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What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
#25re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 10:42pm
Sally in Cabaret
either Roxie or Velma in Chicago.
I'm not sexy. At all. You don't get much non-sexy than me. Aaaaand dancing for me is a bit (understatement of the year) difficult.
But I;d love to play those roles.
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
#26re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/1/08 at 10:52pm
SHOWS:
Rent(too old)
The Lion King(very slim chance I'd get Timon or Pumbaa)
Phantom, Les Miz, Miss Saigon(not vocally strong enough)
ROLES:
Cassie in A Chorus Line
Horse in The Full Monty
Amy in Company
Velma in Chicago
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
ChrisLK
Understudy Joined: 6/7/06
#27re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:40am
Shows:
Floyd Collins (ooooh, how I would love to do this show!)
Myths and Hymns
Assassins (wrong shade. Could you imagine a black John Wilkes Booth?)
"I could use a little...
Miracle."
~SWIWS
#28re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:49am
like Dollypop, I would also love to play Dolly Levi.
Others:
Lizzie Curry in "110 in the Shade" - im not a woman
Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha
Coalhouse Walker Jr. in "Ragtime"
Tony in "The Most Happy Fella"
Curly in "Oklahoma!"
Sid Sorokin in "The Pajama Game"
all of the above apply because I am no baritone leading man and never will be.
Dream role that i WILL play someday: Finch in "How to Succeed"
#29re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 1:46amI would love to be in Miss Saigon, and Belize in Angels in America. I REALLY hope it happends....
#30re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 2:22amI would love to do ANY show, but its nice to rep the un-musically talented group
#31re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 3:11am
I am not a singer, dancer or actress, but if I could go on in any role on Broadway right now for just one night just for fun…
Roxie in Chicago (or Velma… can’t decide)
Christine in Phantom
Penny in Hairspray (my second choice would be Amber)
Galinda in Wicked
Maureen in Rent
One of the soriority girls in Legally Blonde (Even if it’s just because it looks like a lot of fun)
#32re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:05am
Roxie in Chicago (I can't sing well enough)
Emily in "Our Town" - I'm too old
Rose in Gypsy- that voice thing again
Willy Loman- Death of A Salesman- wrong gender
Little Edie in Grey Gardens- voice
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#33re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:53amCharity in Sweet Charity. I fit her personality so well but I am not the best dancer.
"IT'S ME!!! It's meeeeeee! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's mememememe! Memememe! ... Me ..."
- Elizabeth; Young Frankenstein the Musical
Urban
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/05
#34re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 7:11am
Assassins (wrong shade. Could you imagine a black John Wilkes Booth?)
ChrisLK - I had a friend (who is rather large and very Queenie African-American) play Samuel Byck (Santa Suit and all) in a production once in Alabama, so don't rule yourself out, there have been colourblind castings of 'Assassins'.
fairygodmother
Featured Actor Joined: 4/30/06
#35re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 8:13am
for the race thing;
kim in miss saigon *sigh*
color purple
dreamgirls
for the weight thing (i'm more of the cuddly comic type);
penny in hairspray
roxie
juliet (or many of the shakespearean girls)
most of the Spelling Bee girls, but particularly Olive
for the fact that no-one does these shows;
i'm also championing Floyd Collins
City of Angels - i'd love to be an angel city 4 alto
for the gender thing;
judas in JCS - i'd want to sing it all in those keys too
mark in rent
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#36re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 8:24amAbout Judas-I've heard of the role being played by a woman. Apparently my friend saw Becky Gulsvig play Judas at her old local summer community theater in Fargo, Trollwood, so there is still a chance!
#37re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 11:46am
Katurian in The Pillowman.
Alas, I'm 15 years old and female.
Oh, and Johanna in Sweeney.
(Thankfully, the roles I usually really love are the ones I could actually play, at least sometime in the future. Hooray for that!)
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#38re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 11:52amDickinson in 1776, but unfortunately I'm a young female. I did get a callback for a production for both women, but ultimately didn't get cast. Too young for Abigail and beltier than they wanted for Martha, methinks. Or too ethnic.
#39re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:22pm
A man is playing Dolly in Asbury Park, Dolly...so you can do it:
Saturday, June 14th at 8:00 PM
"HELLO, DOLLY!" at Paramount Theatre-One Night Only Benefit Performance
Put on your Sunday clothes and head out to the Paramount Theatre on the evening of Saturday, June 14th at 8 pm. ReVision Theatre opens its premiere season with a special one night only performance of Richard Skipper as Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! directed by Thomas Morrissey and choreographed by Connor Gallagher the cast will include Broadway performers and local talent.
Tickets are available online now at www.ReVisionTheatre.org or by calling 732-455-3059. Tickets for Premium Seats are priced at $50.00. $25.00 and $15.00 seats are also available.
Where: The Paramount Theatre on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park
1300 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712
When: Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 8:00 PM
How: Buy tickets ($50, $25, and $15) online at www.ReVisionTheatre.org
Or call 732-455-3059
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Updated On: 6/2/08 at 12:22 PM
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
MenzelManiac
Leading Actor Joined: 1/8/05
#40re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:25pm
Carrie or Mrs. White in Carrie.
But I have boy parts. And the show was bad.
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#41re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:26pm
As a designer I don't have to worry about this problem! Hah. (although thats not entirely true. There are certain shows they are far more likely to consider a certain type of designer for and you can get pidgeon-holed).
Akiva
#42re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:39pm
Assassins (wrong shade. Could you imagine a black John Wilkes Booth?)
I'm Filipino and was cast as the Balladeer. I sure was all-American!
I'd love to play Tony in West Side Story, but I'll never be seen for more than a Shark (if even that).
Effie in Dreamgirls
There are so many, I can't think of them right now. Let's just hope colorblind and non-traditional casting is on the uprise in the coming years.
~Steven
#43re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 1:15pmI would love to be Sweeney but then they would have to change it to "There was a barber and her husband..." LOL. I wanna play Mama Rose too but I'm no belter. OOOOoooOOO and anyone in Avenue Q. :)
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#44re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 1:59pmAnother role I'd love to play but I don't think I ever will is Val in A Chorus Line. I look the part enough, but I don't think I'll ever be a good enough dancer for the role.
YoYo12345
Understudy Joined: 7/26/07
#45re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 2:12pm
Josh in BIG.
I know dream big YoYo..pun intented.
#46re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:11pm
Peter Pan but I'm scared of heights.
Updated On: 6/2/08 at 06:11 PM
#47re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/23/08 at 4:25amI would love to be in Bare and Rent. Well, I might be able to pull off Maureen. But I could never be in Bare. I'd be a horrible Ivy.
"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim
#48re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/23/08 at 4:32am
Maureen from RENT, Penny from Hairspray, Yitzhak from Hedwig.
Not correct gender for any of these roles. 
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
Updated On: 6/23/08 at 04:32 AM
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#49re: What show would you love to do, but will never be able to?
Posted: 6/23/08 at 6:07am
Dracula
Scarlet Pimpernel
Little Women (Jo, of course).
Although I think I actually have a good voice, anything musical theater...sadly, I'm not trained well enough for such undertakings. To be able to act AND sing in a show (maybe a little dancing, too) now, that's the ultimate :)
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