Characters that DON'T
Characters that DON'T
#1Characters that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:25am
Main/ Important Characters that don't apear in a show until way into the first act or even in the second.
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Amnasaro AIDA
Updated On: 11/23/06 at 12:25 AM
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#3re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:36am
Pharoah in Joseph
Jeaneatte in Full Monty
The Wizard (aside from a brief early hidden cameo) in Wicked
Miles Gloriosus in Forum
If you see Falsettos as one show, "the lesbians from next door"
Mordred in Camelot
Freddy in My Fair Lady
Then of course there's half the cast of Les Mis...
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neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#4re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:38amI don't think Pharoah in Joseph is an important/main character
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#5re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:48amPharoah in Joseph is an important/main character.
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Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#6re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:50am
Miss Stacy in Anne of Green Gables. Bet none of you thought of that, huh?
I played that role in middle school, and every night I sat backstage and played cards and amused myself for an hour and a half before my character showed up (a few scenes into the second act). She's pretty important, as she causes Anne and Gilbert to enter whatever thing it is they enter and then admit their undying love for each other or...whatever it is they do.
Updated On: 11/23/06 at 12:50 AM
#7re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:06am
The most famous example is Tartuffe.
Others include Hickey in The Iceman Cometh, Autolycus, Perdita, Florizel, Old Shepherd, and Clown in The Winter's Tale, Leslie and Sarah in Seascape, Mr. Lundie in Brigadoon, Lee Harvey Oswald in Assassins, the Starkeeper in Carousel, Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Danforth in The Crucible.
Updated On: 11/23/06 at 01:06 AM
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#8re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:09amMotormouth Maybelle in Hairspray
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gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#10re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:16amAnd Lola in Damn Yankees doesn't show up for a good 40 minutes, maybe longer.
#11re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:38amjasonf: Freddy appears in the very first scene of MY FAIR LADY.
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#12re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 1:45amNot exactly standard rep but Babylove in The Grass Harp, both the play and musical.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#13re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 2:02am
Jane in Tarzan?
Uncle Oscar in Little Mary Sunshine doesn't come at all until Act II
O.B. Abbott in Radio Gals comes like half way through Act I
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#15re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 2:35amThe Patersons and President Roosevelt in ANNIE WARBUCKS.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#16re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 2:35am
Ulla doesn't enter "The Producers" until after "Keep It Gay", and from then on, it's about two numbers then the Act One curtain.
Trix has a second during the beginning of "Drowsy", then disappears for about an hour and a half.
#17re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:06am
the Mikado in "The Mikado". He doesn't show up until like, the second half of the second act?
Enjolras doesn't show up for a good while into "Les Miserables". Same with Ellen in "Miss Saigon".
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#18re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:31am
Doc in West Side Story. Though he's more of a supporting role, I suppose.
Even so, he's got an important part - especially at the end (ie lying to Tony and therefore, causing Tony to find Chino and thus concluding with Tony getting shot by Chino).
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#19re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 6:35am
Christine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Marius, Louis, and Claudia in Lestat
Anita in Jelly's Last Jam
Ulla in The Producers
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#20re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 11:08am
Amnasaro AIDA
What? Are you talking about Amneris? And if so, she is in the very first scene in the show and sings the first song.
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#21re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:23pm
The Phantom doesn't appear on-stage for quite a while in POTO.
Charely's Aunt doesn't come on-stage until half way through ACT II of Charley's Aunt
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#23re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:36pmA main character is a role like Joseph, a role like Pharoh is supporting.
#24re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:42pmClearly the original poster meant Amonasro. Not difficult to figure out.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#25re: Character that DON'T
Posted: 11/23/06 at 12:54pmI can't ever understand your original post because the grammer is so bad.
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