Which musical character would you pick for your best friend in real life?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/3/03 at 10:55pm

If you could pick only one character from a musical to be your best friend in real life, who would you pick? You know, somebody to go to Crayolas with for salad, or to split dessert with, or to go to the gym with for hours, or to run lines with or whatever?

Me, I would pick Snoopy from "Snoopy: The Musical." NOT Snoopy from the original "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." I would HATE that Snoopy as my best friend. I cannot comment if I would like the Snoopy from the revival "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," as I did not see it. However, I bet I would not like that Snoopy as my best friend, simply because he is that Snoopy and not the "Snoopy" Snoopy. On the other hand, the revival Snoopy did go on to be in The Producers, so maybe he was a good Snoopy. But, no, I would hate that show's Snoopy as my best friend. However, I am surprised that Snoopy won the Tony, even though I didn't see it. I know if they put "Snoopy" on Broadway, that Snoopy would totally deserve to win the Tony. And that is why I would pick that Snoopy as my best friend in real life.

Who would you pick?

[cabarethed]

Posted: 8/3/03 at 10:59pm

HEE! That was great.
Can I have the guy who plays him??

[etoile]

Posted: 8/3/03 at 11:55pm

Well the character I would want for my best friend is the Scarlet Pimpernel. Not the flop guy Sir Percy but the Pimpernel himself. I think he's amazing. You would never know which of his characters would meet you for lunch. Unless you recognized his amazing body. I mean, would he be the pirate or the poet or the prince or a gypsy mopping sweat upon his brow? And we all know he's really a good guy. I know because I read the book and have like three of the CDs.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 12:07am

Sky from Mamma Mia -- as long as he stayed in the little shorts :)

[Al Dente]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 12:19am

I LOVE you Namo!

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 12:23am

I keep hearing a "whhhoooooshing" sound.

[GottaGimmick]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 3:40am

Broadwayguy, do you ever NOT mention Sky?

[Lorelai]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 8:07am

musical characters i'd like to have as friends:

~millie dillmount from TMM
~scaramouch from we will rock you (i thought she was hysterical)
~sandy from grease
~truly from chity chitty....
~hope and bobby in urinetown

[zannafan]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 9:14am

I would want Mark or Angel from RENT to be my friends.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 9:51am

Mame

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 10:06am

Amneris...so we could go shopping together :)

or Millie.

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 10:07am

teacheroftheatre, where is your signature quote from? I like it!

Edited because I wrote "teacher of the year" instead of teacher of theatre...:) Updated On: 8/4/03 at 10:07 AM

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 11:01am

Thank you NativeNewYorker! (I'm a native New Yorker too)

when I was ten and "graduating" from elementary school before going into junior high......we always had those little autograph books at graduation time, remember?

my grandparents owned a restaurant in Coney Island and I was there and asking my grandmother to make an entry into my graduation autograph book........

I had already at that tender age begun my fascination with Broadway....my grandmother thought for quite a while and then made the entry:

MAY YOUR LIFE BE AS BRIGHT AS BROADWAY AT NIGHT

in smaller lettering below it she entered the words:

"in 1942"

I recall her remarking on the then current "dismal state of Broadway" (a recurring topic for many of us throughout the years) and putting in the "in 1942" cause she thought the lights on Broadway were much healther in the year of 1942----and in case MAY YOUR LIFE BE AS BRIGHT AS BROADWAY AT NIGHT no longer made sense in the future.

she'd be pleased to know that it does indeed still make sense in the year 2003.

My grandmother was a lead dancer with the NTG Follies and I wish she were still here.

[rlbgbc]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 11:45am

Scar.

Posted: 8/4/03 at 12:19pm

Millie or Tracy. Updated On: 8/4/03 at 12:19 PM

[PJ]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 12:46pm

Mame Dennis from MAME, hands down! I'd love to have a friend like her

[Cutiepie2]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 4:41pm

I would pick SNOOPY in Yer A Good Man Chalrie Brown. He's so CUTE and FUNNY!!

Posted: 8/4/03 at 5:16pm

Mark or Angel from RENT Updated On: 8/4/03 at 05:16 PM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 5:27pm

Mine would me Mark from RENT, Aida from Aida, and Jon Larson from Tick tick Boom. Does that count if they are a real person, lol?

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 8:26pm

Everyone from Hairspray, especially Tracy! Peggy from 42nd Street, Millie, All the Kids from Fame, and definitely Snoopy!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 8:35pm

I was going to say Dolly Gallagher Levi, but in a very real sense we already ARE best friends. So let me choose Prof. Henry Higgins. We'd have a grand time sitting at this computer criticizing the spelling and grammatical mistakes that abound in some of the postings. I could only imagine what ol' Henry would say after reading one of Corine's columns! (Although Henry makes a big blooper in MY FAIR LADY. In his very first song he states "By right she should be taken out and HUNG". Grammatically he should say "hanged". Pictures are HUNG. People are HANGED.)

[BwayStar2B]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 8:52pm

Billy~ I's have picked the exact same people!
NativeNewYorker~ That is an awesome quote!

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 9:34pm

Muuusst....resist...urge....to make...Patrick.....Wilson.....hung...joke.....
it's....getting....harder....and...harder....the....urge....that....is....not...you....know...........

Updated On: 8/4/03 at 09:34 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 9:37pm

Yes, it is very HARD to not make Patrick Wison HUNG jokes.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 8/4/03 at 10:16pm

Thanks, Broadwayguy, for clearing that up. I realized my joke was a little too subtle, perhaps a bit obtuse. You made sure that everyone will really GET IT!