What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
#0What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:24amFor women its easy -- Mama Rose, most people would say, or perhaps Evita. But what would you consider the male equivilent? What is the greatest role for a man in Musical Theater?
#1re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:26amSweeney Todd.
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#2re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:29amTevye
"I hope you're all happy, keeping Alan off the team. Couldn't you, for once, open your minds and hearts and hear something that he couldn't see? I, for one, am glad that Alan is blind, so he can't see what, I am so sad to say, you can't hear." -Jerri Blank
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#3re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:29am
"I hope you're all happy, keeping Alan off the team. Couldn't you, for once, open your minds and hearts and hear something that he couldn't see? I, for one, am glad that Alan is blind, so he can't see what, I am so sad to say, you can't hear." -Jerri Blank
Updated On: 3/18/05 at 02:29 AM
#4re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:31am
Priest: I am SHOCKED at your response. You never fail to surprise me.
But I will have to agree with you...my list would be:
Tevye
Sweeney Todd
Billy Bigelow
Guido Contini
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#5re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 2:34amphantom! well probably not but he's all i have in mind
#6re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 5:25amMama Rose? i would agree with Evita,Norma Desmond,the Narrator in Joseph,the Witch,Spider Woman in "kiss...",Sally Bowles...bla bla. the best male role is Roger in Rent.
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#7re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 5:29amDo we REALLY have to start one of these?
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#8re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 5:35amSweeney Todd
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Do you think my costume looked all right for Brooks? I think he was a little amazed.
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#9re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 7:01am
Coalhouse Walker
Sweeney Todd
Jesus Christ
havok248
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#10re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 7:24amjudas issacrot, Phantom, Javert, riff(cause he's mericutio *i really can't spell)
#11re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 7:28am
valjean or javert.
awkward.
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#12re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 7:47amThe Emcee in "Cabaret."
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#13re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 8:44am
Jean Valjean
Don Quixote
#14re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:10amDefinitely either Mark/Roger from Rent, or the Phantom from Phantom of the Opera...oh wait...Valjean is cool too...ack I don't know!!!!
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#15re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:11am
Tevye by far
but maybe the King of Siam in the "King & I"
#16re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:27amThe King (of "and I" fame)comes to mind along with many of those already mentioned - Valjean, Bigelow - I might put Pal Joey in there, as well.
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#17re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:27am
Tevye
The King
Jean Valjean
Don Quixote
Billy Bigelow
Henry Higgins
Curly
King Arthur
Emcee
Sweeney Todd
Che
Judas
Max Bialystock
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#18re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:39am
Hajj in KISMET
Littlechap in STOP THE WORLD
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#19re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:40am
The Emcee!
Sweeney's definitly up there too. Though i would have to add a certain Dr. Frank'n'Furter to this list.
#20re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:54am
Bobby
Along with everyone else everyone has said.
#21re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 9:57am
Sweeney Todd
Billy Bigelow - The Sililoquy has to be one of the best male songs ever written
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#22re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:00amwell all the above obviously, but i've been listening more and more and i really think guido contini is one of the best male roles ever written.
#23re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:01amI'll add Harold Hill for sheer difficulty of learning the part!
#24re: What is the Greatest MALE role in Musical Theater?
Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:09am
Sweeney Todd I guess because he has quiet a few different levels (you have to be cheering for him to kill the judge but be afriad of him)
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Updated On: 3/18/05 at 10:09 AM
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