Characters You Hate

[whatyouown223]

Characters You Hate#0

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:19pm

Are there any characters is musicals of plays that you LOATHE? I don't really hate anyone too much, but Alexi Darling kind of annoys me. And Benny in the beginning.

[mirramar]

re: Characters You Hate#1

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:21pm

I hated Jo in LW (as played by the understudy).

[chess12]

re: Characters You Hate#2

Posted: 3/17/05 at 3:41pm

Sir Evelyn (something-or-other) in ANYTHING GOES.

[magic8ball]

re: Characters You Hate#3

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:06pm

You hate Sir Evelyn? Wow. He's probably my favorite character in the show. "Gypsy in Me" is great.

Anyway, characters that I hate would be...

-Morrible from "Wicked"
-Rick from "Bat Boy"
-The Engineer from "Miss Saigon"
-Most of the characters from "Les Mis" can be godawful when played by the wrong people (which, for some reason, seems to happen A LOT with this show...)
-Harold Hill and Marian from "The Music Man"
-Maureen from "Rent" can be downright annoying when played by the wrong actress... although I think that I blame that more on the material than the performance most of the time

"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."

Updated On: 3/17/05 at 04:06 PM

[Theatreboy49]

re: Characters You Hate#4

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:08pm

Alexi darling in Rent
The Beadle and Pirrelli in Sweeney Todd just annoys me

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

[magic8ball]

re: Characters You Hate#5

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:16pm

Ah, yes. I forgot Pirelli. He is a very loathesome character.

"Goodness is rewarded. Hope is guaranteed. Laughter builds strong bones. Right will intercede. Things you've said I often find I need, indeed. I see the world through your eyes. What's black and white is colorized. The knowledge you most dearly prized I'm eager to employ. You said that life has infinite joys."

[Michael Bennett]

re: Characters You Hate#6

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:17pm

Ermengarde in HELLO DOLLY has to be the most annoying character in musical theatre history.

[keggss23]

re: Characters You Hate#7

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:18pm

- Cosette (older) in Les Miz. Could she be any more annoying?
- Ellen in Miss Saigon.
- Sara Brown in Guys and Dolls

I know there are tons more, but my brain isn't working...

"When you're a Jet, / You're a Jet all the way, / From your first pirouette / To your last grand jete." --Brian Kaman

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: Characters You Hate#8

Posted: 3/17/05 at 4:57pm

Maureen in Rent. Or maybe it was the actress (Idina).

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[paradox_error]

re: Characters You Hate#9

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:07pm

COSETTE
COSETTE
COSETTE

Old or young. I don't care. Pisses the sh!t out of me.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Characters You Hate#10

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:10pm

Blanche Ingram. ugh..

[HeyMrMusic]

re: Characters You Hate#11

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:13pm

Ugh, the Engineer in Miss Saigon.
Cosette's pretty annoying, too.
Madame Morrible, yuck. I don't even see how she can be called a character.
I used to hate Benny in Rent, but now I kind of sympathize with him.
There are probably others. I can't think of any right now.

~Steven

[Michael Bennett]

re: Characters You Hate#12

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:14pm

Zaneeta in THE MUSIC MAN is pretty horrifying too.

[insomniak]

re: Characters You Hate#13

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:14pm

ABSOLUTELY Cosette, especially in the novel. She's so... empty. You'd think they could've worked on her a little more, since she's the focus of so much. Eponine is kind of irritating, too, though. *twitch*

Audrey drives me insane. Another dip. ACK.

[little_sally]

re: Characters You Hate#14

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:16pm

Paradice in "Brooklyn"

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[LaeloftheLakes]

re: Characters You Hate#15

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:17pm

Yup, Cosette.

"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks --- --- Intolerant of intolerance.

[munkustrap178]

re: Characters You Hate#16

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:19pm

-every character in BROOKLYN
-every character in THE PRODUCERS

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[melissa errico fan]

re: Characters You Hate#17

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:19pm

Tommy Djilas in "The Music Man"
All characters in "Brooklyn"
Jean-Michel in "La Cage Aux Folles"

[munkustrap178]

re: Characters You Hate#18

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:22pm

Aw, mef! I played Tommy Djilas in THE MUSIC MAN, I like him!

Thanks for reminding me, though:

EVERY character in LA CAGE

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[melissa errico fan]

re: Characters You Hate#19

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:25pm

Tommy Djilas is just annoying; I don't hate him. "Shipoopi" is a totally useless filler song.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Characters You Hate#20

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:26pm

haha... Shipoopi.

[maybethistime]

re: Characters You Hate#21

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:33pm

Cosette - Les Mis
Laurie - Oklahoma!
Winthrop - Music Man
Sir Evelyn - Anything Goes
Baby/Dainty June - Gypsy
and lots more that I can't think of...

[melissa errico fan]

re: Characters You Hate#22

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:39pm

"Winthrop - Music Man"

I hate Winthrop, too. Ugh, and the kid who played him in the most recent revival: I was a bout ready to ring his neck by the end of Act One.

[playbill_signer_05]

re: Characters You Hate#23

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:41pm

Dr. Scott in Rocky Horror makes me really mad and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast is quite horrid... I'm sure there are more that I'll think of later.

[JoizeyActor]

re: Characters You Hate#24

Posted: 3/17/05 at 5:42pm

I hate Cosette.