Roles that are hardly ever offstage.- Page 3

[PositivelyEmerald]

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

"I" In Rebecca

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 1:39am

Old Deuteronomy even stayed during the intermission.

[A Director]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 3:35am

Richard III in Richard III

[JDYC]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 8:58am

Franklin Shepard from Merrily We Roll Along is pretty much always onstage apart from one number.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 10:18am

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

Yes, I was thinking of the scene before it when I typed that, when Jefferson is by himself trying to write the first draft of the Declaration.

It's brief, maybe a minute long? But Adams gets a quick break offstage.

You're right, though, he's onstage for the rest of the scene and the song itself.

Updated On: 7/21/13 at 10:18 AM

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 10:26am

Chauncey Miles in THE NANCE. I have no idea how they manage so many split second costume changes to get Nathan from scene to scene as the set revolves.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 11:05am

Barnum

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 11:14am

"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."

She actually has quite a few breaks. She's offstage during Mother Superior's songs in both acts, and she's offstage when Eddie sings I Could Be That Guy. Same thing when Sister Mary Roberts sings The Life I Never Lead and the gangsters' songs in both acts.

[PTOPhan]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 5:18pm

Christine is hardly ever off-stage in Phantom. I think the scene where Raoul and the police chief and managers plan the capture and the short scene where Mme. Giry tells Raoul about the man who escaped the traveling fair may be the only ones where she isn't involved at all.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 5:23pm

I know at one time ins some video Laura Bell Bundy said she's only offstage for 18 minutes and that included intermission.

[JackPaige]

Posted: 7/21/13 at 8:16pm

annaleigh ashford is Kinky Boots

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 9:15am

In terms of plays , Salieri never leaves the stage at all except intermission. When Ian Mckellan played him, he was even onstage, with his back to the audience, as the people walked into the theatre.

[N2N Nate.]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 10:26am

Ethel Savage in The Curious Savage.

[willep]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 10:42am

Guy and Girl in Once.
Rooster in Jerusalem.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 6:12pm

Brad and Janet in Rocky Horror.

[FireFingers]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 7:46pm

If using the standard cast setup, the person playing Rod/Princeton has very little downtime.

[jackieoh]

Posted: 7/22/13 at 11:21pm

I've been in CATS twice and the only roles that have significant off-stage time are Grizabella, Gus, and Bustopher Jones, unless they are doubling as ensemble cats. I suppose its a little different because it is an ensemble piece, but with the choreography it's grueling.

The only two times I was ever offstage was my costume change for Jennyanydots and "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer".

[SidebySidebyLogan]

Posted: 12/6/13 at 6:09pm

Surprised at how many of these I've done. I just finished playing David in a production of Company that kept the couples onstage during the whole show. It was a small space so when I was seated on a platform I may have had an audience member right next to me. The challenge of staying invested in a scene your character isn't directly involved in while there were audience members existing in the pretty much the same space your acting in was difficult but rewarding. The biggest challenge though was not having water. I also was onstage for the entirety of Godspell when my high school did that and the last supper scene always wound up being a silent fight for the grape juice lol. Interesting thread.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 12/6/13 at 6:22pm

I'm surprised nobody has said Rose. She's on for the majority of the show and also performs the majority of the numbers in the show.

[StickIt]

Posted: 12/6/13 at 8:52pm

Carole in Beautiful. Aside from the end of the first act, she's onstage pretty much the entire time.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 12:06am

You can definitely add Elizabeth in IF/THEN to this now.

Over the course of the entire show, she's off-stage 15-20 mins max (excluding intermission).

[gleek4114]

Posted: 12/7/13 at 9:30pm

Edward Bloom in Big Fish.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 12/8/13 at 12:01am

Don Quixote in La Mancha

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 12/8/13 at 9:05pm

The entire cast of First Date

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 12/8/13 at 9:27pm

In Rent, most of the cast stays on stage a lot. They sit on the tables and observe songs that they don't sing.