Non singing roles in musicals
Non singing roles in musicals
#1Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 8:42amWhat are some notable examples of characters who don’t sing in their respective musical?
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#2Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 9:17amOne notable example is Thomas Mitchell's Tony-winning role in Hazel Flagg.
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#4Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 9:28am
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)
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#5Non singing roles in musicals
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.
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#6Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 10:11am
VP Panch in Spelling Bee
Pharaoh in Aida
#7Non singing roles in musicals
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.
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#9Non singing roles in musicals
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.
#10Non singing roles in musicals
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.
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#12Non singing roles in musicals
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?
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#13Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 12:46pm
Lt. Brannigan in Guys and Dolls. I know that only because i played him in high school and can’t sing worth a darn.
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#14Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 12:52pm
Man in Chair from the Drowsy Chaperone is a non-singing role.
#15Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 1:02pm
He sings briefly, but need not be a professional singer, in the finale.
#16Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 1:42pmPauline, the maid, in No, No, Nanette (1971).
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#18Non singing roles in musicals
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.....?
#19Non singing roles in musicals
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.
#20Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 4:20pmThe doctor from passion, Nick in girl from the north country, weisman in follies
#21Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 5:00pm
I consider myself a pretty good singer, but have played THREE:
Roy Johnson in The Light in the Piazza
Schrank in West Side Story
Jeff in Brigadoon
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#22Non singing roles in musicals
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.
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#24Non singing roles in musicals
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.
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#25Non singing roles in musicals
Posted: 4/9/18 at 6:22pmChistery in Wicked. However the guy playing him before he becomes Chistery is in all the ensemble scenes leading up to Sentimental Man.
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