Best Main-character entrance- Page 2

[wickedfan]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:21pm

Oscar Jaffee's entrance in On the Twenteith Century-getting on the train like that. Brilliant!

[zippyjen]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:24pm

carol channing in hello dolly!

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:37pm

Galinda in the bubble is awesome.

Elphie's entrance for "No Good Deed" is awesome on broadway.

The Phantom materializing from behind the mirror is cool too.

[sanda]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:38pm

"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatavka, everyone is a fiddler on the roof."

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:40pm

Dolly's Act 2 entrance!

Thank god, I was starting to get worried! That's definitely one of the greatest entrances of all time.

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 11:40 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:46pm

Lavie..

The Velma entrance is stunning. I can't really explain it over the net. Right after the overture the amazing ALL THAT JAZZ vamp starts and Velma rises up an elevator and appears in the Velma pose.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 9/5/05 at 11:47pm

I do love The Lady Of The Lake's entrance into "Knights of the Round Table" from Spamalot.

I like Blanche's also from a Streetcar Named Desire, i love how Natasha just kinda came "refinedly staggering out". She also has the best exit by far.

[LA2NYC]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:45am

Maureen in RENT was the 1st actor entrance that gave me goosbumps. I totally dug that. But the Velma entrance is also up there.
One more to add to the list is Lola's entrance in the revival of DAMN YANKEES. (again, due to the amazing talent of Bebe)
Satan calls for lola and behind a shimmer curtain you see a red high heel at the top and her entire leg comes down to the floor. Which means she had to extend that leg so far up that it was practically a jack knife.lol.It was awesome.

[flirtandflounce]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 12:57am

I love Galinda's in Wicked! Also Maureen's in Rent is great! I also really like Rosie and Tanya's entrance in Mamma Mia. Its nothing big or anything but I like it.

[arykahmarye]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:34am

Dolly's Act 2 entrance is what sparked the need to perform in me. I saw that onstage, and instantly decided i was going to act, and someday get that part.

I also love Sherie Rene Scott/Christine's entrance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels because it's so adorable, perfect for the character, and the perfect set up for her song.

[Khashoggi]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:40am

Two words...
"Heeeerrrrreeee's Roger!"
Roger DeBris in The Producers.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:00am

Fosca slowly creeping down the stairs, only her shadow seen just after the lighthearted music turns noticably somber.

[Sant]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 5:30am

Velma Kelly - CHICAGO

The Phantom - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:20am

The Emcee in the recent revival of Cabaret

[worrell4077]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 10:51am

King Arthur's entrance at the beginning of SpamAlot(I just love the coconuts).

Lancelot's entrance into swamp castle, hearing the massacre that he's causing and then him entering the room and killing the two guards, running up the stairs to Herbert "Oh fair one behold your faithful servant Sir Lancelot of Camelot, I have com to... Ohh I'm terribly sorry."

Bloom's entrance at the beginning of The Producers, when he first knocks on the door, enters, and then gets scared by Max.

Roger DeBris's entrance in The Producers(Hereeeee's Roger)

Max and Leo's entrance at the beginning of Act II(Oh sorry wrong office)

Chad's entrance on the motorcycle in All Shook Up

Nicky and Rod's bickering argument entrance in Avenue Q
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[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:12am

This is an odd choice, but I've always get excited when Reno Sweeney enters in Anything Goes.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:13am

If we're talking first entrances...

Mrs. Lovett's crazy kitchen entrance in "Sweeney Todd."

Desiree Armfeldt's entrance shouting "Where the hell is the stage manager!" (better if it's from the back of the theatre) during The Glamorous Life in "A Little Night Music."

Mama Rose's entrance (as some have already said).

And a real classic that rocked the world of musical theatre: Aunt Eller's entrance in Oklahoma! The Act I curtain rises, and she's sitting there by herself churning butter on stage. Up until that point, nearly all musicals opened with a big rousing chorus number. Aunt Eller's entrance changed that forever.

Updated On: 9/6/05 at 11:13 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:20am

Look, a limb! And now, watch Emcee go out on it.

Caractacus Potts (at least of stuff currently running).

Or, maybe I just like that Raul gets to enter by flight.

Updated On: 9/6/05 at 11:20 AM

[roquat]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:24am

Maria's entrance in "Master Class"--the only entrance I can think of that kids the whole idea of star entrance applause. She stops the audience from applauding, saying that it's "inappropriate."

[Demitri2]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:25am

Angela Lansbury sliding down a banister in "Mame" with trumpet in hand. Robert Preston in "Music Man" hidden behind a newspaper on the train. Of course, any of the Mama Roses coming down the aisle in "Gypsy". Beatrice Lillie on a bicycle in "High Spirits" along with Tammy Grimes' entrance in mid flight as a ghostly green lit spirit. Alexis Smith dancing atop a grand piano in "Platinum". My fav though was Barbara Harris' entrance as "Passionella".

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:32am

michael crawford had a lot of great entrances in DOTV.
also like the maureen entrance in rent and glinda's bubble.
and the mamma rose entrance is a classic. everyone went wild when bernadette came out in the revival.
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 11:32 AM

[sipos]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:41am

Thank you Dimitri2. Mame Dennis with a big ole trumpet in her hand! Love it.

[kelzama]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 11:53am

Hal Prince's genius shines through as Eva Peron is first seen as a mourner at her own funeral; his way of saying it could've been anyone.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 1:26pm

velma in chicago
mama rose
the voice of audrey 2 in the little shop revival (he lays absolutely still under a blanket on the edge of the stage from before the audience comes into the theater all that way until his solo line in "skid row") it suprised the hell out of everyone when i saw it

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:08pm

The Damn Yankees revival had two incredible entrances garnering applause:

Young Joe Gillis (lightning fast perfectly timed entrance)
Lola (rising from the floor with one leg extended perpendicular to the floor)

I hate Elphaba's entrance. It's awkwardly staged to force applause during a moment when too much is already visually happening. Those familiar with the show begin appause immediately and those unfamiliar are trying to figure out where they are and what's going on and then applaud when they realize someone they most likely have never heard of entered the stage, but she's green, so she must be the one everyone is applauding for. Meanwhile, the actress is forced to mime looking around at the fictitional campus in that Drama Department kind of way as if she just happened to be blindfolded until that particular moment. I don't hate the show, but I truly detest that moment. Hiccups are less awkward than that entrance.