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#26

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:04am

Chita as Aurora in Spiderwoman. Dammit- she was even the show logo!

I think some choices here though, just seem to be a querstion of who originated the role.

Updated On: 5/7/12 at 09:04 AM

#27

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:29am

Gertrude Lawrence LADY IN THE DARK.

#28

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:30am

Donna McKechnie owns Cassie in A Chorus Line

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#29

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 9:45am

I think A Chorus Line is a given, considering how the characters were created to begin with.

#30

Season of 79-80 Pat Carroll was performing a one-woman play called Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein. I tried for years to get rights to it for an actress friend, but she had it tied up and we ended up doing Gertrude Stein and a Companion instead. I never liked it as much. So, indeed, Pat Carroll, at least for a period, owned Gertrude Stein.

#31

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 11:23am

I'm going to voice my personal disagreement with a couple of choices mentioned earlier. When I think of Tevye, I don't think of Zero Mostel, I think of Topol. And I don't think Merman owns Annie Oakley after Reba showed us all what the role can be.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#32

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 11:32am

I think some choices here though, just seem to be a querstion [sic] of who originated the role.

...and the beat goes on...

#33

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 11:51am

Unless we join Mercouri in "Home Sweet Heaven" I doubt we shall ever see another production of Ilya Darling. Not that anyone probably cares about that show, but it might be as good an example of an actor "owning a role" ad infinitum as there is.

#34

Roles That Actors Own?

Posted: 5/7/12 at 5:54pm

Gaveston thanks for keeping the rally down to a minimum of chaos last night. Although I hope you saw that on my list Chita owns at least four other roles besides Velma..... some people are never satisfied.

The mob and I waited for about an hour, but you never buzzed us up. So we went to Joe Allen's and reminisced about being gay in Manhattan in the 70s.

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