YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
#1YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 5:09pm
What was your first role in a musical (ever, professional or not)?
Mine was:
KID IN TOWN in THE MUSIC MAN.
Only one line: Good morning, Mayor Shinn.
#2YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 5:12pm
I was a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz. I was six.
I represented the Lollipop Guild.
The first role (with lines) I had was Eugene in Grease.
#2YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 5:33pm
Legitimate musical?
The King in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS.
Not the strongest singer, I wasn't el oh el Still amn't.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#4YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 5:42pmMr. Sowerberry in Oliver!. Summer camp- I was around 10.
#5YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 5:59pm
Hugo Peabody in Bye, Bye Birdie in junior high school. I sadly learned I didn't really have anything to sing, save for a couple of lines in "The Telephone Hour". 
The next year I played Hines in The Pajama Game, that one was a lot of fun.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#7YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 8:14pm
The Cowardly Lion in an elementary school production of Wizard of Oz,
but if we're talking roles I actually remember doing, it would be "Chester Lyman" in Barnum freshman year of high school.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 8:38pmI was 7, in Bye Bye Birdie, I was one of the girls in Put on a Happy Face and I wore a blue rain slicker. I hated that raincoat.
MichaelRhodus
Chorus Member Joined: 7/14/10
#9YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 8:45pm
Jeb(the suitor) in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
lol
#11YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 8:54pmNothing. (Yet.) In the middle and high school theatre world, you have to kiss major ass to get a part, which I guess I haven't done enough of in the past 4 years. *shudder*
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
#12YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 9:30pmMr. Brownlow in Oliver. I was 12 years old and it was weird to see a Filipino Mr. Brownlow have a Caucasian, blonde grandson. LOL.
#13YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 9:53pm
Ensemble in LEADER OF THE PACK (my sophomore year).
I was again Ensemble in ANYTHING GOES this year (my junior year).
Nickira Margherita
Swing Joined: 8/12/10
#14YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 9:55pm
Agwe in Once on This Island. Not only my first lead, but my favorite of the shows I've been in. The story is so simple yet so touching and the music is just infectious. The production itself was very tight and wonderfully cast as well. I loved singing "Rain" every night, its such an intense song and really sets the story into motion. "Pray" was a highlight each night, there was a huge tribal drum in the center of the stage with Ti Moune and Daniel on it, with the Gods and some of the ensemble circling the drum in a very tribal/almost voodoo fashion. I tried not to cry onstage each night towards the end, but as soon as Euralie finds Ti Moune's body and starts "Oh, Ti Moune" it got harder and harder to fight back tears. On the last night I couldn't help it and I had tears streaming down my face when I covered Ti Moune's body in a light blue sheet that had such a beautiful glow when the lights hit it.
So yeah, Agwe. Hehe sorry to ramble, I'm in a mood tonight.
#15YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 9:59pmNM - Reading the entries above is making me extremely nostalgic as well. Ramble on!
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#16YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 10:07pmCreeper (one of the lost boys) in Peter Pan when I was seven. I still have a video of that show, but after the age of nine, I just started getting too embarrassed to watch it or let anyone see it.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 10:11pmMy first show was the operetta THE DESERT SONG. My one line in it was: "Look, look, the fires on the hill!"
#18YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 10:32pmMy first role was as the puppeteer of the Audrey II in LSOH (with minor roles as a male drag queen in Skid Row and a weird guy who gets turned down at the radio interview). Exhausting, especially moving the largest puppet in the 2nd act, but SO much fun.
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#19YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 11:10pmMy first legit musical, I was 8 and played Jerome in South Pacific. I had to die my hair jet black and every kid in 4th grade kept asking when my hair was gonna change back.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
hyperbole_and_a_half
Leading Actor Joined: 3/21/11
#20YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 11:57pmAge 15, Tobias in Sweeney Todd, after the original actor (an adult) booked a tour and bailed. I was definitely thrown into the deep end, but I thought the money was good and I was completely spoiled by an amazing experience with an amazing cast in an amazing facility; I remember being disappointed that the next show I did didn't have 8 perfs a week! Oh to be an idiot fifteen year old again...
#21YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/26/11 at 11:57pmGraziella in West Side Story. I was about 13 or 14 years old?
#22YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/27/11 at 12:19amMae in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party
spankatore2
Swing Joined: 1/30/11
#24YOUR FIRST ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Posted: 4/27/11 at 1:03amPhyllis in Follies. Don't ask me why our drama teacher thought Follies would be a good musical for seventeen year olds to put on. Oy vey.
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