Who is(are) your all-time favorite Broadway character(s)?

[jasobres]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:11am

My top 5 are:

1. Galinda Upland/Glinda the Good
2. Max Bialystock
3. Sky Masterson
4. Reno Sweeney (from Anything Goes)
5. The Leading Player (from Pippin)

Updated On: 1/22/06 at 11:11 AM

[BwayLover]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:20am

Fosca from PASSION is the end all-be all for me and always will be.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:26am

Well, Jamie Wellerstein (sp?) via Norbert is pretty cool in my book. Other favorites have to be Jack from Into The Woods, Bobby from Crazy For You, Billy from Anything Goes, Jimmy from Millie, and Mark from Rent.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:28am

Mama Rose from GYPSY
Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett from SWEENEY TODD
Miss Adelaide from GUYS AND DOLLS
Henry Higgins from MY FAIR LADY
John Adams from 1776

among others ....

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:58am

Mama Rose (Gypsy)
Troy Maxon (Fences)
Big Daddy (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Sweeney Todd (Sweeney)
Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney)
Elphaba (Wicked)
Willy Loman (Death of a Salesman)
The Stage Manager (Our Town)
Beverlyl Carlton (The Man Who Came to Dinner)
Charity Hope Valentine (Sweet Charity)
Edward Rutledge (1776)
Dot (Sunday in the Park With George)
Adelaide (Guys and Dolls)
Effie Melody White (Dreamgirls)
Harold Hill (The Music Man)
Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)
Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Ragtime)
Cassie (A Chorus Line)
Paul (A Chorus Line)
Desiree Armfeldt (A Little Night Music)
Fredrik Eggerman (A Little Night Music)
Madame Armfeldt (A Little Night Music)
Tommy Albright (Brigadoon)
Jeff Douglas (Brigadoon)
Mame Dennis (Auntie Mame)
Vera Charles (Auntie Mame)
Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly!)
Fagin (Oliver!)
Nancy (Oliver!)
The Man in the Chair (The Drowsy Chaperone) - once it opens
The Drowsy Chaperone (The Drowsy Chaperone) - once it opens


Probably far too many more to name... which is why I love theatre so damn much.

[jasobres]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 11:59am

I probably know who Dollypop is going to say.

[ihearttheatre]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:01pm

Mrs. Lovett (sweeney todd)
Mark Cohen (rent)
Velma Kelly (chicago)
Audrey (lsoh)
Audrey II (lsoh)
Seymour (lsoh)
Elphaba (wicked)
The Witch (into the woods)
Updated On: 1/22/06 at 12:01 PM

[DG]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:08pm

John Merrick, THE ELEPHANT MAN.

[Corine2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:09pm

1. Mame- Most poor suckers are starving to death and MAME lives her life!!! She is perhaps the greatest character of all time.
2. Kate Monster- For those of us trying to make it!
3. Trekkie and Princeton for making Kate Monster's dreams come true. ()

Updated On: 1/22/06 at 12:09 PM

[ALWrules]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:35pm

Javert- Les Miz
Phantom- POTO
Norma Desmond- Sunset Boulevard
Sweeney Todd- Sweeney Todd

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 12:59pm

Sweeney Todd
Mamma Rose
Madame Armfeldt and Carl-Magnus
Edna Turnblad
Charity Hope Valentine
The Proprietor
Margaret Johnson
Mimi Marquez
Guido Contini
The Lady Of The Lake
Sister Aloysius
Richard Roma
Martha and George.
Updated On: 1/22/06 at 12:59 PM

[Bwaybaby109]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:04pm

Mama Rose-Gypsy
Glinda-Wicked
Phantom-POTO
Max Bialystock-Producers
Tracy-Hairspray
Mrs. Lovett-Sweeney Todd
The Baker's Wife-Into the Woods
Pseudolys-A Funny Thing
Finch-How to Succeed

[GClef2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:10pm

Dot from Sunday in the Park with George

[SmeagolxIsxSexy]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 1:31pm

Elphie: Wicked!
Maureen: Rent
Mark: Rent
Anmeris: Aida

[jimmirae]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 2:41pm

Anna Antonelli - "The Rink"

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:08pm

Charity Hope Valentine, "Sweet Charity"
Clara Johnson, "The Light in the Piazza"
Glinda, "The Wiz"
Lawrence Jameson, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Elphaba Thropp, "Wicked"
Effie Melody White, "Dreamgirls"
Maureen Johnson, "Rent"
Kate Monster, "Avenue Q"
Christine Colgate, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Olive Ostrovsky, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
William Barfee, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
Velma Kelly, "Chicago"

Updated On: 1/22/06 at 03:08 PM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:44pm

Mark- RENT
Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
Eva- Evita
Millie- Throughly Modern Millie

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 3:54pm

Crazy hard question....

Momma Rose (Gypsy)
Louise (Gypsy)- she breaks my heart everytime I saw the show...
Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
Sweeney Todd
Toby (Sweeney Todd)
The Baker's Wife (Into the Woods)
Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)
Golde (Fiddler on the Roof)
Mother (Ragtime)
Tateh (Ragtime)

Updated On: 1/22/06 at 03:54 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:07pm

1.Fosca-Passion, the best character in my opinion.
2.Miss Adelaide-Guys & Dolls
3.Sally Bowles-Cabaret
4.Velma Kelly-Chicago
5.Dot-Sunday In The Park With George
6.Momma Rose-Gypsy
7.Martha-Company
8.Molina-Kiss of the Spider Woman
9.Mother-Ragtime
10.Mrs.Lovett-Sweeney Todd
11.Ruth Sherwood-Wonderful Town
12.Anna-The King and I

Updated On: 1/22/06 at 04:07 PM

[Mark Loves His Scarf]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 4:28pm

MALES
Roger Davis (Rent)
Radames (Aida)
Snoopy (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Boq (Wicked)
Archibald (The Secret Garden)
The Phantom (Phantom of the Opera)
Freddy Benson (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Andre (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Prince Dauntless (Once Upon a Mattress)

And because I'm not exactly sure where to put him/her...
Angel Dumott Schunard (Rent)

FEMALES
Maureen Johnson (Rent)
Sally Brown (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Elphaba Thropp (Wicked)
Cathy Hiatt (Last Five Years) [like there was a choice]
Princess Amneris (Aida)
Lucy The Slut (Avenue Q)
Rumpleteazer (Cats) [my very first favorite]
Eponine (Les Miserables)
Velma (Chicago)
Kate (the Wild Party)

And just because she's so damn funny...
The Usherette (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)

[mad4music]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:22pm

Elphaba
Elphaba
and... ELPHABA! -wicked :)

Also-

Mark- RENT
Galinda- Wicked
Phantom- POTO
Fantine- Les Mes
Eponine- Les Mes

but pretty much just Elphaba!

[Nanette Himmelfarb]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 5:26pm

number one by far: Mark (rent)

and the others that give me goosebumps (in no particular order!)

Eponine (Les Miserables)
G(a)linda (wicked)
Freddy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Angel (rent)
Collins (rent)
Maureen (rent)[basically all the characters in rent are so layered and fascinating to me]
Amneris (aida)
Aida (aida)
Adelaid (guys and dolls)
Nancy (oliver!)
Fantine (les miserables)
Velma (chicago)

[joanlegorreta]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:29pm

Norma Desmond - Sunset Boulevard
Roger - Rent
Cathy - The last five years
Seymour - Little shop of horrors
Roxie - Chicago
Princeton - Avenue Q
Joseph - Joseph and the amazing...

[elphieisperky]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:50pm

Eponine/Fantine - Les Miz
Glinda/Elphie - Wicked
Mimi/Maureen/Mark/Roger - Rent
Chistine/Freddy - DRS. Although, it's mostly Norbert who takes my breath away, not Freddy :)
Velma - Chicago
Chistine/Phantom - POTO
Sally - YAGMCB
Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
Margaret/Clara - Piazza

[Feathah]

Posted: 1/22/06 at 7:55pm

Alex - Aspects of Love
Roger - Rent
Frank N Furter - Rocky Horror
The Emcee - Cabaret
Lumiere - Beauty and the Beast
Rum Tum Tugger - Cats
Sweeney - Sweeney Todd
Jamie - Last Five Years
Leaf Coneybear - Spelling Bee
Pippin - Pippin
Freddie - Chess