Dream Roles

#1

Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:35am

Okay, so, let's talk REALISTICALLY. Who are some characters you would love to play--that you could also be cast in? (So think realistically...Unfortunately, it shrinks the playing field, cuz I'd love to play Elphaba...but let's face it. I'm a boy.) Any roles! Musical or otherwise.

Mine are:

-- Younger Brother in RAGTIME
-- Mark Cohen in RENT
-- Romeo/Mercutio in ROMEO & JULIET
-- Jamie in THE LAST 5 YEARS
-- Monty/Preacher in VIOLET
-- Fiyero in WICKED
-- Hal in PROOF

Eh, those are just a few.

YOUR TURN!!

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#2

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:41am

how could you be Romeo AND Mercutio...or Monty AND Preacher...?

come on, i thought you said realistic.

hypocrite.
-d.b.j-

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#3

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:42am

I meant them like Romeo OR Mercutio.

Monty OR Preacher.

Doy.

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#4

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:43am

I'll try not to ramble on and on...

--Don Quixote/Cervantes in MAN OF LA MANCHA
--Sweeney Todd in SWEENEY TODD
--Jimmy in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
--Peter in BARE: A POP OPERA
--Rodolfo in LA BOHEME (does opera count?)
--Princeton/Rod in AVENUE Q

That's my simplified list, though I'm stretching it a little with the last two...I can't get a high C for Rodolfo and lord knows I can't operate a puppet for the Avenue Q roles lol.

#5

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:56am

Mme T in Les Mis (in a few years)
Lucy in Sweeney (same)
Florinda/Lucinfa in Into the Woods
Stepmother in Cinderella (in a few years too)
Ernestina in Hello Dolly (same)
Customer in LSOH

(Can anyone else think of character roles that don't sing?)

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Updated On: 8/12/04 at 12:56 AM

#6

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 12:57am

Being Realistic...
I will be great being:

The dog in Annie
The chandelier in phantom of the opera
The barricade in Les miserables
The Hairspray in Hairspray...

lol

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#7

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:01am

i am SO kidding, thibodeaux. HAH...sillyyy.

my all-time dream role is Bobby from Company.

-d.b.j-

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#8

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:10am

Probably Marius from Les Mis would be number one...
and then Jack from Into the Woods

but in a play...let me think...Hal, from Proof

Updated On: 8/12/04 at 01:10 AM

#9

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:23am

Munkustrap in CATS

Mr. Andrews in TITANIC

Tobias in SWEENEY TODD (which I auditioned for and didn't get... bastards...)

ANYTHING! in RENT

anything in KISS ME, KATE

anything in SOUTH PACIFIC

anything in LES MIZ

Percy in THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL!!!

and... when I'm older I so want a chance to tackle SWEENEY in SWEENEY TODD and Jekyll/Hyde in JEKYLL & HYDE...

#10

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:25am

i think it might be fun to play a drag queen...isn't Passions about a drag queen?

Or maybe the lead guy in Kiss of the Spiderwoman...my exboyfriend used to sing a song from that show...can't remember though.

#11

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:26am

Little Sally in Urinetown
Aldonza in Man of LaMancha
Nicola in Taboo
Kathy in The Last 5 Years

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#12

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:29am

If I was Italian I'd like to play Guido in NINE.

#13

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:35am

Its a dream role you can be whatever nationality you want

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#14

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:42am

I love Man of La Mancha.
and is that your actual eye, christine?
-d.b.j-

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#15

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:51am

eponine-les miz
millie-tmm
penny-hairspray
hope-urinetown
amneris-aida
ellen-miss saigon
christine-poto
glinda or elfaba-wicked

#16

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:52am

spell check. elphaba. nuff said.

#17

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 1:55am

Yes, that's my eye. I took that of my own eye when I was first learning to use my (now broken) webcam a few months ago. Probably around April or May.

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#18

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:00am

sorry for the error..I'm a fast typer!! :)

#19

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:34am

I would love to play Barrett in Titanic and Bobby in Urinetown.

#20

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:39am

Bway when you play Bobby can I be the Little Sally? *sweet smile*

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#21

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 2:53am

I say yes. We'll just have to hope our chemistry's right.

#22

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 3:06am

tracy in hairspray

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#23

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 3:09am

Velma ~ Chicago
Older Helen ~ Hollywood Arms
Sheila ~ A Chorus Line
Elphaba ~ Wicked

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#24

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 3:13am

I'm pretty sure we can manage that.

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#25

re: Dream Roles

Posted: 8/12/04 at 11:33am

Maureen- RENT
Elphaba- Wicked
Velma- Chicago
Kate- Zanna Don't
Susan- TTB
Aldonza- MoLM
Leading Player- Pippin

And, if I were a guy:
Roger- RENT
Mark- RENT
Fiyero- Wicked
Link- Hairspray
Judas- JCS
Zack- A Chorus Line

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