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Worst wigs in a production

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onedaymore
#1Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:25am

As a spin-off of eatlasagna's thread about the best wigs in a production, how about the ugliest and tackiest mops that they call wigs you've ever seen?

I'll start.

SJB in Cats at the Muny.


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aasjb4ever
#2Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:29am

Carol Channing's in ALNM...Oh wait that's Elaine Stritch

broadwayboy987
#2Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 1:39am

Ashley Brown - The Sound of Music at the Muny

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backwoodsbarbie
#3Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 8:39am

I am not a fan of Kristin Chenoweth's wig in Promises, Promises. The wig on the advertisements, posters, etc with the side-part flip looks much better with the structure of her face.


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brochatkid
#4Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 9:00am

Jeremy Jordan's wig in Rock of Ages when he played Drew. Terrible!

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Schmerg_The_Impaler
#5Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 10:57am

This isn't Broadway, but the Signature Theatre's Les Mis was a great show, but half the wigs looked like they pulled them off of troll dolls. Poor Marius' hair looked like a wet Tarzan.


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xoffender45
#6Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:34am

I didn't see the show on Broadway, so I don't know how it compares, but the recent Grease tour with Taylor Hicks. Awful show, awful wigs.
Updated On: 7/29/10 at 11:34 AM

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Gingersnap2
#7Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 11:55am

Not Broadway, but the Walnut Street Theatre's "Les Miserables"...Hugh Panaro's first convict wig was horrific.

They refitted him and modified them to be a TINY bit better. His initial Valjean/Monsieur Madeleine wig was too long and rather ugly, too...the redesign was O.K., too.

On Broadway...HATED Drew Sarish's Armand wig in "Lestat." I preferred the first, shorter SF preview wig for Armand, but hated Hugh's SF wig. Too long, pale, and straight. Didn't care for Gabrielle's post-bite wigs in either production.

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onedaymore
#8Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:11pm

I don't know about you guys, but I'm not a fan of Christine's wig in Phantom. Period. It looks like a brillo pad.


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byebyebaby12
#9Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:14pm

Stephanie J. Block's original Grizabella wig, definetly.

Most of the Francine wigs in Jersey Boys end up looking super ratty at some point.

bryan2
#10Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:23pm

The men on the new Dreamgirls ....very bad wig
also does anyone remember the Wig that Jonathan Pryce wore in
EVITA the movie horrible

Silence = Death
#11Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:24pm

Gavin Creel's wig in Hair is a little...unrealistic.


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suttonfoster
#12Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:25pm

Sutton Fosters FIRST long wig in the opening scene in Throughly Modern Millie was pretty rough

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onedaymore
#13Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 12:28pm

The wig Lupone wore in "Buenos Aires"


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ThankstoPhantom
#14Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:29pm

LuPone's in City Center Gypsy.


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Updated On: 7/29/10 at 02:29 PM

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givesmevoice
#15Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 2:39pm

That's because it wasn't a wig. I was reading something (can't remember if it was his book or an interview) where Arthur Laurents said that there was a wig made that turned out to be terrible, so Patti didn't wear a wig.


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ThankstoPhantom
#16Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:19pm

Oh, wow...well then, worst hairdo! Worst wigs in a production


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byebyebaby12
#17Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:25pm

Jonathan Pryce's was not that bad.

If you want bad movie wigs, look no farther then Patrick Wilson in Phantom of the Opera.

dramarama3
#18Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:41pm

I don't care is it's a disney musical... Belle's wig in Beauty and The Beast was fugly.


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Phyllis Rogers Stone
#19Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:47pm

I thought the City Center was a wig that looked like her real hair.

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philly03
#20Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:49pm

Natalie Toro's Madame DeFarge wig and James Barbour's Sydney Carton wigs were terrible in A Tale of Two Cities. It could have been Barbour's real hair, but I hope not!

Edit- WHo could forget that HORRIBLE Emma wig in Jekyll & HYDE, or the wig that the Jekyll/Hydes wore when it wasn't their usual hair. Ouch! Lauren Kennedy's wig in Waiting for the Moon world premiere looked funny to me. Updated On: 7/29/10 at 04:49 PM

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Reginald Tresilian
#21Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:57pm

Phy, I heard that too, and it just didn't make sense to me.

Mind you, it doesn't make sense to me that Patti would voluntarily have a hairstyle in real life that makes her look like Moe from the Three Stooges.

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orangeskittles
#22Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 4:57pm

Michael Cerveris in Road Show


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wicked1492
#23Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:40pm

Patti's Reno wig in Anything Goes. Looks like Carrot Top.


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XanaDuDe2
#24Worst wigs in a production
Posted: 7/29/10 at 5:45pm

Federov's Joseph wig... I mean really?? That is the worst wig ever.... not to mention casting choice....


Going out on a limb.. I'm gonna say Diana Degarmo in 9 to 5 tour is going to be pretty ridiculous as well...


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