If you could play any part what would it be?
If you could play any part what would it be?
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:03pm
What if a man could play a womans part?
And what if a woman can play a mans part?
I would want to be Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney, Momma Rose in Gypsy, Wendla in Spring Awakening, Cassie in A Chorus Line, Cosette in Les Mis, or Elphaba in Wicked.
What about you all?
RyToast1
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#2re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:06pmI have always, always, always wanted to be Mama Rose!!!!!
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#3re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:07pmRy... I love your picture!! Ms. LuPone is amazing! Her Momma Rose was phenomenal and was the best performance I've ever seen on a stage!
#4re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:11pm
Caroline in Caroline, or Change
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#5re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:19pm
That's a toughie.
I'd either love to play Sandy in ANNIE, Bruiser in LEGALLY BLONDE, Chowzie in GYPSY or Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in COCO.
george95
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#6re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:32pm
Eponine in LES MIS
Mark in RENT
Mereb in AIDA
cabcaresman
Chorus Member Joined: 2/27/08
#8re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/10/08 at 11:52pm
Ursula
Percy
Margarite
Chauvlin
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#9re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 12:17amI would happily take over from Eve Best in "The Homecoming" tomorrow!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#10re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 12:33amEthel Merman's ghost in Lupone's Gypsy.
LinkLarkin24
Understudy Joined: 11/21/07
#11re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 12:35amI've love to play Corny Collins or Link Larkin. Surprising...I know.
#12re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 12:54am
Eponine....
My dream role of a lifetime
#13re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 12:57amThe Warrior/Theif in Pacific Overtures.
#14re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 1:08am
Sweeney Todd
or George in "Sunday in the Park with George" (could still pull off the first act, gettin a bit too old looking for the second act)
or Albin in "La Cage Aux Folles"
#15re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 2:54am
Kathy in Last 5 Years
Mrs. Lovett
Tracy Hairspray
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#16re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 3:28am
Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sweeney Todd
John Adams in 1776
Tulsa in GYPSY
Riff in WSS
Mr. Graydon in Millie
Bert in Mary Poppins
Leo Bloom in the Producers
Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#18re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 3:39am
Molina in KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN
Paul in A CHORUS LINE
Carla in NINE
Guido in NINE
Phyllis Stone in FOLLIES
Dot/Marie in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Fosca in PASSION
Caroline, Emmie, Dottie, or even The Radio in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Eve in APPLAUSE (but I'd request they cut "The Best Night of My Life" and actually write a decent first song for my role)
Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Tom in THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#19re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 5:05am
If one naturally wasn't to factor in singing ability.
Mother (Ragtime)
Effie Melody White
Joanne and Amy (Company)
Mabel Normand
Charity Hope Valentine
Lois Lane/Bianca (Kiss Me Kate)
Updated On: 3/11/08 at 05:05 AM
#20re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 5:32am
Roxie Hart in Chicago
Kira in Xanadu
The Emcee in Cabaret
Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys
Vera Charles in Mame
Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named desire
Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Catherine in A View From the Bridge
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#21re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 8:30am
If I were of the opposite gender, I'd want to play:
The Emcee in Cabaret
Robert in Company
Carmen Ghia in The Producers
High School Lecturer and/or Jack in Reefer Madness
George in Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd and/or Toby in Sweeney Todd
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#22re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 9:30am
Mama Rose
Norma Desmond
Margo Channing
Eve Harrington
Glinda or Elphaba
Mame
Big/Little Edie
The French producer in NINE
MAMA ROSE!
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#23re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 10:00am
Mame Dennis - Mame
Mother - Ragtime
Elle Woods (I'd be fantastic) - Legally Blonde
The Witch - Into the Woods
Albin - La Cage Aux Folles
John Adams - 1776
Peter Pan - Peter Pan
Frank N. Furter - The Rocky Horror Show
#24re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 10:15am
Sally Durant
Miss Adelaide
Hysterium
Helen Sinclair (BULLETS OVER BWAY)
Lola
Hot Blades Harry
Action (as long as I get to sing Officer Krupke)
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: If you could play any part what would it be?
Posted: 3/11/08 at 10:56am
Eponine of course.
Belle - Beauty and the Beast
Emmie - Caroline or Change
The Witch and Little Red Riding Hood - Into the Woods
The Leading Player - Pippin
Penny - Hairspray
Olive - Spelling Bee
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