Roles You Wish You Could Play- Page 3

[OddExoticCreature]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:45pm

Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Burrs in Lippa's The Wild Party
Che in Evita

that is ALL I could think of. "I enjoy being a girl!"

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 7:50pm

*Petra from A Little Night Music
*Mimi from Rent
*Helena Landless/Janet Conover or Edwin Drood/Alice Nutting from The Mystery of Edwin Drood
*Carla Albanese from Nine
*Anita from West Side Story

If only I had the acting/singing/dancing chops...

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:03pm

Never really thought about it to be honest! I suppose if i were female i'd like to play Nancy in Oliver! because she has the best song and her character develops so much.

[angelfoodkate]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:04pm

Fiyero-wicked, Collins-RENT(i'm a white girl so i think it'd be great), laurie in Little Women, hmm... Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Raoul in Phantom(idk why...)

[Prettylittlepicture2]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:15pm

Oh, there are so many I can hardly count! XD
First and foremost, Toby from Sweeney Todd. Aaah, how I'd love to play that. Next, Zangara or the Balladeer from Assassins. And another dream role of mine is Jack from Into the Woods. Giants in the Sky is such an incredible song.

Lastly, anyone from Bee. But probably Chip the most. Getting up there every day and throwing candy at an audience while singing about an erection in a geeky scout uniform and large glasses has got to be incredibly fun and freeing.
Updated On: 11/16/05 at 08:15 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 8:29pm

Mama Rose.
But you know, there are tons of great male roles so...I'm happy with my gender.

[TheatreSlave]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 1:18am

Forgot about Sweeney & Jekyll/Hyde. And Herod in JCS.

Also- some roles I would love to play if I had the voice/age/look for it:
Fosca- Passion
Mme Thenardier (sp?)- Les Mis (tho' i think I could pull this one off, given the chance)
Aldonza/Dulcinea- LaMancha (auditioning for this one in the spring- eep!)
Imogene Herdman- Best Christmas Pageant... (sorry, just did this show...)
Mme Morrible- Wicked
Lola- Damn Yankees
Lady MacBeth
Medea
...so many others...

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 1:39am

coalhouse and mother's younger brother - ragtime
phantom and raoul - phantom of the opera
jamie - the last five years
dracula - dracula the musical

[w_tanoto]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 4:00am

regardless gender:
maria or one of the children - sound of music
billy elliot
bloody mary - south pacific
the king mongkut - king and I
miss andrews and bert - mary poppins

[SignoraDiva]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 6:49am

Javert from Les Mis and probably Mark from Rent

[jimmirae]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 7:55am

Mayor Sapsea/Chairman Cartwight "Drood"
Maria "Master Class"

[Kimmygonbefamous]

Posted: 11/17/05 at 8:08am

Mark - "Rent"
Jamie - "The Last 5 Years"
Freddie - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"

And I know it's the same gender, but I can't play her because I'm not Latina: Mimi in "Rent".

[TheatreSlave]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:15am

Some more I have thought of...

Salieri in Amadeus (yes, I know I have already mentioned this. But I adore this role!)

Emcee- Cabaret
Dracula- in any show
MaCavity- Cats
Drosselmeyer (sp?)- The Nutcracker (yeah, it's a ballet and not a play, but I still love this character and think it has a lot more potential than what I have seen realized.)
Mercutio- R&J
Merlin- Camelot
Salieri- Amadeus (oh, have I already mentioned that? I have regularly been told that I am terribly butch, so maybe I could do it...)
Willy Wonka (auditioned for this several years ago, didn't get it)
The only guy in "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (I forget his name)-although I would love to be Bobbi too.
Iago- (do you *really* need to ask what show?)

[BroadwayRandy0711]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:22am

Male Roles:
Rauol-POTO
Billy Flynn-Chicago
Roger-RENT
Link-Hairspray
Fiyero-Wicked
Fabrizio-Piazza
The EMCEE-Cabaret

Female Roles:
Christine-POTO
Lady of the Lake-Spamalot
Fanny Brice-Funny Girl
Elphaba or Glinda-Wicked
Give me any Diva role. LOL

[MUNKY]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:25am

Mark - Rent
The bag lady will do too! "Who the f*ck do you think you are, I don't..."
Emcee - Cabaret
Bobby Strong- Urinetown
Rif Raf - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Amos Hart - Chicago

Harold Zidler - Moulin Rouge! - What if, just what if...

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 6:42am

Princess Puffer - "Drood"
Mrs. Lovett - ST
Anna - "The Rink"
Delores - "The Wild Party"
Mame - "Mame"
Spider Woman/ Aurora - "KOTSW"
Oh, and I'd pull back out "The Act" and play Michelle Craig, I just LOVE the songs & routines!!
Oh yes, "Victor/Victoria" (Victoria) and "Witches of Eastwick" (Alex)
Then I would leave my showgirl lashes to the Smithsonian, lol!
OH NO!!! I forgot, Callas in "Master Class"!!! (I'll run it for 4 years too!!)

[musicalgeek13]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 4:33pm

guys rolls are so much fun!

the cat/scruffy - HONK!
angel - RENT
Mark - RENT
Phantom - POTO
Agwe - OOTI
Papa Ge - OOTI
Fiyero - Wicked
Freddie - DRS

[mikewood]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 8:04pm

Two categories:

The totally unattainable because I can't pull it off talent wise:
Javert in Les Miserables
Valjean in Les Miserables
Henry Hill in the Music Man
Gaston in Beauty and the Beast
Don Quixote in the Man of Lamancha

Attainable:
Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge
MacBeth
George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (in about 10-15 years)

[d5johnston]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 8:43pm

Mama Rose from Gypsy
Dolly Gallagher Levi from Hello, Dolly!
Fanny Brice from Funny Girl
Miss Hannigan from Annie
Amy from Company
Sally Bowles from Company
Vera Charles from Mame
Velma Kelley from Chicago

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 9:23pm

Mark in RENT
Bobby in Crazy for You

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 9:25pm

Mark in RENT.

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 9:30pm

I would love to play Kim is Miss Saigon, but it'll never happen unless there's an extremely controversial production of it.
Other roles I'd like to play:
Mark or Roger - Rent
Jamie - The Last 5 Years
Freddie - Chess
Emcee - Cabaret
Bobby Strong - Urinetown
Jonathan - tick, tick... BOOM!

[ben1986]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:13pm

Evita because thats just what the show needs, a touch of star quality!
The Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera, just because it has a great score.
The Lady of the Lake because of Diva's Lament.
Brave Sir Robin because of the song You can't suceed on broadway
Freddie in Chess it has a great score.
Muriel in DRS because she steals the show with What was a woman to do

[Isabella2]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:53pm

ruth sherwood in wonderful town
cundegounde in candide

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 11:30pm

Mame. In about 20 years.