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Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/14/15 at 10:35am

Hi, all. I was inspired to create this thread after discovering Jesus Christ Superstar and randomly realizing that Judas' Heaven on their Minds and the Mary Magdalene-led Could We Start Again, Please? are my two favorite songs from the show, which led me to think of some of my other favorite individual songs from other musicals and the characters who sing them, which got me wondering about other Broadway fan's favorite songs for a particular character, so I figured I'd ask the question by creating a bit of a game. I'm going to post a show and 3 characters from said show, along with my favorite individual song sung by that character, and then invite others to do the same. We'll start with JSC:

Jesus - Poor Jerusalem

Judas - Heaven on their Minds (as mentioned)

Mary Magdalene - Could We Start Again, Please? (as mentioned)

Note: After 3 replies for each show and associated group of characters, I'll be posting another show and group of characters, so please respond quickly.

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/14/15 at 8:54pm

I think three replies per show might be a bit too many, as we'd probably get a lot of duplicate picks. Maybe each poster can pick the show for the next person to do, and so on and so forth? So you just did JCS, I'll do A Funny Thing...Forum.

Pseudolus: Comedy Tonight

Philia: That'll Show Him

Hero: Impossible

And I want the user below me to do...RENT!

https://newplayexchange.org/users/99643/amanda-delalla

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:01pm

Tom Collins - I'll Cover You Reprise

Roger - One Song Glory

Maureen - Over the Moon

Next show: West Side Story

Updated On: 8/14/15 at 09:01 PM

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:07pm

Tony: "Maria"

....and I think that's the only solo song in the entire show, unless you kinda-sorta-not really want to count "I Feel Pretty" for Maria?

Next show: Wicked!

Updated On: 8/14/15 at 09:07 PM

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:19pm

I like the idea of doing it the way you suggested much better, although I was actually hoping to see what other people would list for the same character(s) in a given show.

Anyway, I digress.

I really want to answer the RENT question, so I'm going to answer both it and the WSS one:

RENT

Tom Collins - I'll Cover You (Reprise)

Angel Dumott Schunard - Santa Fe

Roger Davis - Your Eyes

Mark Cohen - What You Own

Mimi Marquez - Light My Candle

West Side Story

Tony - Tonight

Maria - Me Siento Hermosa (I Feel Pretty)

I don't like Wicked, so I'll forego answering that question, but I'd like to put forth a suggestion for The Sound of Music.

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 09:19 PM

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:54am

I'll do Wicked:

Elphaba: I'm Not That Girl

Elphaba: No Good Deed

Elphaba and Glinda: For Good

Next: Man of La Mancha

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:09am

MAN OF LA MANCHA:

Aldonza: Aldonza

Sancho: I Don Quixote (his part)

Alonso Quijana: Dulcinea

Next up: SHE LOVES ME

Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 03:09 AM

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:34am

She Loves Me

Amalia - Ice Cream

Georg - She Loves Me

Ilona - A Trip to the Library

Next up: A Little Night Music

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:54am

SHE LOVES ME:

Amalia: Dear Friend

Ilona: I Resolve

Georg: Tango Tragique

Next show: Follies

"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir

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Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:57am

FOLLIES

Sally: In Buddy's Eyes

Phyllis: Ah, but underneath

Buddy: Buddy's Blues

Ben: The Road You Didn't Take

Next show: Chicago

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 03:57 AM

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Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 5:34am

Chicago

Velma Kelly - "I Can't Do It Alone"

Roxie Hart - "Nowadays"

Amos Hart - "Mr. Cellophane"

Next: "The Bridges of Madison County"

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 05:34 AM

#12

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 7:46am

For Bridges..

Another Life - Marian (that song will not leave my head!)

Always Better - Francesca, Robert and Co.

It All Fades Away - Robert

Next ... Oklahoma!

Dolittle

#13

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 8:22am

I'm Just A Girl Who Cain't Say No - Ado Annie

People Will Say We're In Love - Laurie, Curly

Many A New Day - Laurie

Next American Idiot

I Can Has Cheezburger With This?

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 08:22 AM

#14

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 10:54am

I'm gonna do both American Idiot and, just to put it out there again, The Sound of Music:

American Idiot

Whatsername - 21 Guns (she leads most of the singing, so I'm calling it her song even though other people might call it an Ensemble song)

Johnny - Last of the American Girls/She's a Rebel

St. Jimmy - The Death of St. Jimmy

The Sound of Music

Max - There's No Way to Stop It

Maria - I Have Confidence

The Captain - Something Good

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 10:54 AM

#15

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 10:58am

I'll do A Little Night Music

Desiree: Send in the clowns (obviously)

Fredrik: Now

Madame A.: Liasons

The Chorus: Remember

Next person is Cabaret

#16

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 11:55am

Cabaret

Cliff: Why Should I Wake Up?

Sally: Cabaret

Fraulein Schneider: What Would You Do?

Next... Anyone Can Whistle

#17

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:27pm

Anyone Can Whistle

Fay Apple - Anyone Can Whistle

Cora Hooper Hoover - Me and My Town

J. Bowden Hapgood - Simple

next: South Pacific

#18

Favorite songs (by character)

Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:35pm

South Pacific

Nellie: Honey Bun

Emile: This Nearly Was Mine

Cable: You've Got To Be Carefully Taught

Next... Camelot

Updated On: 8/15/15 at 02:35 PM

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