If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it be? — Page 2

#26

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:25am

Musicals:
Lancelot in SpamAlot
Leo in The Producers
Freddie in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q
Chad or Dennis in All Shook Up

Plays:
Felix or Oscar in The Odd Couple
Jeff Goldblum's or Bill Crudup's role in The Pillowman
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#27

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:31am

I'd want to be Charity... however I'm not sure if this comes from my fondness of the part or my fondness of Denis O'Hare.

In a play? ...Anyone in Virginia Woolf. I love me some Edward Albee. But Martha's my favorite.

#28

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:42am

I would either be:

-Fabrizio in "Piazza"
or
-Freddy Benson in "DRS"
or
-Princeton in "Avenue Q"

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#29

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 11:49am

Hate be predicatable, but Elphaba in Wicked. Maureen in RENT.

#30

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 12:15pm

Let me add Lady of the Lake in there too. What a fun role!

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#31

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 12:17pm

Ohhh...yes. I have to agree with Lady of the Lake. It does seem like a fun role.

#32

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 12:19pm

Lady Of The Lake if I had the range and Mark Cohen if I were a guy

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#33

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 2:08pm

Muriel in DRS (if I was old enough)
Christine in DRS (if I could sing like that)
Elphaba in Wicked
Lady of the Lake in Spamalot

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#34

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 3:31pm

im predictable as well.
Maureen in Rent, Elphaba in Wicked, Christine in DRS, or Velma Kelly in Chicago

#35

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 3:40pm

More predictability.

Maureen in RENT
Elphaba in Wicked
Mama in Chicago
Christine in DRS
Velma in Chicago

If I was a guy ...
Roger in RENT
Freddy in DRS
Anyone from ABz

#36

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 3:46pm

I am Charity *hands down ask my friends*

But i would also be
Blanche in Streetcar
Truely Scrumptious in Chitty
Jolene in DRS

#37

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/6/05 at 3:47pm

nessa
tzeidel

someday...

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#38

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:36pm

clara -The Light in the Piazza
christine -POTO

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#39

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 1:55pm

Hmmm...
If I was a man, Mark Cohen in RENT. If the show was still running, Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth I in Rex. If I was an actress/writer instead of just a writer, any role I damn please in a play that I have written. If I chose the role for only one song, a dancehall hostess in Sweet Charity so I could sing "Big Spender." In a play, one of the two interchangeable leads in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. In a role that is best suited to my actual abilities, personal assistant to someone who is actually a lead in a Broadway show.

#40

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:06pm

age appropriate:
mark cohen
roger davis
freddy benson
fiyero
link larkin
corny collins
princeton/rod
nicky/trekkie
gaston
leo bloom

too young but i want to play them anyway:
billy flynn
the wizard
lawrence jameson
edna turnblad
king arthur
the beast
max bialystock
vittorio (sweet charity)
ETA 2 more; scar and zazu

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#41

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:13pm

So, I'm going to follow the predictability trend I saw further up on this thread and say anyone in RENT or WICKED. Prob my top picks would be Elphaba and Maureen. Christine in Phantom would be awesome but I can't sing that high. Ah, to dream!:)

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#42

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:15pm

aaack....double post, sorry.

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Updated On: 8/8/05 at 02:15 PM

#43

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 2:21pm

Hmmm... I would love to be in Phantom of the Opera (Raoul or Phantom), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston or Beast), but considering I'm 16, that wouldn't happen.

However, I think the role I'd have the best chance at getting (vocally) would be Mark Cohen from RENT.

#44

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 6:52pm

if i had the range christine in poto or meg in poto......elphaba or g(a)linda in wicked lady of the lake in spamalot ulla in producers also nessa in wicked if she is considered a lead.....many more

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#45

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:04pm

Oh man I wish I were a guy so I could play Mark in Rent. <3

But I'd probablly have to say Violet in Violet.
&& Mimi in Rent.
Or Kate Monster in Avenue Q but I'm not sure I would be able to do the puppet thing..

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#46

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:07pm

The Phantom

#47

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:19pm

I'd pick Fabrizio in Piazza (haha the thought of me even trying to sing it cracks me up) or Raoul in Phantom (slightly less daunting, vocally).

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#48

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:35pm

elphaba or christine colgate

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#49

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:40pm

Clara in The Light in the Piazza
Christine in DRS
or Lady of the Lake from Spamalot

#50

re: If you could be a lead in a Broadway play (playing now) what would it b

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

Kate Monster or Christmas Eve in Avenue Q
Tracy in Hairspray
Mimi in Rent
Stella in Streetcar
Mark Cohen (if I was a guy) in Rent
Velma in Chicago
Shelby or Ouiser (if I was older) - Steel Magnolias

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