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MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
ragg_ballad
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#25re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:14pm
the entire cast of any john doyle production?
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BNN
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#26re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:16pmWell Manoel Felciano and Michael Cerveris did get to leave very briefly during Sweeney Todd.
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perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#27re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:19pm
"Mama Rose in Gypsy"
Not really... she's not on stage for SEVERAL musical numbers, including the audition scenes (except for popping in and out randomly for comedic effect), "Little Lamb," the entire Tulsa/Louise scene, "Gimmick," and "The Strip."
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#28re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:21pm
Vlad and Estra in WAITING FOR GODOT. do they ever leave the stage??
Lincoln and Booth in TOP DOG/UNDERDOG
the entire cast of ALTAR BOYZ.
depending on the production, the "pantamime" in FANTASTICKS. some choose to keep her/him on for the entire production...
also Father (God) in CHILDREN OF EDEN. on stage a lot.
#29re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:30pm
Richard the III
Theresa in Boy Gets Girl (If I remember right, there's only one scene that she's not in.)
Cass in Wonder of the World
Isn't the cast of Godspell always onstage?
#30re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:35pmCelie in The Color Purple and Fanny in Funny Girl
#31re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:40pmAriel in TLM has VERY LITTLE offstage time.
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#32re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:48pmThat's not true. she doesn't show up until nearly 15 minutes into the show. And there are about 5 songs that she isn't on stage for. Not to mention she has a body double for some scenes (a very unconvincing body double).
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#33re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:01pm
What about Mame in Mame? I saw a production of this at my high school once, and my mom commented how she rarely left the stage.
And if you want to get technical, the Band Director in Chicago never leaves the stage. Okay, it doesn't help that the band is on stage, but the Band Director does have some lines.
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#34re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:09pm
Nicholas Nickleby...he's on stage for almost the entire 8 hours...
There's a show that's 8 hours long?
Also, wickedfan, why isn't Ariel's body double convincing?
#35re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:12pmMark in RENT.
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#36re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:20pm
"Nicholas Nickleby...he's on stage for almost the entire 8 hours...
There's a show that's 8 hours long?"
yes...over two nights or one long day. It's called "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" and the main character is on stage almost the entire time. It was the first Broadway show to hit the $100 mark. In ran from Oct 4, 1981 - Jan 3, 1982 at the Plymouth and was revived in 1986.
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#37re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:23pm
mark in RENT
kate in Avenue Q
pop. six. squish. uh oh. sicero. lipshitz.
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#38re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:26pmcaitlinette - have you seen TLM??? once you see it, your question will be answered..
#39re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:33pmI haven't seen it but isn't Billy in Billy Elliot on most of the time?
#40re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:49pm
Hedwig, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Clio/Kira, Xanadu
The entire cast of Godspell
#41re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:54pm
All of the Gods in Once on this Island,
everyone in Spring Awakening since they never go backstage, but theyre not really acting all the time...
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#43re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:55pm
There's a show that's 8 hours long?
Also, wickedfan, why isn't Ariel's body double convincing?
I went to a workshop before I saw the show the other day and the person who led it was her double. The first time when she is becoming a human is very good but the second when she is caught or whatever and you don't see her face, it's awful.
#44re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:56pmBobby Child in Crazy for You.
#45re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:57pm
"There's a show that's 8 hours long? "
ummm, refer to my previous post for an answer, Drunk Chita. 
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#46re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 5:05pmTom he was quoting caitlinette's previous post. Well that's my contribution to the thread!
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
#47re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 5:09pm
'Whose Life is It Anyway?' by Brian Clark
Trafalgar Theatre (now The Nederlander) April 1979.
Tom Conti played a totally parallized hospital patient and had to be in bed on stage for the duration of the play moving only his head slightly to talk -duration of play-2hr 30m!
The play was revived in Londons West End 3 years ago with the lead being taken by Kim Catrall from 'Sex And The City.
A movie was released starring Richard Dreyfuss
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#48re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 5:09pm
TooDarnHot, I'm seeing TLM in July. I guess I'll find out then. (Although I saw a video of the transformation scene, I didn't notice much of a difference between the double and Sierra.)
When is the second time Sierra has a body double?
#49re: MOST stage time for an actor in a show?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 5:18pm
Oops...sorry Drunk Chita, and thanks dramarama.
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