Roles that would be great in Drag- Page 2
Roles that would be great in Drag
#25re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 2:37pmVelma Kelly in Chicago. Seeing Ute Lemper perform in the London revival back in 1997 made me think of this, because she had that androgynous look. I always thought Velma was the bitchier of the two leads, and men in drag are great at being bitchy!
romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
#26re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 2:52pmBea Asher in Ballroom. What queen wouldn't love to warble Fifty Percent?
sparky310
Featured Actor Joined: 11/10/03
#27re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 2:53pmthis site gets cheaper everyday...can we discuss serious subjects here...this is very pre-school and i am sure you are all far more educated and bigger thinkers than this.
#28re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 2:54pmI want to see Nathan Lane play Norma Desmond (Sunset Blvd).
romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#31re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 4:38pmGeneral Cartwright in Guys and Dolls.
#32re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 4:46pmLouise in Gypsy . . . "Mama, I'm a pretty girl . . . ."
#33re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 4:48pmI directed an all-female production of TWELVE ANGRY MEN fifteen years. It works perfectly.
Gooch
Understudy Joined: 3/15/05
#35re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:04pm
"Bea Asher in Ballroom. What queen wouldn't love to warble Fifty Percent? "
About 10 years ago a friend of mine starred in a community prod of TORCH SONG TRILOGY and he chose 50% as the song to sing at the end of Cct One, Scene 4. Very effective!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#36re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:12pm
Motormouth Maybelle
Carlotta
I wouldn't even mind seeing a man pull off Fanny Brice
BwayLeadman
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
#37re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:32pm
i have always said that if I ever directed Into the Woods, I would want the Stepmother and Stepsisters to be played by men.
I also second Ursula in The Little Mermaid
#38re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:38pmJustice -- Cole Porter's estate apparently doesn't think Reno should be played by a man. They were apparently livid. Perhaps with good reason. When a man sings "Baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top." and "Blow Gabriel Blow" it does change the meaning of a show just a touch...
romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
#39re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:38pmBwayLeadman, that would actually be great and in the tradition of the British pantomime.
#40re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:40pmthe mother in bye bye birdie
#41re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:42pm
Michael Bennett -- sorry, but those songs sung by a drag queen are TOO FUNNY!!!!!!
LOLOLOL
romanov
Stand-by Joined: 5/6/05
#42re: Roles that would be great in Drag
Posted: 5/26/05 at 5:46pmAny role every played by Elaine Stritch.
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