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#1

Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:49pm

Ok, we have a thread for ensembles we'd hate to be in. What ensembles would you kill to be in? And not just because you get to understudy Elphaba or something...

The Wild Party (Lippa)
Joseph... Dreamcoat is quite a fun ensemble to be in
Hairspray
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#2

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:52pm

The Wedding Singer (for the choreography)
Guys & Dolls (was so much fun)
A Chorus Line
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#4

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:55pm

Joseph is a terrible ensemble to be in. Beleive it from someone who has done it!

I'd love to do
The Producers
Spelling Bee (although there is no ensemble it's an ensemble show!)
Avenue Q (All you do is sit backstage and sing and get paid for it! Haha)
Mary Poppins
The Wedding Singer
All Shook Up
Guys and Dolls
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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#5

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:57pm

Joseph is a terrible ensemble to be in. Beleive it from someone who has done it!

I've also done it and it was a blast!
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#7

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 9:58pm

I didn't like it. The music got annoying.
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#8

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:00pm

42nd Street even though I can't tap dance.
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#10

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:27pm

*Les Miserables
*Being a Kit Kat girl was really fun in Cabaret, the few nights I got to be in the chorus.
*Fiddler on the Roof was also lots of fun, when I was in the chorus. You're almost always onstage.
*42nd Street
*West Side Story
*Guys and Dolls

I've also been in the chorus of Joseph, and I have to add that it was anything but fun!
#12

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:30pm

The Apple Tree.

I mean being in it with Kristin would be the greatest thing evah!!
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#13

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:44pm

wedddding singerrr
time a thousand
they prtty much MAKE the show
and they all have so many small parts
its amazing
i love wedding singer ensemble
#14

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 10:49pm

The ensemble for A Chorus Line is more focused towards singing than dancing. Once "I Hope I Get It" is over, the cut dancers then go backstage and sing back-up for "Hello, Twelve.." & "One". Usually an ACL director prefers the ensemble to be better singers than dancers(this probably isn't true for Broadway due to the need for u/s). Although you still need to be a good dancer to get in the show.

Just saying this from experience on doing the show twice.
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#15

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:32pm

Cabaret
The Rocky Horror Show

Those are the only two I can think of at the moment, I'm sure there's others I'd love to be in too.
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#16

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/28/06 at 11:35pm

42nd Street - I've done the show and I loved every minute of it.

Hairspray - how I long for the day when I could have been one of the nicest kids in town. Now I'm over the age limit!!

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Updated On: 11/29/06 at 11:35 PM

#17

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 1:16am

dont hate me: Mamma Mia
Mary Poppins
Wedding Singer
Legally Blonde (is it too early to announce that I would be excited, even if I havent seen it?)

I have been ensemble and featured ensemble in My Fair Lady and Cabaret, and neither was my favorite... But Little Shop kicked booty (and I was just a costumer who was allowed to sit in back and sing! however, i was told not to audition because i was the only person who COULD costume... ah, such is life.)
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#18

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 1:22am

42nd Street was probably the best Ensemble experience ever.

Guys and Dolls.

Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Wicked would be a blast, I would imagine.

Beauty and the Beast.
#19

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 1:25am

Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer
Chicago
Cabaret
Rent
Wicked
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#20

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 2:28am

first off: Urinetown
I was Hot Blades in a local production over the summer and it was so much fun. Even with the super killer second act opening "What Is Urinetown?" quickly followed by "Snuff That Girl" and topped off with "Run, Freedom Run", i loved doing that and feeling like i was gonna die :)

also
Rocky Horror
Cabaret (though I'd rather me Emcee, think anyone will ever cast a half-black Em?)
The Wild Party (either)
The Threepenny Opera
RENT
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#21

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 2:38am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

They were all so poised... and sexy for that matter. The most amazing part is the women were not, as they said themselves, "spring chickens," but came accross so beautifully.

The Light in the Piazza

Just so I could strut around "faux" Florence each night re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in
#23

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 3:43am

HAIRSPRAY!!!! (It's all about being Fender and getting the best line in the show... "Snicker snicker sneer sneer")

Akiva
#24

re: Ensembles you'd LOVE to be in

Posted: 11/29/06 at 5:14am

I, too, think Joseph would be a riot. Then again, it was my first Broadway show, so I'm a bit biased. Then, I'd have to say RENT, my first real Broadway love. And then, A Chorus Line, for the same reasons as the rest of the world.

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