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irritating voices
#275re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:46pm
Who has a beautiful voice in your opinion, Plum? I'm just curious what your version of beauty is.
My Best Friend (not at all into musical theater) really doesn't like Audra's voice. She says it's annoying.
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-Marie Christine
#276re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:54pm
Plum: lol you don't like Shirley Jones' voice either? Why does it make you want to break things. Granted, I think he acting sucked in that movie, but I thought her voice was gorgeous. Do you like any soprano-sopranos (meaning not pretty much belting and then just switching for a particular high note)? Not being sarcastic, just curious.
I don't really think of the OBC Laurie as a soprano...I mean she can sing the higher notes, but I think she's more of a alto-y maybe mezzo, she doesn't seem that comfortable high, and she sort of swoops on the notes.
OOoh, and other voices I'm annoyed by: Mary Martin.
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-Marie Christine
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#277re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:55pmI can't bear Chirstine Andreas voice. What she did in the Scarlet pimpernel, it really hurt.
scooter3843
#278re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:56pm
I can hear the angry typing of hate mail now BUT-
Adam Pascal's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me. And I listened to his latest cd at a Virgin listening station and just laughed and laughed.
Also, I find Anthony Rapp completely unremarkable in pretty much every artisic way, and his voice makes me cringe.
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#279re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/19/05 at 5:02pmHee hee...dare I say it? Katie Holmes. :)
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sallyfan101
Swing Joined: 4/18/05
#282re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:06am
Ok, I know she's an institution but I can only take small doses of Carol Channing...very small doses...taken with a lot of tequila.
Oh, and Ann Rieking on the Chicago cd...is she channeling Gwen Verdon. A friend and I have a good parts version of Chicago that we play that is almost Ann free.
And also that little girl on the Will Rogers Follies cd. "I'm Mary Rogers" It's gonna take another margarita to get her voice outta my head now.
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Swing Joined: 4/19/05
#283re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 12:42amOn the subject of vibratos, how do you get rid of one? Any tips? Is it really hopeless?
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#284re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 4:28am
"Michael Crawford,
broadway's greatest singer.
What a voice!
I never hit a zinger"
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jollipops
Chorus Member Joined: 4/10/05
#285re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 8:58amwhoever that woman playing Eve on the OBC of 'Children of Eden' was, ugh...
#286re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 9:52ami know everyone is gonna kill me for this but harvey feirstien. When i first herad him it was on the Hairspray cast recording and I thot it was just cuz he was trying to be a woman, but then i heard him in Fiddler and realized he always sunds like that.
#287re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 9:57amI've only listened to the "Highlights" of Children of Eden but I didn't like that Eve. Was it Stephine Mills?
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PS. Couldn't choose just one :-)
jollipops
Chorus Member Joined: 4/10/05
#288re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 10:09amnot sure but i don't know how she got a lead broadway part, very broken voice...
cathyhyatt
Broadway Star Joined: 10/20/04
#289re: irritating voices
Posted: 4/27/05 at 1:09pmsomeone said charlotte church was awful and i just...just wanna kill themmm ahhh.
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Stand-by Joined: 6/25/08
#296re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:51pm
Celia Keenan-Bolger - ewwwwww.
Marissa Jaret Winouker - ruined Hairspray for me.
Ethel Merman - can't stand her.
Bernadette Peters
Michael Crawford - Who in the heck told someone he can sing?
Laura Benanti - AT TIMES. Her vibrato can be a bit annoying.
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Updated On: 6/29/08 at 10:51 PM
#297re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:58pmEthel Merman was a brilliant actress, possibly the best Broadway's ever seen, but her voice is just a little annoying.
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#298re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:00pm
"I can't bear Chirstine Andreas voice. What she did in the Scarlet pimpernel, it really hurt. "
I love Christine Andreas! You know that for The Scarlet Pimpernel she was "forced" to sing with a "French accent," correct? Except for like the beginning of Storybook on the OBC. Rachel York did the same, and Carolee Carmello & Amy Bodnar...tried the French accent from what I can remember. But who cares all of the actresses who played Marguerite I always thought were amazing!
For me, Daphne Rubin-Vega -- !!!!!!!!:?!
Steve Blanchard kind of always irritated me too.
EDIT: JULIA MURNEY too!
Updated On: 6/29/08 at 11:00 PM
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#299re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:09pm
You do not want to get rid of vibrato! Vibrato is good and healthy.
Anyway:
Christine Andreas
Raul Esparza
Sarah Brightman
Idina Menzel
Mandy Patinkin
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#301re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:22pmWow that was three years ago. I actually like Mandy Patinkin...I wonder why I didn't like his voice at the time?
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
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Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#302re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:22pmI can't stand Daphne Rubin Vega's voice, especially on the Rent cd. Harvey Fierstein usually annoys me. I hated his voice in Fiddler, but I actually like it for Hairspray. I think it works better with that role. Matthew Broderick's voice can also be pretty annoying at times.
dinglehopper89
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/07
#303re: irritating voices
Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:25pm
I will go with Julia Murney. I saw her as Elphaba and it wasn't really irritating, but it annoyed me when she started belting higher notes. It sounded as if the tone of her voice got lower and she sung higher...if that makes sense.
As for Daphne, I will kinda disagree. I think her voice works with Mimi. Otherwise, ew ew ew.
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