Favorite ALW Narrator?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:40pm

It occurred to me last night when I was listening to JCS that a lot of ALW shows have narrators who break the 4th wall, so who's your favorite?

Che
Narrator (Joseph...)
Judas
Joe Gillis

Am I missing anyone?

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:43pm

Che

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:44pm

Che. The character is so complex, it's exciting to watch.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:46pm

Che... Especially Mandy Patinkin!Che

But I love the Narrator in JOSEPH, too.

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:49pm

Che and the Narrator in Joseph. I can't decide which one!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:57pm

Joseph's

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 4:59pm

Munkustrap in CATS.

[jv92]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:14pm

Che

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:35pm

Che and Joseph girl. Mainly Che... when played by Keith Byron Kirk or Mandy Patinkin.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:37pm

MARIA FRIEDMAN!

Okay,

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 7:42pm

Definitely Che.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:39pm

Judas doesn't really ever break the fourth wall. I wouldn't really call him a narrator.

I love the character of Che, but I guess the Narrator in Joseph is really the biggest part in that show. But Che is just so much more cryptic.

[singtopher]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 8:45pm

I thought this thread was asking who is our favorite Narator. For me that would be Stephanie J. Block. I saw (and met) her when I was 13.

To answer the real question, Che without a doubt.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:56pm

All_For_Laura, I'm right there with you!

[C is for Company]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 3:15am

Definitely Che in first and I am quite fond of Sunset Boulevard so Joe would be a second.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 3:31am

I really wouldn't put Judas as a "Narrator." He never breaks the 4th wall. All the "My mind is clearer now" and "I only want to know" is directed at Jesus, not the audience.

I would say The Narrator in Joseph--Maria Friedman, of course . . . and then Che--Antonio Banderas.

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 9:26am

What about Bertie Wooster in 'By Jeeves', a personal favortite of mine. I would have to say though, that the narrator on 'The Likes of us' CD takes the prize over them all. If you've listened to it you know what I mean.

[Hawker]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 9:36am

Didn't the character of Alex in "Aspects of Love" break "the fourth wall" three times: when he first appears singing "Love Changes Everything) which is clearly addressed to the audience by his position on the stage; at the end of Act II as a soldier when he sums up the status of George's marriage as he ostensibly reads a letter; and when he sings a short refrain of "Love changes Everything" before the final curtain?

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 11:51am

Laurie Beechman as The Narrator in JOSEPH...

[jo]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:05pm

Hawker,

I think you're absolutely right! Alex does break the fourth wall and basically addresses the audience in those instances. ASPECTS OF LOVE is my favourite ALWebber musical and I saw it at the West End and on Broadway.

Jo

[jo]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:11pm

The character of Joe Gillis in SUNSET BOULEVARD as the Narrator however came originally as a concept from the movie classic on which the stage musical was based.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:21pm

Sharon Brown as the Narrator in the 80s Joseph revival.

[JoMarch]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 7:11pm

Does Alex really break the 4th wall? I always considered those examples as introspective and not at all addressed to the audience.

[coolphantom919]

Posted: 8/18/06 at 9:59pm

CHE! Mandy Patinkin is awesome!