This just randomly popped into my head today (i was really bored at work) and i came up with this list off the top of my head, i'm sure theres far more so anyone else got some?
Tracy Turnblad
Link Larkin
Velma Vontussel
Motormouth Maybelle
Seyweed Stubbs
Penny (and Prudy) Pingleton
EDIT: forgot Corny Collins
Matron Mamma Morton
Christine Colgate.
Lina Lamont
Henry Higgins
Cladwell Caldwell (or vice versa?)
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan - CAROUSEL
Caldwell Cladwell, Penelope Pennywise, Soupy Sue, Hot Blades Harry, Tiny Tom- URINETOWN
Moonface Martin - ANYTHING GOES
Lois Lane & Harrison Howell - KIDD ME KATE
Harold Hill-Music Man
Joanne Jefferson, Mimi Marquez-Rent
Olive Ostrovesky, Mitch Mahoney-Spelling Bee
Ado Annie.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
Skip Snip-LSOH
Harold Hill- The Music Man
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"Everything leading up to this felt like nothing, like I've beeen asleep or something for 42 years. I'm awake now."
-HUFF
Leading Actor Joined: 6/19/05
zelda zanders-singin'/rain
Benjamin Barker
Beadle Bamford
Updated On: 7/13/05 at 11:06 AM
Billy Bigelow (Carousel)
Tom Thumb (Barnum)
Peter Pan
Teachnically one could be William Barfee because the shortened form of William is Bill so is could be Bill Barfee from Spelling Bee!
Mimi Marquez
Cosmo Constantine - Call Me Madam
Liz Livingstone & Sanford Stewart - Happy Hunting
Tessie Tura - Gypsy
Tobias Twitch & Harry Hart - Something for the Boys
Gieber Goldfarb - Girl Crazy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
You never noticed that about the Hairspray characters? We learn something new every day!
That was the first thing I noticed about them when I first saw the film.
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
Madame Morrible, the madame isnt a name, but its still alliterative
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
Meg March and Marmie March from Little Women
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
yeah, i never noticed that about hairspray either... how dense must i be? what's the point behind it... marc?
Leading Actor Joined: 5/31/05
it's okay, darcy, I'm apparently dense, too...because I didn't pick up on it, either.
Re: Hairspray character names
John Waters did that in many of his older movies...Francine Fishpaw, Dawn Davenport, Donald & Donna Dasher, Mole McHenry, Todd Tomorrow...
Glinda the Good .....just kiddign people so don't freak out
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
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