Comic Broadway Roles

[DoReMi]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 2:33pm

Hi..need your help! I am putting together a list of musical comic roles for a friend. I'd love your imput. My ideas are:

Ali Hakim "Oklahoma"
Mr. McAfee "Bye Bye, Birdie"
Bella Zangler "Crazy For You"
Mr. Applegate "Damn Yankees"

Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 2:43pm

THERE ARE SO MANY.

Miss Adelaide-"Guys and Dolls"
Miss Hannigan-"Annie"
Gaston-"Beauty and The Beast"
Rizzo-"Grease"
Little Red Riding Hood-"Into The Woods"
Fred/Petruchio,Lili/Kate,Lois/Bianca/Gangsters-Kiss Me, Kate
Thenardier/Madame Thenardier-Les Miserables
Glinda-Wicked

etc, etc, and so forth.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 3:13pm

Mae - Bye Bye Birdie
Ado Annie - Oklahoma
Mayor and Mrs. Shinn - The Music Man
Bialystock and Bloom - Producers
Dentst (Orin) - Little Shop
Edna - Hairspray
Flannery - Millie

(I'm a character actress, so the female roles are my dreams! To me, there's nothing better than giving the audience laughter.)

[guido22]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 3:22pm

Alice Miller in "My Favorite Year"

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 4:34pm

Based on your examples, I'm going to just give a few male ideas.

Rooster (Annie)
Moonface Martin (Anything Goes)
The entire cast of (Avenue Q)
Mary Sunshine (Chicago)
Pseudolus [I can't spell] (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Hysterium (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Senecus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Doody (Grease)
Cinderella's Prince (Into the Woods)
Rapunzel's Prince (Into the Woods)
The Minstrel (Once Upon a Mattress)
The Jester (Once Upon a Mattress)
The King (Once Upon a Mattress)

[Britt0913]

Posted: 5/14/04 at 11:57pm

Definitely Philip Sallon in TABOO.
Also, Baker's Wife in INTO THE WOODS.
I will think of more.....
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[secret-soul]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 12:02am

Msrs. Firmin and Andre (Phantom of the Opera)

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 12:04am

Leo or Max (PRODUCERS)
Edna Turnblad (HAIRSPRAY)

[broadwaysweetheart]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 12:06am

mrs meers in millie

[Matt_G]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 12:42am

The entire casts of URINETOWN and AVENUE Q

[Plum]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 1:10am

As long as we're talking about Into the Woods, I can't believe no one mentioned Jack.

"But mother, he's the best cow!"

Heehee.

Anyway...I have a few other roles that might be considered comic: June in Gypsy, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, and anyone in The Producers. :)

[jo]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 3:35am

*Monsieur and Madame Thenardier ( from Les Miserbles) - a most rousing and funny rendition of MASTER OF THE HOUSE.

*Sancho from MAN OF LA MANCHA

*Eliza's father in MY FAIR LADY ("Get Me To The Church on Time")

[Dude]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 4:20am

the dentist et all in "little shop"
henzie in "pajama game"
king herrod in "jcs"
richard henry lee in "1776"
motell in "fiddler"
surely someone in "annie get your gun" but i don't know the show
guiteau in "assassins"

and here's a question...who would you folks rather see in one of these comic roles- a great singer who does a decent comic job or a super comedian who is a passable singer? Updated On: 5/15/04 at 04:20 AM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 7:54am

Superman
Max
Sydney - all from It's A Bird, It'a A Plane IT's Superman

[Jon]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 8:58am

In Annie Get Your Gun, the comic roles are Sitting Bull, Charlie Davenport and Dolly Tate.

Going way back, there's Captain Andy and Parthy Ann in Showboat. Frank and Ellie are also comic roles, but they are more considered the "dance couple".

All the roles in How to Succeed are comic, but beyond the two leads, Frump, Biggley and Smitty are the best comic roles.

Guys and Dolls: Adelaide, Nathan, Nicely-Nicely, Benny,Big Jule, Harry the Horse.

Camelot: Pellinore.

[johny0828]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 10:19pm

how about prudy pingleton from hairspray.

[StraightToHeaven]

Posted: 5/15/04 at 11:23pm

and Penny Pingleton!

Meredith- Bat Boy
The cast of tick..tick...BOOM!

[iruvyou]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 7:06am

Mortimer and Henry- The Fantasticks
Mrs. Taylor, Sheriff, well practically all the towns people- Bat Boy
Avenue Q- All

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 10:53am

Britt Craig-Parade (boy, does that show need some comic relief)
Emcee-Cabaret (I guess)
Timon and Pumba-The Lion King

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 11:06am

Charlemenge- Pippin

[WSS2]

Posted: 5/16/04 at 2:55pm

What about:

Abner Dillion in 42nd Street...Marcellous (? in Music Man...."Always Cry At Weddings" guy in Sweet Charity.

Oh and Kim in Miss Siagon.


:)
Updated On: 5/16/04 at 02:55 PM