a fan of the show, so I really don't know much about it). And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me.
Anyone else have any examples of this?
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/22/08 at 06:41 PM
#3re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:02pm
And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me.
I laughed out loud when I read that.
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
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dg22894
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/08
#5re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:06pmJonathan Groff spit when I saw spring awakening on every line and u saw all of the spit because of the lighting.
#6re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:08pmHa, I have a friend who came home from the Les Miserables revival incredibly thrilled because, "ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI SPAT ON MY HAIR!" I was concerned that she was going to say something like, 'I'll never wash my hair again!' When Drew Sarich was playing Javert, it was like he and Alex Gemignani were having a spitting contest onstage. It was especially interesting in Confrontation when they'd stand about a millimeter away from each other and spit into each others' faces.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#7re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:11pmBeth Leavel did some pretty hysterical facial expressions as the Chaperone, to the point where I was wondering where the sounds was coming from.
Tick Tock
#8re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:15pm
And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me.
That just made me laugh out loud. And it made my signature.
I'll agree with Beth Leavel, and I'll also have to nominate Charlotte d'Amboise. She made some weird faces during "Music and the Mirror."
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#9re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:19pm
my friend and I are convinced that Patti LuPone can't control her mouth all the time. it seems to just...do things. magic things.
I have one name for you: Betsy Joslyn.
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#10re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:24pm
Oh, my! My very first signature quote... I'm going to have to get my parents to dig up my baby book and add a new entry! ^_^
OH YES. Betsy Joslyn. I've never seen someone with such terrifying eyes. They just... roll around in her head like ping-pong balls.
I have a friend who once said that the only thing that scares him more than clowns is the concept of making out with Patti LuPone. I mean, that's scary for more reasons than just the fact that her mouth does strange and unpredictable things, but... have you seen her on the Tony awards for Evita? By the time she was halfway through Buenos Aires, I was genuinely disturbed.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#11re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:44pm
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me.
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This is my fourth time coming back to this thread just for that very statement. And I laugh every time.
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#12re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:48pm
Okay, this is something really juvenile that my sister and I made about a year ago... Sorry about the horrible captions.
Presenting the Many Faces of Michael Ball, as seen in his rendition of Sunset Boulevard:
"My Edna Turnblad is prettier than Patti LuPone!" 
"I'm very sorry, ma'am, but the particularly lumpy cushion I just sat on turned out to have been your cat." 
"Hmmm... should I gloat today, or simply be very, very smug?" 
"You there! How about a shave? Sweeney's waiting!" 
"Heyyy, baby! I’ve had nineteen beers, and you suddenly look really attractive despite the fact that you’re actually a vending machine! I will make out with you intensely as soon as I scrape this peanut butter off of the roof of my mouth!" 
"Kissing the vending machine was pleasant until I got my tongue caught in the dollar-bill slot." 
"Wanna see my Al Gore impersonation?" 
"This burger would have been a lot better were it not seasoned with human feces." 
ACTUALLY, I believe you’re thinking of the Sumerians and not the Babylonians, as the...*is hit by a large sledgehammer* 
Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club? 
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#13re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 7:52pm
Jennifer Holiday takes the cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw-ZoZjxyLw
That is all.
Oh and that hair...I'm pretty sure there was an animal trying to get out of it...it looked like it was going to fly off into the audience.
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#14re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 8:01pm
Dee Roscioli used to have some hideous facial expressions in Wicked.
Not weird facial expression but when I saw Wicked from seat BB 6 last Wed. Julie Reiber's eyes FREEKED me out. They are so light that you can almost see through them and when the light hits them the right way it looked like she didn't have any eyes.
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#15re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 8:09pmSchmerg. SCHMERG! lmao.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#16re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 8:14pmDG777, what is with you & Wicked? It's fine to like it but when I see that you posted last in a thread, I know you posted about Wicked no matter what the topic is.
sleepyguy1717
Broadway Star Joined: 8/1/07
#17re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 8:23pmShoshana Bean is the queen of bad facials when she sings. But its okay, cuz she's f*cking fierce!
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#18re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 8:25pm
So we've established that every Elphaba ever makes creepy faces?
By the way, don't know how I managed to overlook Terrence Mann-- he's right there in my avatar staring back at me. I dearly love him, but he is the creepiest-looking man I have ever seen. I wonder if he and Charlotte d'Amboise courted by standing across a room making disturbing faces at each other.
EDIT: Wow, my posts are getting progressively weirder and weirder. I probably shouldn't have eaten that Nerds Rope.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/22/08 at 08:25 PM
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#19re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 9:06pmHold. Up. I feel the need to address the fact that Michael Ball is wearing an entire suit of pinstripes. He is no doubt, the King..or should I say Queen of Cheese.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#20re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 9:09pm
I agree, there's been no one cheesier, and I love him for it. But hey, that video's from at least ten years ago. Cut him some slack. At least he's not doing this anymore:
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Updated On: 10/22/08 at 09:09 PM
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#21re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 9:18pmJennifer Rush (I think is her name)--Laura's understudy in Gypsy!
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#23re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 9:20pmJessica Rush...yeah she does make odd facial expressions now that I think about it.
andi1235
Understudy Joined: 3/15/07
#24re: Weird Facial Expressions
Posted: 10/22/08 at 9:56pm
Hee hee...I was thinking of this topic yesterday because I was making screenshots from my Company DVD....I adore Raúl, but he does make some funny faces while singing!!
