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Mrs. Higgins (My Fair Lady)
Mrs. Mullin, and the starkeeper (Carousel)
Sir Edward (The King and I)
The four adults (West Side Story)
Mayor Shinn (The Music Man)
Posted: 4/9/18 at 9:53am
I'm assuming you mean non SOLO singing? Because I would think most characters sing in at least the chorus numbers. The older the show, the more examples you have of this. IMO.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 10:11am
VP Panch in Spelling Bee
Pharaoh in Aida
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Posted: 4/9/18 at 10:22am
The first one that came to mind is Mae Peterson in BYE BYE BIRDIE. Anyone who uses the revised script that puts in her song from the television movie is making a terrible choice.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 11:38am
It's not Broadway and likely never will be, but when I did the regional premiere of "Night of the Living Dead the Musical" last year, Chily Billy Cardille was a singing role simply because I had been hired to play the role and write some songs; in revisions since, the character has been made a non-singing character role only.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 11:42am
Isn't Vera Baranova in On Your Toes a non-singing role? I thought Natalia Makarova was the only person to win Best Actress in a Musical for a non-singing role.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 12:19pm
When poor Frid in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC lost his song "Silly People", didn't he become a non-singing role?
Posted: 4/9/18 at 12:46pm
Posted: 4/9/18 at 12:52pm
Man in Chair from the Drowsy Chaperone is a non-singing role.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 1:02pm
He sings briefly, but need not be a professional singer, in the finale.
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Posted: 4/9/18 at 3:50pm
I don't recall Tewfiq (played by Tony Shalhoub) singing in The Band's Visit. Maybe he hummed a bit.....?
Posted: 4/9/18 at 4:02pm
^Tewfiq has one song that, frankly, barely qualifies as a song. I was going to add the role to this list.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 4:20pm
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Posted: 4/9/18 at 5:25pm
For a quite recent example that could change before Broadway, Philip Stuckey in PRETTY WOMAN is no longer a singing role. I never heard the song he initially had, but I hate that Jason Danieley no longer sings in the show.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 6:12pm
kade.ivy said: "For a quite recent example that could change before Broadway, Philip Stuckey in PRETTY WOMAN is no longer a singing role. I never heard the song he initially had, but I hate that Jason Danieley no longer sings in the show."
What a waste of talent.
Posted: 4/9/18 at 6:22pm
