Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

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Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 2:44pm

I did a search and didn't really find any messages devoted to this idea. So, who do you think has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

I posted it in a different post, but I still think JLY has the hardest part on Broadway cause he has to sing lead for 27 songs, with some in a falsetto. Add the dancing he does, along with going from 16 to Valli's current age(I forget how old he is)in 2hrs and 30 minutes. Not to mention, before hand that JLY warms up for 40 minutes before the show and cools down for about 15-20 minutes after the show.

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re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 2:46pm

Well...


...he's in the ensemble of "Chicago," but I'll never tell.

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#3

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 2:54pm

You know him too?

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#4

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:06pm

Yeah, apparently a LOT of people do.

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re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:07pm

Naturally this thread would take a turn far into the gutter.

Far.

#6

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:09pm

Always measuring the distance, AREN'T you, BSoBW2?!?!

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#7

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 3:20pm

I didn't see that one coming.

No pun intended, bitch!

#8

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:05pm

Best12, you're extremely witty. It took me a minute to get that one.

#9

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:10pm

I agree with JLY having the hardest part as well.

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#10

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:19pm

Also, the leads in Phantom. There's a reason Chrisine has an alternate, and the Phantom should as well.

#11

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:26pm

JLY.

#12

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:29pm

Richard Griffiths
Michael Cerveris
Patti LuPone
Manoel Felciano
John Lloyd Young

And honestly, whom ever is playing Elphaba. Acting, not so difficult - but the vocals.

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#13

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:33pm

Duh! It's EYE-Deeeeena! London shmudon.

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#14

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:34pm

Rent audiences.

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#15

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:34pm

A sophisticated audience easily has the hardest part on Broadway these days.

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#16

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:53pm

Well said, Hamlet.

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#17

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:55pm

LaChanze
JLY

others...

#18

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 8:25pm

I think most people on broadway have it hard. I mean, the demand on all of them is pretty high. Its hard for all of them in different ways. In phantom and sweeny, they have alot of hard stuff to sing. In stuff like the wedding sionger and the drowsy chaperone, they have to be pretty high energy all of the time. Its impossible to say who has it hardest.

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re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 9:42pm

the techies and running crew, lights and sound operators.
why: All this hard work, and not nearly enough appreciation for them.

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#20

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:42pm

I'd have to say that the audience has the hardest part on Broadway right now. Did you ever watch them as they try to understand the lyrics?

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#21

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:57pm

I want some of that John Lloyd Young Kool-Aid that all the kids are drinking.

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#22

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/2/06 at 11:11pm

So the guy in Chicago has a hard part?
Is it a large part?

#23

re: Who has the hardest part on Broadway right now?

Posted: 9/3/06 at 12:31am

maybe not hardest but i feel whomever plays tracy in hairspray has it very hard. all that dancing and fast singing.

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