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#51

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/26/06 at 11:42pm

No real order.

1. Queenie -The Wild Party(Lippa)
2. The Chaperone -The Drowsy Chaperone
3. Man in chair - The drowsy Chaperone
4. Mae Coleman - Reefer Madness
5. Jamie- L5Y
6. Cathy -L5Y
7. Christine - DRS
8. Freddy-DRS
9. Emcee - Cabaret
10. Lily/The Wife -See What I Wanna See

Also Roxie and Mrs. Lovett

"Dont look at me that way Your ears and your eyes Got used to the lies But you're getting the truth today"

"Ah the city. So many lights you can actually pretend one of them is shining on you."

CLIFF: "There was a cabaret and there was a master of ceremonies and there was a city called Berlin in a country called Germany - and it was the end of the world and I was dancing with Sally Bowles - and we were both fast asleep"
#52

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/26/06 at 11:48pm

1.Terrence Mann-Javert-Les Miserables
2.Wilson Jermaine Hereda-Angel-RENT
3.Hugh Jackman-Peter Allen-Boy from Oz
4.Stephanie J. Block-Liza Minelli-Boy from Oz
5.Heather Headley-Aida-Aida
6.Bernadette Peters-Witch-Into the Woods
7.Joanna Gleason-Muriel Eubanks-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
8. Norbert Leo Butz-Jamie Wellerstein-The Last 5 Years
9.Cady Huffman-Ulla-The Producers
10.Sara Ramirez-Lady of the Lake-Spamalot
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#53

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:44am

1-Christine Daae- Phantom
2-The phantom- Phantom
3-Belle- Beauty and the beast
4-Mimi- Rent
5-Amneris- Aida
6-Aida- Aida
7-Claudia- Lestat
8-Galinda- Wicked
9-Elphaba- Wicked
10-Babette- Beauty and the beast

that was hard to pick 10, lol
#54

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:03am

(in no particular order)

1. Norma Desmond - Sunset Boulevard
2. Fanny Brice - Funny Girl
3. Fosca - Passion
4. Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
5. Daisy/Violet - Side Show
6. Corine - Triumph of Love
7. Eva Peron - Evita
8. the Emcee - Cabaret
9. Billy Flynn - Chicago
10. Angel - Rent

11. Maria Callas in Master Class (yea yea, it's not a musical....that's why it's #11)

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#55

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 1:17pm

1. Kim, Miss Saigon
2. Fantine, Les Miserables
3. Mei Li, Flower Drum Song (Revival)
4. Glinda, Wicked
5. Elphaba, Wicked
6. Norma Cassidy, Victor Victoria
7. Amneris, Aida
8. Oliver, Oliver!
9. Sonia Walsk, They're Playing Our Song
10. Maria, The Sound of Music
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley

Updated On: 8/27/06 at 01:17 PM

#56

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 8:28pm

1 Penny from Hairspray
2 Roger from Rent
3 Maureen from Rent
4 Fiyero from Wicked
5 Link from Hairspray
6 Radames from Aida
7 Elphaba from Wicked
8 Belle from Beauty and the Beast
9 Aida from Aida
10 Peter from Peter Pan
#57

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:05pm

1. Cinderella's Prince, Into the Woods
2. The Lady of the Lake, Monty Python's Spamalot
3. Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd
4. Margaret Johnson, The Light in the Piazza
5. Lucy the Slut, Avenue Q
6. Roger DeBris, The Producers
7. Johanna Barker, Sweeney Todd
8. The Witch, Into the Woods
9. Dot, Sunday in the Park with George
10. Dr. Frank-n-Furter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
#58

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:29pm

1. Evita - uhh Evita
2. Eponine- Les Miz
3. Mark- RENT
4. Christine- Phantom
5. Kate Monster- Avenue Q
6. Fiyero- Wicked
7. Belle- Beauty and the Beast
8. Aida- Aida
9- Che- Evita
10- Phantom- phantom
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#59

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:05pm

hard to pick only ten but...

1. Jamie Wellerstein- L5Y
2. Logan Schwartzandgrubinierre- Spelling Bee
3. Freddy Benson- DRS
4. Robbie Hart- The Wedding Singer
5. Clara Johnson- Light in the Piazza
6. Penny Pingleton- Hairspray
7. Elphaba- WICKED
8. Rod- Avenue Q
9. Tracy Turnblad- Hairspray
10. Leaf Coneybear- Spelling Bee
#60

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:21pm

This was not easy... Whatsoever... And I STILL don't think it's completely right..

Jo March-Little Women
Jamie Wellerstein-The Last 5 Years
Mark Cohen-RENT
Tateh-Ragtime
Snoopy-YAGMCB
Clara Johnson-LITP
Jack-Into the Woods
Motel/Tevye-Fiddler (Motel was such a small character, I thought he could share a space..)
Elphaba-Wicked
Tony/Maria-WSS

Honorable Mentions:
Riff-WSS
John Wilkes Booth/Lee Harvey Oswald-Assassins
Enjolras-Les Mis
#61

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 10:46am

Not in any particular order:

1. Toffee -- Zombie Prom

2. Freddy Benson -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

3. Leading Player -- Pippin

4. Maureen Johnson -- Rent

5. Tracy Turnblad -- Hairspray

6. Medda Larkin -- Newsies

7. Don Quixote/Cervantes -- Man of La Mancha

8. Francesca Johnson -- Bridges of Madison County

9. Jerusha Abbott -- Daddy Long Legs

10. Narrator -- Joseph and the Amazing...

#62

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 11:29am

Mame

Vera and Gooch

Mama Rose

Mama (Hallelujah Baby)

Eponine

George (She Loves Me)

Max Bialystock

Reno Sweeney

Pseudolus

Lutibelle Gussie Mae Jenkins (Purlie)

Effie

#63

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 11:50am

In no order:



Miss Hannigan (Annie)



The Baker's Wife (Into the Woods)



Mike Teavee (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)



Hysterium (A Funny Thing That Happened on the Way to the Forum)



Aaron Burr (Hamilton)



Miles Tuck (Tuck Everlasting)



Hedwig (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)



Maria von Trapp (nee Rainer) (The Sound of Music)



Leaf Coneybear (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)



Carrie White (Carrie)

#64

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 12:00pm

In no order (and probably missing some)...

Éponine (Les Misérables)
Pierre Bezukhov (Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812)
Mendel (Falsettos)
Moritz Stiefel (Spring Awakening)
The Balladeer (Assassins)
Helen Bechdel (Fun Home)
Celie (The Color Purple)
Natalie (Next to Normal)
Barrett (Titanic)
Joe Gillis (Sunset Boulevard)

#65

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 12:08pm

  1. Hedwig in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
  2. Marvin in FALSETTOS
  3. Jim Conley in PARADE
  4. Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
  5. Anita in WEST SIDE STORY
  6. Jamie in THE LAST FIVE YEARS
  7. Audrey II in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  8. Claude in HAIR
  9. Bruce in FUN HOME
  10. Amy in COMPANY



"I shall stay until the wind changes."
#66

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 12:19pm

Angel (Rent)
Narrator (Murder Ballad)
Kate Monster (Avenue Q)
Angelica Schuyler (Hamilton)
Éponine (Les Miserables)
Genie (Aladdin)
Daniella (In the Heights)
Lola (Kinky Boots)
Nostradamus (Something Rotten)
Elphaba (Wicked)

#67

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 1:49pm

1. Jesus from Jesus Christ Superstar
2. Raoul de Chagny from Phantom
3. Reno Sweeney from Anything Goes
4. Javert from Les Mis
5. Roger from Rent
6. Mama Rose from Gypsy
7. Brad Majors from Rocky Horror
8. Eva Peron from Evita
9. Leading Player from Pippin
10. Fosca from Passion

#68

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 1:51pm

I have been waiting my whole life (figuratively) for this thread! In no particular order...

  1. Julie Jordan (Carousel)
  2. Magnolia Hawks (Show Boat)
  3. Jenna Hunterson (Waitress)
  4. Sarah (Company)
  5. The Witch (Into the Woods)
  6. Estonia Dulworth (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
  7. Lily Garland (On the 20th Century)
  8. Vera Charles (MAME)
  9. Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
  10. Clara Johnson (The Light in the Piazza)
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#69

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 1:59pm

In no particular order:



Anya (Anastasia)

Hedwig (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

Alice Murphy (Bright Star)

Heidi Hansen (Dear Evan Hansen)

Helen Bechdel (Fun Home)

Nigel Bottom (Something Rotten!)

Mother (Ragtime)

Motormouth Maybelle (Hairspray)

Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (Hamilton)

#70

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 2:40pm

In no particular order:

1. Elphaba, Wicked
2. Bobby, Company
3. Mama Rose, Gypsy
4. Aaron Burr, Hamilton
5. Angelica Schuyler, Hamilton
6. Claude Hooper Bukowski, Hair
7. Hedwig, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
8. Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard
9. Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Hamilton
10. Natasha Rostova, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Updated On: 5/15/17 at 02:40 PM

#71

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 3:32pm

Random order... except for Hedwig re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical



1 Hedwig - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2 Emcee - Cabaret

3 Lafayette/Jefferson - Hamilton

4 Elpheba - Wicked

5 Dot - Sunday in the Park with George

6 Evan Hansen - Dear Evan Hansen

7 Whizzer - Falsettos

8 Elder Cunningham - Book of Mormon

9 Phantom - Phantom of the Opera

10 Georg - She Loves Me

#72

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/15/17 at 5:57pm

1. Alfred P. Doolitle - MFL

2. Tevye - Fiddler

3. Julie Jordan - Carousel

4. Little Alison - Fun Home

5. Ilona - She Loves Me

6. Charley - Merrily We Roll Along

7. Magnolia - Show Boat

8. Ivy Smith - On the Town

9. Elder Cunningham - Book of Mormon

10. Evan Hansen - Dear Evan Hansen

#73

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/16/17 at 5:27am

This week, in random order:

1) John Adams, 1776
2) El Gallo, The Fantasticks
3) Luisa, The Fantasticks
4) Peter Pan, Peter Pan (Stiles and Drewe version)
5) Voldemort, A Very Potter Musical
6) Tony, The Most Happy Fella
7) The Phantom, POTO
re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical Anatoly, Chess
9) Eva, Evita
10) Hapgood, Anyone Can Whistle

#74

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/16/17 at 1:38pm

Celie
Tevye
Rose
Zorba
Big Edie (Act1)/Little Edie (Act2)
Fraulein Schneider
Effie
Higgins
Doolittle
The Baker's Wife (ITW)

and honorable mention to Marge MacDougall

Updated On: 5/16/17 at 01:38 PM

#75

re: Top ten favorite CHARACTERS in a musical

Posted: 5/16/17 at 2:02pm

Why not. (Random order, and I have no doubt that I'll think of others that trump some of these after I post it, haha)

1. The chaperone in Drowsy Chaperone
2. Audrey in Little Shop (I or II... I love them both)
3. The Thenardiers in Les Mis
4. Sheila in Chorus Line ("Can the adults please smoke" has to be my favorite line in musical theatre)
5. Elder Price in Book of Mormon
6. Daniela in In the Heights
7. Ti Moune in Once on This Island
8. Amneris in Aida
9. Berger in Hair
10. El Gallo in The Fantasticks

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