The Characters-In-A-Word Game

[thevolleyballer]

The Characters-In-A-Word Game#0

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:11am

This is a fun game that I saw played at another theatre community a while back. How it works is I'll start by posting a word -- any word, not too long, not too short -- and the next poster will name one CHARACTER (and the respective show, of course) beginning with each letter in the word. It's actually more fun than it lets on.

Example: If I posted CAMEO, one might respond with:

Christine Daae
Audrey II
Millie Dilmount
Enjolras
Olive Ostrofsky
...and then post a word of your own.

Easy? Yes. Fun? Yes. Don't like it? Get off my board. :)


Begin with... STAGE.
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:11 AM

[boxers7]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#1

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:17am

Smitty (H2$)
Tarzan (Tarzan)
Anthony (Sweeney Todd)
Gertrude McFuzz (Seussical)
Ed (The Lion King)

This is harder than is seems!

LEFT

"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#2

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:19am

Streetsinger, BKLYN
Truly Scrumptious, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Amber Von Tussle, Hairspray
Giuseppe Naccarelli, The Light in the Piazza
Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

how about THEATRE

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#3

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:23am

boxers7 you beat me. and it is harder than you think! =)

I'll work off your word.

Leaf Coneybear, Spelling Bee
Eponine, Les Mis
Fred Casely, Chicago
Tevye, Fiddler

for "F," I was tempted to do "Fantine" but thought the Les Mis" thing would be getting out of hand.
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:23 AM

[thevolleyballer]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#4

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:26am

Okay, I'll continue with THEATRE. :)

Tommy, The Who's Tommy
Horton the Elephant, Seussical
Elphaba, Wicked
Annie, Annie
Trekkie Monster, Avenue Q
Rocky, The Rocky Horror Show
Eddie, The Rocky Horror Show

ACTOR

[boxers7]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#5

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:32am

Anita (West Side Story)
Carrie (Carrie)
Terry (Side Show)
Old Joe Boyd? (Damn Yankees)
Robert Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone)

Umm... SONDHIEM

"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#6

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:33am

EDIT Forget mine and use Sondheim!

we need to stick to one word at a time! =)
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:33 AM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#7

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:36am

Theatre

T-Tom Collins (Rent)
H-Henrik (A Little Night Music)
E-Edna Turnblad (Hairspray)
A-Amy March (Little Women)
T-Trekkie Monster (Avenue Q)
R-Rosie (Cabaret)
E-Effie (Dreamgirls)

SWINGING

Edit: I'm behind, so SONDHEIM it is!!!

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:36 AM

[C is for Company]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#8

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:38am

Ulla (The Producers)
Sally Durant (Follies)
Herbie (Gypsy)
Evelyn Nesbit (Ragtime)
Roman Bartelli (The Drowsy Chaperone)

COMPOSER


edit; Oops, SONDHEIM I guess

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:38 AM

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#9

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:39am

Sketch - Hairspray
Oscar - Sweet Charity
Nessarose - Wicked
Douglas Panch - Spelling Bee
Horton - Seussical
Edna Turnblad - Hairspray
Inez - Hairspray
Maureen - Rent

I'll try USHER again. It still is in reference to the person taking you to your seat and not the singer.

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#10

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:40am

Yay! thanks C!

So now someone do COMPOSER and we're back on track! =)

[C is for Company]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#11

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:41am

I did USHER, use SWINGING then COMPOSER

[thevolleyballer]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#12

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:47am

Hah, someone do SWINGING, then post COMPOSER.

And for the record, it's best if you type up your whole thing, then copy it all, refresh the page to check new posts, then post it.
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:47 AM

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#13

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:52am

Oops, didn't even see "SWINGING."

I am addicted to this.

Sophia, Color Purple
Wizard of Oz, Wicked
Irwin, History Boys
Nettie, Color Purple
Golda, Golda's Balcony
Inez Hairspray - couldn't think of another I!
Nicky, Avenue Q
Grace, Faith Healer

EDIT - oh yeah, we were going on to do COMPOSER after this, duh! *hand-to-forehead* - It's late... Updated On: 7/29/06 at 02:52 AM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#14

Posted: 7/29/06 at 2:59am

I was having trouble with I too! The only thing I could think of was Iago from Othello! But that ain't a musical!

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[Just_John]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#15

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:00am

Christmas Eve, Avenue Q
Olive Ostrowsky, Spelling Bee
Marcy Parks, Spelling Bee
Peter, Company
Others, Rent
Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd
Evita, Evita
Robert Martin, Drowsy Chaperone


Ulla, Producers
Nicky, Ave Q
Dick, High Fidelity
Eponine, Les Mis
Robbie Hart, Wedding Singer
Shelia, A Chorus Line
Trekkie, Ave Q
Underling, Drowsy Chaperone
Donna, Mamma Mia!
Young Tarzan, Tarzan

MONKEY
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 03:00 AM

[thevolleyballer]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#16

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:05am

Okay, BACK ON TARGET NOW. Please, please copy, refresh, then paste. It really works! And isn't this fun, albeit hard?

Marius, Les Miz
Othello, Othello
Nettie, The Color Purple
Kerchak, Tarzan
Ensemble, Any Show
Young Nettie, The Color Purple

IPOD
Updated On: 7/29/06 at 03:05 AM

[boxers7]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#17

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:08am

I don't know how you're all up and not in the skankywhore thread on the Off-Topic board. Catch it before its gone!

"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#18

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:13am

IPOD.

Glad we're back on track now.

Ivanov (Nikolai Ivanov) - Ivanov
Penny - Hairspray
Othello (thanks, Chrysanthemum!) - Othello
Donatella - The Wedding Singer

SLEEPY

and yes, volleyballer - it does work to copy & paste. =)

[Color and Light]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#19

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:24am

Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd
Lumiere, Beauty and the Beast
Emma Goldman, Assassins
Edna Turnblad, Hairspray
Petra, A Little Night Music
Yvonne, Miss Saigon

HORSE

Stop looking at my charisma.

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 03:24 AM

[thevolleyballer]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#20

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:28am

Harriman F. Shpritzer, Hairspray
Olive Ostrofsky, Spelling Bee
Rose Alvarez, Bye Bye Birdie
Seymour, Little Shop of Horrors
Equus, Isn't that the horse's name?

LES MIZ

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#21

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:38am

Leisl, The Sound of Music
Evillene, The Wiz
Shelley, Hairspray

Margaret Johnson, Piazza
Inez, - sorry I used it again
Zelda, 45 Seconds from Broadway
^my first Broadway show ever!

RUSH

[muscle23ftl]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#22

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:40am

Ruth Sherwood (WT)
Ulla (The Producers)
Sandy(Grease!)
Horace(Hello Dolly!)

SINGER

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[broadway_show_fan]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#23

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:54am

In honor of The Wedding Singer...

Sammy, The Wedding Singer
Ickes, Annie -HA! found another "I" character.
Natalie, All Shook Up
George, The Wedding Singer
Emmie Thibodeaux, Caroline, or Change
Robbie Hart, The Wedding Singer

SCHWARTZ.

Now I'm going to bed! Goodnight. =)

[EugLoven]

re: The Characters-In-A-Word Game#24

Posted: 7/29/06 at 4:17am

THOUGHT I'D MAKE IT HARDER AND STUCK TO A SONDHEIM THEME!!!
Snowboy West Side Story
Czolgosz Assassins
Hero ...Forum
Witch Into the Woods
Amber Hairspray
Robert Company
Tobias Sweeney Todd
Z (Yeah right!)

EXPOSITION