Roles that are hardly ever offstage. — Page 2

#26

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:25am

Niels, Werner and Margrethe in Copenhagen (which didn't stop the tony's from honoring Blair Brown with a best featured actress award... WTF!)

Vivian in Wit

#27

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:36am

Hunter and Jeff in [tos]
Stew in Passing Strange

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Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

#28

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:40am

Psedulous is onstage a lot. There are a few moments and songs he is offstage, but most of those songs are among the shorter ones.

Peter and Jerry in The Zoo Story, but I don't think one acts would count.

Greg in reasons to be pretty has only two and a half pages of off-stage time.

Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs, though not in all the scenes, is somewhere onstage most likely because the whole Jerome house is the set.

Li'l Bit in How I Learned to Drive is missing for one or two monologues from Uncle Peck and the Female Greek Chorus.

CB in Dog Sees God is only missing for a bit, Catherine in Proof is almost always on stage, Austin and Lee in True West.

That's all I can think of right now.

#29

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 11:06am

Christine Ebersole in GREY GARDENS

#30

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

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

Bertie Wooster in BY JEEVES. He never leaves the stage, and sings in every song except for the one love ballad (which he observes).

#31

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 12:45pm

Thomas Weaver and Alvin Kelby in THE STORY OF MY LIFE. Both characters are on stage the entire show.

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#32

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:18pm

The president (forget his name) in NOVEMBER.
Max in BENT.
Most of the cast in BUS STOP.
The two guys in PS, YOUR CAT IS DEAD

#33

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:27pm

Alex Owens in Flashdance and Baby in Dirty Dancing
(I swear I don't have an obsession with Dance musical)

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"Charlotte, we're Jewish"

#34

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:38pm

Sue Mengers in I'LL EAT YOU LAST
George and Martha in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Truman Capote in TRU
Peter Allen in THE BOY FROM OZ

#35

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 1:46pm

Georgio in Passion

#36

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 2:46pm

Belle Poitrine in the 1999, Australian Hybrid and Charles Busch Hybrid versions of "Little Me" leaves the stage for costume changes and two dance numbers only. Otherwise she is onstage constantly.

#37

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 2:55pm

Bobby in Company!
Tracy in Hairspray...

#38

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 5:34pm

Charity in Sweet Charity

#39

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 5:41pm

Actually Martha is offstage quite a bit.

Blanche DuBois hardly ever is.

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#40

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 5:49pm

The First Continental Congress in 1776 has a few breaks, but they are all on stage quite a lot, for the majority of the show, particularly if it's done as a one-act, as it was originally.

And John Adams is rarely off. He has breaks during Cool, Considerate Men, Mama Look Sharp, and He Plays the Violin. I think he's on stage for the rest of the show.

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#41

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 6:59pm

I'm basing this off the film, but isn't Adams onstage for He Plays the Violin?

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#42

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 7:08pm

Sheridan Whiteside in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.

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So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

#43

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:13pm

Saliere in Amadeus

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"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

#44

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:25pm

I believe Martha Jefferson sings "He Plays the Violin" to Ben Franklin and John Adams in the stage version as well. Perhaps best12 just meant that Adams gets a breather while she sings the song.

#45

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:34pm

Jesus and the Disciples in GODSPELL.

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So Lauren Bacall me, anything goes! *wink*

#46

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 10:42pm

The Mute in THE FANTASTICKS

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#47

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 11:16pm

Is Zach in A Chorus Line considered "on stage" and thus hardly ever off or is Zach a role that is hardly ever "onstage" albeit present.

#48

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/20/13 at 11:28pm

Zach should always be "present" if not actually on stage. I'd say he qualifies.

eta: Margaret in Light in the Piazza wasn't offstage much.

Updated On: 7/21/13 at 11:28 PM

#49

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/21/13 at 12:32am

I think Deloris has very little down time in SISTER ACT as far as I can remember. She has a few very short breaks scattered here and there.

#50

Roles that are hardly ever offstage.

Posted: 7/21/13 at 12:36am

"I" In Rebecca