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If you could play one character...
#25re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/19/07 at 10:17pm
lol...dollypop. you know what he meant. he wants to be sung to...
If I could play one character it would have to be Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls.
#26re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/19/07 at 11:09pm
Max Bialystock in The Producers
Mr. Cladwell in Urinetown
Thenardier in Les Mis
Amos Hart in Chicago
...and Lefou. duh
#28re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/19/07 at 11:42pm
My number one pick would be The Phantom of the Opera from The Phantom of the Opera. but some other "dream roles" on my list include:
Leopold Bloom in The Producers
Robert in Company
Billy Crocker in Anything Goes
Inspector Javert in Les Miserables
any male role in Avenue Q
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#29re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/19/07 at 11:53pm
Call my typical but:
Audrey in Little Shop
Millie in Millie
Peter Pan in Peter Pan
Penny in Hairspray
Jo March in Little Women
Little Red in Into the Woods
ive been fortunate to already have played a lot of my dream roles.
#30re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/19/07 at 11:57pm
Any of the leads in TITANIC.
To be able to be in a production of that would be a dream come true.
#31re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:40am
Phyllis in Follies
Vera in Mame
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
#32re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:52amThe Witch in Into the Woods
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
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#33re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:59am
Neglecting my voice part (I'm a baritone-ish bass), my dream male role of all time would be Gordo from A New Brain. And neglecting my sex (I'm a guy :-P), my dream overall role of all time would be Rose from Gypsy. Such an emotionally layered and rich role. ::shudders::
Other possibilities:
Bobby from Company
Radames from Aida
Billy from Anything Goes
Gangway, world, get off of my runway.
- Mama Rose, Gypsy
A bird cage I plan to hang,
I'll get to that someday...
A bird cage for a bird who flew away
Around the world.
- Edie, Grey Gardens
- Mama Rose, Gypsy
A bird cage I plan to hang,
I'll get to that someday...
A bird cage for a bird who flew away
Around the world.
- Edie, Grey Gardens
#34re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:11am
So many... ^_^
Beth or Jo - Little Women
Peter Pan - Peter Pan (already played it, but would kill to do it again)
Kathy - L5Y
Reno Sweeney - Anything Goes
Yonah - Children of Eden
Narrator - Joseph
Lucy - Jekyll/Hyde
Eponine - Les Miz
Heidi - [title of show]
Pretty usual, I guess, lol.
"Love all; Trust a few; Do wrong to none." --William Shakespeare
#35re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 3:38amIt's very hard to choose one, but I'll have to go with Roxie Hart...with Ann REinking's choreography!!!!
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#36re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 5:20am
clara in light in the piazza
wendla in spring awakening
elle woods in legally blonde (i cant believe i just admitted that) :)
"The Light in the Piazza....My Love"
Updated On: 7/20/07 at 05:20 AM
#37re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 5:55am
One role? *One* role?! No way! You're having my LIST, and you're going to LIKE it! (But I'll take pity; I'll give you the abbreviated version, and I won't do "and if I were a man, I'd want to play THESE". Yet.)
Norma Desmond - SUNSET BOULEVARD
Ado Annie - OKLAHOMA!
Anna Leonowens - THE KING AND I
Sally Bowles - CABARET
Mary Poppins - MARY POPPINS
I'd also kill to be in ASSASSINS, FLOYD COLLINS, and THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, so we could add Squeaky Fromme, Nellie Collins, and Clara Johnson to the list, but I would take ANY role just to be a part of those.
Updated On: 7/20/07 at 05:55 AM
#38re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 6:01am
Princeton/Rod, Nicky/Trekkie or Gary in Avenue Q (Even though im not black for gary lol, just such a funny part).
Seymore - Little shop
Man in Chair - Drowsy (When im older)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#39re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 7:04am
Florence in Chess
Lizzie in 110 in the Shade (though I'd totally be comparing myself (and hating myself) to Audra)
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LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
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Featured Actor Joined: 6/2/07
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#41re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:10pm
Okay- (really couldn't play any of these, but a gal can dream, right?)
Adelaide in Guys and Dolls-love show, love the character-possibly my favorite comedic role ever aside from Little Edie who is dramatic as well
Can't play this role ever, but Lady Thiang in The King and I (favorite R & H song is her solo)
Big/Little Edie in Grey Gardens (duh, we knew I was going to come up with this, right?)
Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard-As much as I usually don't like Webber, I adore the show and the score.
Louise in Gypsy-I have a special place for this character and love her development
Mme. Thenardier-Just to get the laughs in an otherwise dull, very difficult show to watch would be great
When I'm old enough...Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret-gets two of my favorite songs-"So What?" and "What Would You Do?" I also love the Pineapple scene. It's so cute.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
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#42re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:26pm
Ok, I can't pick just one, but here goes (not necessarily in any particular order):
Chris - Miss Saigon
Jon Valjean - Les Miserables
Javert - Les Miserables
Martin Guerre - Martin Guerre
Tiernan - The Pirate Queen
John - Miss Saigon
Colehouse - Ragtime
Beast - Beauty and the Beast
Phantom - The Phantom of the Opera
Mark - RENT
Fiyero - Wicked
Joseph - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
If I were a woman (or in drag):
Kim - Miss Saigon
Ellen - Miss Saigon
Mama - Chicago
Grania - The Pirate Queen
Fantine - Les Miserables
Bertrande - Martin Guerre
Tracy - Hairspray
Maria - Sound of Music
I am sure I will think of more as soon as I post this, but these are the ones that came to mind right away.
#43re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:30pm
If I had any desire to be on the performing side of things, I'd want to be Mary in Merrily.
Or Evelyn.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
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#44re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:38pm
JoAnne in Company
The Witch in Into the Woods
"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
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#45re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:38pm
Wow, people certainly have interesting interpretations of the phrase "one character."
For me...Mama Rose. Hands down.
#46re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:43pmJudas in "Jesus Christ Superstar," most definitely.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
Perfectly Marvelous
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#47re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 12:49pm
Fraulein Kost in Cabaret is really the only character that I would love to play. Yes, kids, my biggest aspiration is to star as an accordion playing German whore.
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
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#48re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 2:23pm
there are so many...but here are the top 3:
Emcee-Cabaret
Phantom-Phantom of the opera
Link-Hairspray
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#49re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 2:34pm
Cassie in A Chorus Line. I might be a guy but I was born to play that role!
But since that will never happen, Bobby in A Chorus Line.
"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread.
~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line
#50re: If you could play one character...
Posted: 7/20/07 at 4:34pm
Penny - Hairspray
Olive - Spelling Bee
Nessarose - Wicked
Maureen - Rent
Holly or Linda - The Wedding Singer
Patty Simcox - Grease
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