Roles you wished you could play.......if you were the opposite sex.....

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:24pm

Weird Topic, I know.....but don't tell me you've never thought about it. Well, I've always been found of Eponine from Les Miserable, Petra from A Little Night Music and Millie from Throughly Modern Millie and Fraulin Schiender in Cabaret, Louise in Gypsy, Diana in A Chorus Line, Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart(she has better songs than Roxie, but I might could play Roxie better), Sarah in Ragtime(although I'd have to be black too). Updated On: 2/11/05 at 12:24 PM

[zippyjen]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:29pm

if i could act and if i could sing, i would be mark in rent or the emcee in cabaret.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:48pm

Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

In fact, I did use one of her monologues for an audition and got offered casting.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 12:58pm

Mamma Rose, obviously...

[ElTico68]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:00pm

The Witch in "Into the Woods"

Baker's Wife in "Into the Woods"

Little Red in "Into the Woods"

Sheila in "A Chorus Line"

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:04pm

Norma Desmond in "Sunset Blvd."
Mother in "Ragtime"
Judy Garland in "Boy From Oz"
Fantine in "Les Miserables"
Jane in "Jane Eyre"
Eliza in "My Fair Lady"
Glinda in "Wicked"

[sanda]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:05pm

Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 1:55pm

coalhouse in ragtime

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:04pm

Albin in "La Cage". Well, I guess that isn't overly 'opposite' is it? LOL.

[JBSinger]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:08pm

Eva Peron - Evita
Elphaba - Wicked
Witch - Into the Woods
Rose - Gypsy
Velma - Chicago
Effie - Dreamgirls
Grizabella - Cats
Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
Mother - Ragtime
ti Moune - Once on this Island
Eliza - My Fair lady
Queenie - Wild party (La Chuisa)
Kim - Miss Saigon
Fanny - Funny Girl
Adelaide - Guys & Dolls
Norma Desmond - Sunset Blvd.

funny story - I was music directing Sweeney Todd in college and our mrs. Lovett was having vocal problems for the final dress. So, she got up and did the blocking while I was on her mike doing her songs/dialogue. Some of the lines came out like Bea Arthur. Funny but productive. Updated On: 2/4/05 at 02:08 PM

[bjivie2]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:09pm

If I was the opposite sex AND if I was black... Effie.

I've already sang "And I Am Telling You" at a cabaret. Lord, I'm a skank...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:17pm

Norma Desmond in SUNSET BOULEVARD hands down. I would love to do that role.

I would also love to play something like Effie from DREAMGIRLS.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:29pm

Sheila - A Chorus Line

The Baker's Wife - Into the Woods

Elphaba - Wicked

Glinda - Wicked

Kidjo - A Selfish Sacrifice (OyamO's version of A Doll's House now playing at the DCTC)

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 2:30pm

Sweeney- Sweeney Todd
Javert or Enjolras- Les Miz
Radames- AIDA
Martin Guerre- Martin Guerre
Fagin- Oliver
Engineer- Miss Saigon
Roger- RENT

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:05pm

John Adams or Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:12pm

Mark or Roger in Rent
Jack in Into the Woods
Jean Valjean in Les Miserables
Snoopy in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown or Snoopy the Musical

[JoshuaEads]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:14pm

Miss Hannigan in "Annie"
Aida in "Aida"
Effie in "Dreamgirls"
Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd"
Rose in "Gypsy"
Dolly in "Hello, Dolly!"

etc. etc. etc.

~Joshua

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:18pm

the 3 female leads in PLAZA SUITE and THE APPLE TREE

Martha in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Eliza in MY FAIR LADY

Mame in MAME

Dolly in HELLO DOLLY

Rose in GYPSY

Lucille in No,No, Nannette

the lead role (was the charachter named Evie?) in THE GINERBREAD LADY

Evita in EVITA

Fanny in FUNNY GIRL

and with some color changes:

Effie in DREAMGIRLS

and Lena Younger in RAISIN

[Jwei123]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:21pm

eponine, elphaba, peggy sawyer, millie, ado annie, amneris

[pndmnd]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 3:21pm

I love that you created this thread! Whenever I see a show with an amazing male role that I would want, I always tell my mom that I found yet another role that I would crave if I were a guy. Here are a few:
Mother's Younger Brother (Ragtime)
Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Valjean (Les Miz)
Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Applegate (Damn Yankees)
Chris (Miss Saigon)
Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha)

[WOSQ]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 4:30pm

Define "opposite sex".

If I were more butch (even half as butch as Betty Buckley) I'd love to do Billy Bigelow.

[Elizabeth_DeBris]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:20pm

Sweeney (Sweeney Todd...)
Javert (Les Miserables)
Bobby (Company)
Albin (La Cage Aux Folles)
Roger or Carmen (The Producers)
Charlie Brown or Schroeder (YAGMCB)
Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady)

I'll post more if I ever think of them...

[JohnnysGurl]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:25pm

I got to play my dream role last year as Lil Red in Into the Woods but now my dream role is Elphaba from Wicked.

[JohnnysGurl]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:29pm

oooo if u were the opposite sex....rite!

Jack from Into the Woods
Princeton from Avenue Q

[ShuQ]

Posted: 2/4/05 at 5:52pm

Definitely Chiffon in Little Shop, and Marmee in Little Women.