Future Roles for Darren Criss- Page 2

[TheatreJuls]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #25

Posted: 1/7/12 at 6:00pm

Henry in Next To Normal.

[pitfever]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #26

Posted: 1/7/12 at 6:15pm

Not sure why some posters have such mean spirit about Criss. But as they say, haters gonna hate.

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #27

Posted: 1/7/12 at 6:43pm

Fish gotta swim
Birds gotta fly
I'm gonna hate
Darren Criss till I die...

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[snl89]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #28

Posted: 1/7/12 at 6:58pm

Henry in Next To Normal.

Actually, I kind of love that idea! :)

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #29

Posted: 1/7/12 at 7:57pm

Sancho Panza in MAN OF LA MANCHA

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[CurtainPullDowner]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #30

Posted: 1/7/12 at 11:05pm

King Sextimus in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.


I don't hate Darren, I don't know him, I hate his voice.
And he is stealing roles from Real homosexuals.

[JojoBroadway]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #31

Posted: 1/8/12 at 8:37am

I thought this message board was for adults. I am sort of bummed that the Broadway board now resembles the ramblings on my daughter's tumblr. She is twelve so by extension the comments here are by 12 year olds. I expected more. I don't know much about this Darren kid but all these comments are unnecessary especially from what I assume are adult posters.

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #32

Posted: 1/8/12 at 2:34pm

So sorry to offend you, gentle Jojo. That's the way things go around here.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Bettyboy72]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #33

Posted: 1/8/12 at 2:40pm

I don't think he has the voice to sing the Next To Normal score live. His thin voice will limit his stage musical options in all honesty. I mean, they are replacing Dan Radcliffe who was a fair/poor singer with two fair singers, Criss and Jonas. I mean the producers must have taken that into account.

He could never sing the American Idiot songs 8 times a week. Never happen.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #34

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:31pm

Then maybe he can play The Man in the Chair in "The Drippy Casserole"

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[JojoBroadway]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #35

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:45pm

I just read your comment before this one Dollypop and if those are types of gems I expect from you and others on this board then I guess theater folk aren't as sophisticated and 'above it all' as they would like to assume.

[Jordan Catalano]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #36

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:47pm

Not everyone is as holier than thou as you are, HoHo. Must be nice to have a halo stapled on your head.

[JojoBroadway]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #37

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:50pm

If by holier than thou you mean mature then you clearly demonstrate that is the case. Being mean for mean's sake is so junior high school that I can't even. I guess that

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #38

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:50pm

Jordan, Jojo is the angel atop the Christmas tree. You have to understand what life is like for someone who has a tree trunk shoved up the ass.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 1/8/12 at 03:50 PM

[JojoBroadway]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #39

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:53pm

Dollypop, what even?

I can't believe I ever took you people seriously.

[Jordan Catalano]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #40

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:54pm

You mean in the 3 minutes you've been here?

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #41

Posted: 1/8/12 at 3:54pm

>>>"If by holier than thou you mean mature then you clearly demonstrate that is the case. Being mean for mean's sake is so junior high school that I can't even. I guess that..."<<<

Nothing like an incompelete thought to clarify a point of view.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[TheatreDiva90016]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #42

Posted: 1/8/12 at 4:03pm

I love that a newbie is already calling regular posters names... Nice way to start!

Anyhow, back on topic. I think he'd make a great Fiddler in 'Fiddler On The Roof' or Woodtock in 'Snoopy!'

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[darquegk]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #43

Posted: 1/8/12 at 4:14pm

The role he was suggested for in American Idiot is the one guy who never really belts or anything. He has the "easier" material, some of the ballads, and his whole problem is that he's too laid back and chill to do anything else with his life.

His songs, especially "Give Me Novocaine" could fit Criss much better than material like "Are We The Waiting" or "Extraordinary Girl."

[Dollypop]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #44

Posted: 1/8/12 at 4:15pm

I think Woodstock is a great idea. How about Mme Arcati in BLITHE SPIRIT?

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[darquegk]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #45

Posted: 1/8/12 at 4:37pm

Pippin in Pippin comes to mind for a few reasons-

1. Other than the famous "big note" in Corner of the Sky, Pippin's music is poppy folk-rock (in most orchestrations) with very few long, challenging lines to sing. Since Criss's voice is best suited for pop material like he sings in his concerts, this is probably a good thing.

2. Much like Finch, but more so, Pippin wanders mercurially through the story without huge changes in emotional state or presence. Criss, as an actor, excels most at the "congenial, kind of nerdy, kind of elitist hipster type bro" character that Pippin essentially is at heart, but since he hasn't done much to break himself out of that box, Pippin will sit right in his comfort zone.

3. Pippin is a dance heavy show, and Criss and the press alike seem to emphasize that Criss is a dancer first, singer/actor second. Even looking at his work on Glee will emphasize that.

[snl89]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #46

Posted: 1/8/12 at 7:16pm

I don't think he has the voice to sing the Next To Normal score live.

I don't know, I think the style is more naturally suited to his voice than classic showtunes material is, so I think it could work.

I haven't listened to the NtN cast recording in a while, but that I remember Henry didn't have any super huge vocal moments or anything. Nothing Darren couldn't handle I don't think. The NtN score is a lot closer to the style of music Darren writes, which I personally think he sings beautifully

Then again I'm not one of the people who thinks he sounds bad in How to Succeed either, but I do acknowledge that his voice is probably better suited for more pop-based fair. It's with that kind of music that the more airy, bright quality of it really works well I think

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[snl89]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #47

Posted: 1/8/12 at 7:16pm

I don't think he has the voice to sing the Next To Normal score live.

I don't know, I think the style is more naturally suited to his voice than classic showtunes material is, so I think it could work.

I haven't listened to the NtN cast recording in a while, but that I remember Henry didn't have any super huge vocal moments or anything. Nothing Darren couldn't handle I don't think. The NtN score is a lot closer to the style of music Darren writes, which I personally think he sings beautifully

Then again I'm not one of the people who thinks he sounds bad in How to Succeed either, but I do acknowledge that his voice is probably better suited for more pop-based fair. It's with that kind of music that the more airy, bright quality of it really works well I think

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

[fflagg]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #48

Posted: 1/8/12 at 7:27pm

Gay porn.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Future Roles for Darren Criss #49

Posted: 1/8/12 at 8:51pm

"Criss and the press alike seem to emphasize that Criss is a dancer first" WTF?

Gay for pay porn, if you please.