What is the one role you'd die to play?

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What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 2:18am

What is the one role in any musical OR play that you would absolutely die to play?

Mine- Ms.Lovett in Sweeny Todd or Yente the Matchmaker in Fiddler

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 2:34am

max in the producers

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:07am

because I'm a guy -
Mama Rose
Mrs. Lovett
Dot/Marie

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 2:40pm

A dead student revolutionary person at the Barricade... I've heard so much about that, you have no idea... or Javert. It'd be fun to kill myself without actually killing myself.

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:00pm

Adelaide - Guys and Dolls
Cathy - Last 5 Years
Little Red - Into the Woods

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:03pm

Also because I'm a guy:

Audrey - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Adelaide - GUYS AND DOLLS
Christine - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Penny Pingleton - HAIRSPRAY

As a guy, I could actually get away with Audrey, Adelaide and Penny... vocally. My falsetto is large and I can "belt" to the back row... trust me. (My "belt" is more of a falsetto/chest voice mix... it's hard to describe.) Christine goes a little too high for my falsetto, though.

Updated On: 1/1/05 at 03:03 PM

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:22pm

Meersy!
Sad to be all alone in the world.

Updated On: 1/6/05 at 03:22 PM

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:35pm

Kim in Miss Saigon

I wouldn't die to play them, but it would awesome to play Ruth in Pirates of Penzance; Eponine in Les Mis: the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:39pm

one role is too hard...
Reno Sweeney- Anything Goes
Anita (or Maria)- West Side Story
Elphaba- Wicked (if I ever learn how to belt, that is)

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 3:50pm

Hope in Urinetown

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 4:05pm

I would love to play Sweeney Todd or Judge Turpin and the mother from "The Bad Seed"

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 4:58pm

Musicals:
Marius from LES MIZ
Hedwig from HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
George from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Jason from BARE (during its ATA run...then I get to make out with Michael Arden )

Plays:
Hieronimo from THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
Ned Weeks from THE NORMAL HEART
Prior from ANGELS IN AMERICA
Hamlet from HAMLET (who didn't want to play Hamlet at one point?)
Rosalind from AS YOU LIKE IT

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 5:02pm

Marguerite - The Scarlet Pimpernel

Other fave roles of mine are:
Héloise - Rage Of The Heart
Lisa/Emma - Jekyll & Hyde
Lucy - Jekyll & Hyde
Angelina - Trial By Jury
Christine - POTO (if only I could get those high notes!)
Fantine - Les Miserables
Lilli Vanessi - Kiss Me, Kate

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 5:03pm

Belle (BatB)

Other roles I really wanna play: Penny Pingleton (Hairspray), Amber VonTussle (Hairspray), & Amneris (Aida) . Little Sally (Urinetown) and Audrey (LSoH) would be fun too, lol.

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 5:08pm

Maureen or Mimi- RENT
Amneris or Aida- AIDA
Roberta- Zanna, Don't!
Magenta- Rocky Horror

If I were a guy:
Any of the guys in RENT
Emcee- Cabaret
Frank N Furter or Riff Raff- Rocky Horror

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 5:20pm

Christine- Phantom of the Opera
Mina- Dracula
Janet- Rocky Horror just cuz I absolutely love the show

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 5:52pm

If I could actually sing, you mean?

Elphaba from Wicked

For a close second place:

Mimi or Maureen from Rent, and Eponine or Fantine from Les Mis

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 7:58pm

If i acted and was a guy- mark from rent hands down!

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Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:06pm

Effie Melody White from Dreamgirls

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/1/05 at 8:12pm

Maureen- RENT
Glinda- WICKED
Christine - POTO
Sally - YAGMCB
Audrey- LSOH
Amneris- AIDA

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:43am

I can't believe I forgot to mention Elphaba! OF COURSE I would love to play her! I can belt "Defying Gravity" really well. If I had a microphone on this computer, I would let y'all hear!

And I WOULD put Effie from DREAMGIRLS, but whenever I sing that song (with every riff of Jennifer Holliday's, mind you), I get hoarse. So I couldn't do that role! LOL

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:45am

One that hasn't been mentioned: Evita

"I don't always rush in like this..."

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Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:49am

Princeton/Rod would be nice....

Linus would be spectacular and adorable...

Penny Pingleton *just to sing her verse in "You can't stop the beat"

Alex in "Aspects of Love"

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:52am

Aida- AIDA
Emmie- Caroline, or Change
Beneatha- A Raisin in the Sun
Sarah- Ragtime

Updated On: 1/3/05 at 12:52 AM

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re: What is the one role you'd die to play?

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:02am

Younger Brother-Ragtime

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