What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
#1What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 10:26amFor me, THE COLOR PURPLE.
#2re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 10:28amprob RENT
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#2re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 12:15pm
Cabaret.
& Angels in America. I would die to play Harper.
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
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Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 12:18pm
Bert in Mary Poppins, but why wouldn't I be able to do it.
One that I wouldn't be able, though, would be Lenora in Cry-Baby, hahahaha.
#4re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 12:20pmCabaret, most definitely.
#5re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:49pmI would kill to play Prior in AiA.
broadwayfan3
Stand-by Joined: 1/18/07
#6re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:51pmEffie in Dreamgirls...that makes me sad
puppetman2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/2/08
#7re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:57pmPrinceton/Rod in AVE Q
#8re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:04pm
'Floyd Collins'. It's not really marketable enough for there to be any professional productions, it's WAY too male-dominated for there to be any amateur productions, and if I do ever find myself in a place where someone's putting it on ANYway, I suspect competition will be FIERCE for the two female roles, so fierce that my inability to get the lowest notes in 'Through The Mountain' with any conviction will definitely count against me.
Am still holding out hope, but doubt it'll ever happen.
#9re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:14pmI like to think, never say never, weird chances come along and so does unconventional casting. I'm a twenty something young woman and would love to play Sweeney someday, it might happen.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:16pmThe odds are against me, but I sincerely want to play Dolly Gallagher Levi. I won't be the first man to take on the role. Danny La Rue played it successfully in London a while back.
SMiller
Featured Actor Joined: 7/9/04
#11re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:17pmThe Elephant Man
#12re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:30pmI would love to play Jimmy in Dreamgirls, but I'm the wrong shade!
#13re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:39pm
Unconventional casting is all well and dandy; I one day hope to play Judge Turpin and Henry V, among other roles (some gender-swap will be necessary, but if Fiona Shaw can play Richard II, I can play Henry V!), but I'm considering what *shows* it's horrifically unlikely I'll ever get the opportunity to be in, not what *parts* I'd like to play. I also doubt they'll ever let me in 'Rent' *goes crying to the SID support group* but I'm less fussed about that. ^_^
Updated On: 6/1/08 at 02:39 PM
#14re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:49pm
I want to be in Spring Awakening as ANY part, but theres no place in it for a Soprano. I also want to be Ivy in Bare, same problem.
I also want to be Kate Monster in Ave. Q, but I have no puppeteering experience and don't really plan on getting any...
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#15re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 5:46pmI want to play Walter in A Raisin in the Sun. Unfortunately, I'm as white as Ashy Larry.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#16re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 5:54pm
Billy Elliot.
I suppose in twenty or so years I could maybe go for Mrs.Wilkinson, but not likely.
Studmuffn520
Featured Actor Joined: 11/8/06
#17re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 6:06pmi would love to be janet van degraff or the drowsy chaperone in drowsy. i always think of the roles i would want to be if i was a girl lmfao. i would be man in chair too.
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#18re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 6:16pmMaria in West Side Story. I know white girls have played her before, but I would never accept the role because I'm not Latina, and I could never pass for one either. And to the soprano that wants to be in Spring Awakening, don't give up hope. I'm a soprano and that's not going to stop me from auditioning for SA someday.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 6:34pmAny of the women in Follies...I am not older nor am I a woman-so even though one day I will be older, I am still not a woman.
#20re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 6:45pmany musical... i can't sing.
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
#21re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 8:28pm
There are a few roles I would love to play that are sadly the opposite sex
Also, I would love to play Sweeney Todd, but I just can't really see that happening. I am not really the type of actor that would get cast as Sweeney, but you never know!
BWayJunkie
Understudy Joined: 3/16/08
#22re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 8:39pmI'd luv to be Seaweed in Hairspray but I'm a baritenor and can't hit a lot of the higher notes so unless they're willing to re-do some of the arrangements for no-name me, i'm probably out of luck. And although it's not impossible for this to happen I'd kill to understudy Benny in In The Heights and I'd LOVE to understudy Bert in Mary Poppins despite being the wrong shade. I already know the show by heart so it'd be a breeze for the director/dance captain/etc. no? o well...
#23re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 8:45pmIt's a toss up between getting to sing "Fifty Percent" at the end of Ballroom or getting to sing "I Will Never Leave You" at the end of Side Show.
#24re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 10:24pm
I'd die to play Cunegonde in Candide, sadly, I'm no soprano.
Also, Kathy, in L5Y, however, I'm quite the opposite of a "Shiksa Goddess."
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