Greatest Female Character- Page 2
Greatest Female Character
#25re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/7/06 at 10:56pm
Mamma Rose
Margaret Johnson
Marian Halcombe
MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#28re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:28am
Effie White
Fanny Brice
Eliza Doolittle
Mama Rose
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#29re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:31am
1. Mame
2. Female Monster (Kate Monster) 
3. Sophia (Color Purple)
Updated On: 2/8/06 at 12:31 AM
#30re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:35am
Fosca. 
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#32re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:57am
1. Mama Rose (Gypsy); no contest, really
2. Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
3. Nellie Forbush (South Pacific)
4. Sally Bowles (Cabaret)
5. Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady)
Roninjoey, I'm not sure if you're kidding, honestly. I mean, you can have your opinions on Wicked (and I'll try not to go into an anti-Wicked rant), but saying Elphaba is near the watermark of Mama Rose, let alone better, is like saying that Captn. Jack Sparrow is a better character than Michael Corleone. It's not too bad, especially next to most other recent shows, but it's really not even close.
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#33re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 1:42am
Do you people EVER see PLAYS?
Mary Tyrone
Blanche Du Bois
Frankie Addams/Berenice Sadie Brown
Martha
PEACE.
#34re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 1:58am
Musicals- in no particular order
Effie White (Dreamgirls)
Mother (Ragtime)
The Witch (ITW)
Baker's Wife (ITW)
Eva Peron (Evita)
Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney)
Roxie (Chicago)
Eliza (MFL)
I don't see plays all that often but I'd say Amanda in Glass Menagerie is a brilliant role also the young female role in Vieux Carre is absolutely wonderful
Catherine (Proof)
Cheers,
C.
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#35re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 2:06am
The Witch (Into the woods)
Bernarda Alba (La casa de Bernarda Alba)
#36re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 2:19am
I'm so unoriginal, but who can deny the greats? Mama Rose
and Mrs Lovett. No contest.
As for plays, I'm not too familiar with plays that have been on the Broadway stage, but I have to say that Sister Aloysius from "Doubt" is an AMAZING character, and a fabulous role for women.
#37re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 9:56am
I agree with everyone's additions. And -
Elphaba - I know people will hit me but I think this is one of the best roles to come along in a while. Great character and one of the most vocally ranged roles in a musical. Along with Glinda, I guess, but this is what I thought of first. Believe it or not, Idina had the best shot at the role. She should start off idealistic but naiive. In the end she is withered and broken...till the surprise ending. Good acting role too.
I'm not saying its the best one, but certainly deserves to be among the others here.
#38re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:05am
Mama Rose gets my vote along with a role I am surprised no one has mentioned yet, Dolly Levi.
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
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#39re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:07amAh yes, plays - I would add Maggie the Cat from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
#40re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:35amIf we are also considering plays then I add Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams to the list.
"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering." --Harold Hill from The Music Man
#41re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:50amMrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Do you think my costume looked all right for Brooks? I think he was a little amazed.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#42re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 10:57am
Mama Rose - No contest. Mame - A worthy runner-up.
Plays: Julie Cavendish in THE ROYAL FAMILY is an amazing role.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#44re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:22pm
I can’t believe this wasn't mentioned yet but clearly Caroline Thibodeaux from Caroline, Or Change. The best female character ever written with the best tour de force eleven o'clock number ever written, Lot's Wife! Of course brilliantly brought to life and fully realized by Tonya Pinkins.
-j-
Swing Joined: 12/31/69
#45re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:23pm
Little Red Riding Hood. Everything she says is hilarious.
(Mouth full of crumbs) "Into the woods"
#46re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 12:45pmI will agree with Mamma Rose and Queenie
"With only so much time to spend, don't want to waste the time I'm given!" ~Tick Tick Boom
#47re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 1:09pm
I agree Sueellen - don't you people ever see plays?
Exxpand your extemely limitted horizons!
Catherine - The Heiress
Regina - The Little Foxes
Martha - Virginia Woolf
Maggie - Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
Eleanor - The Lion in Winter
Joan - The Lark
Blanche - Streetcar
#48re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 2:08pm
1. Fanny Brice
2. Mrs. Lovett
3. Mamma Rose
4. Sally Bowles
5. The Witch from Into the Woods
-jess-
"I think every actor on the stage should have a shirt that says,'believe it or not-I'm doing my best.'" -Alan Rickman
#49re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 3:09pm
Why would I kid? I have to concede to popular opinion and admit that Elphaba is clearly the greatest character to walk the stage. Maybe someday Idina Menzel will play Lady Macbeth but to be honest I think it will be a step down for her.
I'm usually too busy doing the lotto for Wicked to go see plays but I did go see this one called Cat on a Hot Tin Ceiling or something and I thought that Maggie the cat chick was cool.
yr ronin,
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