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If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
#25re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:08am
Shrek from Shrek
Tony from West Side Story
Emile from South Pacific
Sky from Guys & Dolls
Fred/Petruchio from Kiss Me, Kate
Fabrizio from Light In The Piazza
I am sure there are more but those are my favorites.
Kizzlah
Swing Joined: 8/3/08
#26re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:14am
Sweeney from, of course, "Sweeney Todd".
Robert from "Company" (despite the fact that "Being Alive" gives me some trouble).
Doctor Jekyll/Mr. Hide from "Jekyll and Hide".
Fabrizio from "Light in the Piazza".
Peter from "Bare".
Daiken from "The History Boys".
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 12:14 AM
#27re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:19amCaroline from Good Vibrations, she has such heart and an amazing journey behind her character. The ending of Good Vibrations makes me cry because of Caroline's story.
#28re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:24am
Amy from Company
Diana from Next to Normal
Berger from Hair (You never said it had to be REALISTIC...)
#29re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:40amin that case Arya, i'll add Louise from Gypsy into my list :]
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#30re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 12:49am
Anthony Hope- Sweeney Todd (the revival production, i love playing that cello part!)
Link Larkin- Hairspray
Gabe- Next to Normal
Candide- Candide
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#31re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:21am
If I was tall- MAME.
But my fantasy role is Mrs Meers- TMM.
THEY DON'T KNOW!!!!!
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#32re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 1:38am
Nathan Detroit-Guys and Dolls
Claude-Hair
Usnavi-In The Heights
Moritz-Spring Awakening
Yes, but sometimes people have a third deeper layer thats the same as the first. Like pie. Dr. Horrible
#33re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:22am
Roxie Hart-Chicago
Big Edie/Little Edie- Grey Gardens
Maria Callas- Master Class
Norma Desmond- Sunset Boulevard
Linda Loman- Death of a Salesman
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#34re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:49amAt this point it is futile to point out that he asked if we could play any "one" role, as I myself diverged from the template, however marginally compared with some of the above lists. :)
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#35re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 5:08amIf I absolutely had to play one role for the rest of my life, it would be Lady Macbeth. If we could bend the rules slightly so I could play two, the other would be Luisa in Nine.
"Peace! The charm's wound up."
--Macbeth
Acaila
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#36re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 6:19amFlorence from Chess
#37re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 7:35am
Robert from "Company" because I feel like I play a (gay) version of him every day, minus the awesome musical numbers.
George from "Sunday", though I'm not even sure which George I would prefer playing (I know it's the same actor for both, just saying not sure). I think the role is such a powerful and difficult one and I absolutely adore the score. I think I'd probably do it just for the chance to sing 'Finishing the Hat'. And I truly believe "Sunday in the Park with George" says so much about art, creation, and life that being in the the show would just be this great experience.
If we're going for pure challenge though (outside of playing someone like Madame Rose) I'd probably go with Leo Frank from "Parade". Being Jewish myself this role is kind of an important one for me. But that's not even why I'd play him. First off "Parade" is one of my absolute favorite musicals, so being a part of it in any capacity would just be fantastic. I feel Leo Frank is incredibly difficult to play because he is so constrained. The challenge of getting the audience to sympathize with someone who at times is rather unlikable, playing someone so timid and who feels he must be in complete control - what a role!
On the 'Patti Stops Vegas Show' thread, a link to Jane Fonda's blog was shared, as she had posted something about Patti. On it, Fonda said she wrote to LuPone about giving all of yourself to a role and to the audience. Patti wrote back, saying, ?How can one give any less when one has so much to give? That?s how I feel. And frankly, it?s so much easier to let it out than hold it back, don?t you think?" I think this reflects the challenge of playing someone like Leo Frank. While I'm not saying going onstage and doing 'Rose's Turn' nightly is easy work, constantly pulling back is a rather tumultuous task. Frank's reserved nature, so perfectly illustrated in 'It's Hard To Speak My Heart', is one which I would love to some day tap into.
Oh, and if I had to listen to instructions and choose ONE role to play forever it would be have to be George. I think the whole 'getting to play two characters in one show' factor kind of pushes it over the finish line for me.
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 07:35 AM
#38re: If you could play one role from any show on stage, what would it be?
Posted: 6/23/09 at 8:15am
Haha, we're all SO GOOD at the *one* role thing. XD
Female (musical) - Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard. It has LONG been a dream role of mine, and just about the only thing about getting old that I'm looking forward to. 
Female (play) - Regan, King Lear. She's my favourite baddie in just about anything ever, and I can't WAIT to see Katy Stephens tackle the role! <3 <3 <3
Male (musical) - Judas, Jesus Christ Superstar. I can't help it, I was an ALW fangirl even before I was a Rent fangirl, and even though my tastes have expanded, my core desires apparently have not. XD
Male (play) - Henry, Henry V. There are SO MANY male Shakespearean roles I want to play that I'm seriously thinking of setting up a girly version of the Propellor (all-male SHakespeare) theatre company. But Hal's my favourite. :3
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