Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

[N2N Nate.]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#1

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:53pm

Can you think of any?

So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

[loliveve]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#2

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:56pm

I think that in biographical shows, the lead person is on stage most of the time. For example, Carolee Carmello was hardly off stage as Aimee Semple McPherson in SCANDALOUS... and I don't think Rob McClure was off stage much in CHAPLIN either, but I could be wrong. (I can't really remember to be honest!)

[blaxx]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#2

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:57pm

Cassie in ACL

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[gavyj]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#3

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:00am

Eva from Evita
Diana from N2N
Joe in Sunset (?)

[N2N Nate.]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#4

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:00am

Fanny Brice was the first character that came to mind.

So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

[all that jazz]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#5

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:04am

Jekyll in J&H?

Marilyn in Bombshell

[N2N Nate.]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#6

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:09am

Oy, How could I forget Diana? How about Tevye?

So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

[dshnookie]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#7

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:09am

Elle Woods, Legally Blonde

[After Eight]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#8

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:12am

Charlotte in Charlotte.

[mikey2573]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#9

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:16am

Billy in BILLY ELLIOT. In Act 1 he is offstage for the first 3 minutes, and then is pretty much on stage for the rest of the act. In Act 2 he is on stage from the beginning of the Act to the end of the Dream Ballet. THen leaves for the scene where Dad visits Mrs. WIlkinson and decides to cross the picket line. THen he comes back and is on for the rest of the act. In the 2 and a half hour musical, the actor playing Billy is offstage for about 8 to 9 minutes.

[darreyl102]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#10

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:25am

Ann in Ann
Judy Garland in End of The Rainbow

Darreyl with an L!

[allamarane]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#11

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:35am

The title character in Jane Eyre

"I know what the sunlight can be"

[Sutton Ross]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#12

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:01am

Huey Calhoun in Memphis. Besides the first song and the second half of "Colored Women" he is pretty much on stage the entire time.

[ggersten]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#13

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:06am

Drama Desk gives an award for One Person Shows
Drama Desk Award

[James885]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#14

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:28am

Jo in Little Women
Max Bialystock in The Producers
Jekyll/Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde
Man In Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone

"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

[FindingNamo]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#15

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:34am

There's a reservation clerk onstage in "Fully Committed" for a really long time.

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[pinoyidol2006]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#16

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:44am

Fanny Brice in Funny Girl

I can't remember, but is Man in Chair from Drowsy always onstage? He practically doesn't sing, though.

I like your imperturbable perspicacity.

[fingerlakessinger]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#17

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:44am

Elphaba

"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."

[ChairinMain]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#18

Posted: 7/20/13 at 2:44am

Barfee, Olive and Rona in Spelling Bee. They leave the stage exactly once in a 90 mnute show.: for the "Juice Break" and Chip's Lament.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#19

Posted: 7/20/13 at 2:52am

He's not onstage as much as some of the roles being listed, but Horton is on stage for most of SEUSSICAL or about to enter. Having played the role, the only times I got to go to the dressing rooms were after "Here on Who" until "Alone In The Universe" as well as during "Having A Hunch." People seem to think the Cat is the more demanding role as a narrator, but he has much more downtime than Horton does.

Also, Dorothy in WIZARD OF OZ (and I'm assuming THE WIZ).

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[wonderfulwizard11]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#20

Posted: 7/20/13 at 3:16am

Bobby Child in Crazy for You is pretty demanding, and from my memory barely leaves the stage.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[jnb9872]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#21

Posted: 7/20/13 at 7:51am

It's been a while since I read/saw PRELUDE TO A KISS, but my recollection is Peter is onstage the entire show.

Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.

[best12bars]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#22

Posted: 7/20/13 at 8:17am

Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz or The Wiz.

Huck in Big River.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[GavestonPS]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#23

Posted: 7/20/13 at 9:22am

Cocky and Sir in ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT

Little Chap in STOP THE WORLD

[OKBroadwayFan]

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.#24

Posted: 7/20/13 at 9:40am

I just saw a regional production of The Drowsy Chaperone. They performed it without an intermission. The Man in Chair only leaves the stage once. He talks about intermissions, then tells the audience he needs to use the restroom and then they have the Chinese number. He then comes running back in to switch records.