Let's post Broadway Roles that Susan Boyle could play!

[goldenboy]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:46am

How bout Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd?
She'd have to better than Helena Bonham Carter

Aunt Eller in Oklahoma

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:47am

Let's post Broadway Roles that Susan Boyle could play!

Why?

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:49am

How about we post the roles she SHOULD play...
OK.. GO!







Done. :)

[sealionspeed]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:51am

Hmmm let's not

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 2:08am

She could probably play Mrs. Bedwin in Oliver! Or Widow Corney.

[Janki]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 3:43am

Would the world think she was a great singer if she didn't look so plain??? I think not!!! I honestly don't see what all the fuzz is about: mediocre voice, unattractive woman! Please, let's keep her AWAY from B'way!

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 3:50am

Sweeney.

[Walnut36]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 4:27am

Such shallowness.

The first time I saw Susan Boyle I thought she looked like Joan Plowright. Guess Broadway beauty aficionados don't think much of her either.

Does every woman on Broadway have to look like Kerry Butler, Megan Hilty, Laura Bell Bundy, Bailey Hanks, or Amy Spanger? Not that there is anything wrong with them...

Susan Boyle has suffered from horrific media overexposure at the hands of Britain's Got Talent, but has kept herself together despite the huge and sudden invasion of her privacy.

I think she could take on a role in a classic such as Mame, where, surprise, the two leading characters are older women... OMG, who would write a show that doesn't star a blonde waif?

Guess someone should tell Nathan Lane and William H. Macy to stay far away from the Broadway stage... Oh yeah, I forgot, the "Susan Boyle Beauty Standard" doesn't apply to men, right?





Updated On: 5/26/09 at 04:27 AM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 5:48am

I don't think any of the posters were actually talking about her looks. The point has been made AGAIN, that if she were an attractive woman with average social skills, she would not be getting the kind of attention she has garnered. Her singing is good...maybe even very good...but she is not the next best thing.

WHY would we be casting her in ANY b'way shows? Does anyone know whether or not she can:

1. Act?
2. Sing more than one song at a time?
3. Move on the stage gracefully?
4. Perform any sort of choreography?
5. Sustain the type of energy necessary for EIGHT shows a week?

We dont' know any of these things. So let's not give her a job quite yet.

[evic]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 5:59am

Fosca in Passion- no make up required

[Janki]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 8:51am

Thank you dramamama611!!!

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 9:13am

There are probably a dozen similar women in any town in the country. It's just the media have got hold of this one and she is willing to be hyped to high heaven More fool anyone who believes she has anything like a unique talent!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 9:16am

I love being the voice of reason! (or at least trying to be!)

[RyToast1]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 10:11am

She could be Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q...no puppet required.

[fbueller]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 10:23am

Madame Morrible in 'Wicked'.

[Walnut36]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 10:25am

Dramamama, some people have commented on her appearance on this thread...

I think the original question is what roles Ms. Boyle might play, not her ability to do so.

Whether she is actually capable of performing on Broadway is another story... Who knows? None of us do. The possibility may even be nil...

Based on her affinity for show tunes, and her popularity, it's fun to speculate what roles one can envision her doing.

I think the powers that be with Les Miz are thrilled with Susan Boyle. I read somewhere they have re-launched a CD because of her.

I congratulate Paul Potts, Ms. Boyle (and other femmes d'un certain age) for having the guts to go for that brass ring.

[boydowncenter]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 11:05am

I'm not reading into this post as seriously as some of you- noone knows if she can act etc. and who really cares right now? We aren't actually casting her in anything. it's just fun to hear what people think about what roles we can "type" her into. So I'm gonna say, "Jack's Mom" in INTO THE WOODS.

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 11:25am

Exactly my thoughts. I think she has a lovely voice and an obvious preference for show tunes. So why not just assume that she can act (after all, this is just pretend) and come up with some roles she'd be suitable for?

[homeimp]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 11:55am

Mother Abbess in The Sound Of Music, definitely. If the show was still running in London and they put her in it, it would last an extra 6 months.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 11:59am

Shrek. Think of all they could save in makeup costs!

I'm a funny guy.

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 12:11pm

How about we stop pretending like any of us give a **** about her anymore...

SH*T

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 1:34pm

"Mother Abbess in The Sound Of Music"

That was the first thing I thought of.

Posted: 5/26/09 at 3:24pm

Audience member

[brandontwin2]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 3:56pm

Shrek

[heil myself!]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 10:12pm

He should play Edna Turnblad.



(I'm so sorry.)