If you had to play any characters.....
If you had to play any characters.....
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#1If you had to play any characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:33pm
In any Broadway show, past or present, who would you be? It's kind of hard to think of, but, here are mine:
1.The Drowsy Chaperone-The Drowsy Chaperone
2.Belle-Beauty and the Beast
3.Cassie-A Chorus Line
4.Eponine-Les Miserables
5.Muriel-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
6.Elphaba-Wicked
7.Velma Kelly-Chicago
8.Sarah Brown-Guys and Dolls
9.Fanny Brice-Funny Girl
10.Ulla-The Producers
FutureAladdinOnB'Way
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/07
#2re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:38pm
Radames~Aida
Seymour~Little Shop of Horrors
Aladdin~Aladdin( whenever this finally happpens)
Joseph~Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Scar~The Lion King
Mike~A Chorus Line
Freddy Benson~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Fiyero~Wicked
Riff~West Side Story
Robby Hart~The Wedding Singer
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#2re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:43pmGood choices! What voice range are you?
eb412
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/06
#3re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:44pm
in no particular order...and im sure it will change
1) Belle-Beauty and the Beast
2) Fantine-Les Mis
3) Mabel-Mack and Mabel
4) Eliza-My fair Lady
5) Maria-The Sound of Music
6) Mary- Mary Poppins
7) Witch-Into the Woods 
Ida-Honk
9)The unsinkable Molly Brown
10) Esther-Meet Me in St. Louis
that was hard! and fun
FutureAladdinOnB'Way
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/07
#4re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:45pmI mostly sing Baritone because I'm more comfortable with it, but I can sing tenor whenever I need to
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#5re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:46pm
Yeah, I have a few additions to my list. I should probably change the number in the title.
Bakers Wife-Into the Woods
Liesl-Sound of Music
Sally-You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Audrey-Little Shop of Horrors
#6re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:47pmDo you mean play any character or BE a character?
Elphaba43
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/06
#7re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 7:55pm
If you could play any character.....I guess I should change my title!
fairygodmother
Featured Actor Joined: 4/30/06
#8re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:23pm
tracy - hairspray
joanne - rent
eponine - les mis
bakers wife - into the woods
dot - sunday in the park
little sally - urinetown
lady of the lake - spamalot
mrs lovett - sweeney todd
kate monster - avenue q
magenta - rocky horror
dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#9re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:28pm
hmmm;
anita in west side story
lady chiang in the king and i
eliza in my fair lady
madam morrible in wicked
maureen in rent
little red riding hood/witch in into the woods
amneris in aida
abigail in the crucible
ilse in spring awakening
ellen in miss saigon
peter pan in peter pan
meg in brigadoon
velma kelly in chicago
fanny brice in funny girl (i wouldn't be so bold unless i thought i could truly be fanny. i am fanny.)
cathy in the last 5 years
woman 2 in songs for a new world (i guess that's not really a character)
audrey in little shop of horrors
adelaide in guys and dolls
liza minelli in the boy from oz
the drowsy chaperone in the drowsy chaperone
alright, i think i convered most of them. =)
i love to play character roles, all of those aren't, but i do like those.
#10re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:33pmSweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd
#11re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:33pm
In order and I know that's not 10
Amneris-Aida
Eponine-Les Mis
Elphaba- Wicked
Mimi-Rent
Ilse-Spring Awakening
Eva-Evita
Fantine-Les Miserables
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Updated On: 2/19/07 at 08:33 PM
#12re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:34pm
Fine, I'll bite.
1. Mama Rose- Gypsy
2. Phyllis- Follies
3. Hedda- Hedda Gabler
4. Eva- Evita
5. Mrs. Lovett- Sweeney Todd
6. Fanny- Funny Girl
7. Sally- Cabaret
8. Dot- Sunday In The Park With George
9. Anita- West Side Story
10. Velma- Chicago
I think, yeah, Sondheim is pretty much my entire life.
#13re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 8:50pm
Hahah I don't think "had" is quite the right word, because I'm sure anyone who responds would KILL to play these roles, but anyway, mine are:
Javert - Les Mis
Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf - Into the Woods
The Beadle - Sweeney Todd
Mendel - Falsettos
Man 2 - Songs for a New World
Amos - Chicago
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#14re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:25pm
Velma -- Chicago
Millie -- Thoroughly Modern Millie
Penny -- Hairspray
Sally -- Cabaret
Elphaba -- Wicked
Mimi -- Rent
Maureen -- Rent
Diana -- A Chorus Line
#15re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:30pmSEARCH!
To Kill A Mockingbird
#16re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:34pm
Roxie - Chicago
Little Edie - Grey Gardens
April - Company
Gertrude - Seussical
Lucy - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
title role - The Drowsy Chaperone
title role - Jane Eyre
Kate Monster - Avenue Q
Luisa - The Fantasticks
Sally - Cabaret
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#17re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:38pm
Rosemary :o) - H2$
Reno - Anything Goes
Bianca - Kiss Me Kate
Audrey - Little Shop of Horrors
Ella - Bells Are Ringing
Lola - Damn Yankees
Mabel - Mack and Mabel
Nancy - Oliver!
Kate - Lippa Wild Party
Martha - Spring Awakening
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#18re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:45pm
I would love to play Ilse in Spring Awakening the play...
that said my list goes...
Eponine or Fantine...
The Drowsy Chaperone
Lady of the Lake (spamalot)
Antia (WSS)
Mrs.Lovett
Evita
Squeaky (assassins)
Dot (SITPWG)
Audry (Little Shop)
#19re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:45pm
Mendel-Falsettos
Sweeney-Sweeney Todd
Trekkie Monster-Avenue Q
Tateh-Ragtime
Georges-Sunday in the Park with George
Herbie-Gypsy
Emcee-Cabaret
Psuedolous-A Funny Thing Happened...
Amos-Chicago
The Baker-Into the Woods
If I were a woman:
Mother-Ragtime
Sally Bowles-Cabaret
Dot-Sunday in the Park with George
Mrs. Lovett-Sweeney Todd
Mama Rose-Gypsy
Vera Charles-Mame
The Baker's Wife-Into the Woods
Dr. Charlotte-Falsettos
Christmas Eve-Avenue Q
Trina-Falsettos
Let's not forget the plays:
Juror No. 8 (I think)-12 Angry Men
Father Flynn-Doubt
Lloyd Dallas-Noises Off
Felix Unger-The Odd Couple
Henry Higgins-Pygmalion
Mrs. Veneable-Suddenly Last Summer
Bunny Watson-The Desk Set
Dottie-Noises Off
Sabina-The Skin of Our Teeth
Gloria Upson-Auntie Mame
#20re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:53pm
Tobias in Sweeney Todd
Buddy in Follies
Georges/George in Sunday...
The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
Amos in Chicago
Will Parker in Oklahoma!
Bobby Strong in Urinetown
Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q
The Emcee in Cabaret
Jack in Into the Woods
FutureAladdinOnB'Way
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/07
#21re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/20/07 at 1:52amOops I forgot one! So I have more, but I'll stop at 11...my 11th: Peter Pan~Peter Pan, not on Broadway though because they always cast a female, I just want to do it at my community theatre
#22re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/20/07 at 2:24am
This is so much fun to dream about! Here are mine:
Diana- A Chorus Line
Winnifred- Once Upon a Mattress
Eliza- My Fair Lady
Cinderella- Into the Woods
The Witch- Into the Woods
Mother- Ragtime (when I am older of course)
Reno- Anything Goes
Some plays:
Gwendolyn- The Importance of Being Earnest
One of the Aunts- Arsenic and Old Lace
Hedda- Hedda Gabler
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: If you had to be any 10 characters.....
Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:21am
Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd
The Witch, Into the Woods
The Baker's Wife, Into the Woods
Dot, Sunday in the Park with George
Joanne, Company
Amy, Company
Marta, Company
April, Company
I can't pick another two...
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
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