Your Top 5 dream roles
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#0Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 7:59pm
What are your Top 5 dream roles in a show?
Mine:
ANYONE in The Producers
Addison Mizner in Bounce
Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Pseudolus in Forum
Ralph in Reefer Madness
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#1re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:02pm
Why do we need two threads on this?
ONE is enough.
Edit:
Oscar- Sweet Charity
Lumiere- Beauty and the Beast
Bobby- Company
Paul or Mike- A Chorus Line
Thenadier- Les Miz
Updated On: 10/6/06 at 08:02 PM
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#2re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:04pmSorry. it was an accident.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#3re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:08pmI feel your pain man. I did the same thing.
#4re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:17pm
Kate- Lippa's The Wild Party
Mimi-Rent
Kate Monster-Avenue Q
Olive Ostrovsky-Spelling Bee
Rona Lisa Peretti-Spelling Bee
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#5re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:19pmNLS, is your computer going to break again any time soon?
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#6re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:22pm
It's a little slower. and my cord is sparking if i move roughly so maybe.
#7re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:23pm
Princeton/Rod-Avenue Q
Leaf Coneybear-The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Bobby-Company
Fabrizio-The Light In The Piazza
The Emcee-Cabaret
#8re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:04pm
(1) Archibald Craven: The Secret Garden
(2) Anatoly/The Russian: Chess
(3) Leo Frank: Parade
(4) Molina: Kiss of the Spider Woman
(5) Leo Bloom: The Producers
Honorable Mention: Seymour: Little Shop of Horrors and Amos: Chicago
#9re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:08pm
my top 5:
-Elphaba in Wicked
-Eponine in Les Miz
-Ulla in The Producers
-Janet Van de Graaf (I can't spell for my LIFE) in The Drowsy Chaperone
-Sally in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
afaye11
Stand-by Joined: 8/7/06
#10re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:32pm
Leo Bloom- The Producers
Princeton/ Rod- Avenue Q
Leaf Coneybear- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Mark Cohen- Rent
Sir Lancelot and others- Spamalot
Updated On: 10/7/06 at 09:32 PM
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#11re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:34pm
I'm sure I have more but right now 3 come to mind.
Kathleen - Last Five Years
Aeriel - Little Mermaid
Glinda - Wicked
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#12re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:41pm
Javert-Les Mis
Phantom-POTO
Marius-Les Mis
Walter-WIW
Fr. Flynn-Doubt
(need to add my sixth)Perchik-FOTR
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:47pm
In order:
The Lady of the Lake, Monty Python's Spamalot
Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd
The Witch, Into the Woods
Dot/Marie, Sunday in the Park with George
Janet van de Graaf, The Drowsy Chaperone
#14re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 10:04pm
Jamie in L5Y
Jon in TTB (which I am currently directing at the moment)
Sweeney Todd
Freddy Benson in DRS
Cat in the Hat Seussical
Freddy Benson- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
#15re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:25pm
Eponine--Les Miz
The Baker's Wife--Into the Woods
Sally Bowles--Cabaret
Kate Monster--Avenue Q
Audrey--Little Shop of Horrors
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#16re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:32pm
Fred/Petruchio- KMK
Tevye- FOTR
Sweeney Todd
Don Quixote/ Cervantes- MolM
Emile- SP
#17re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:40pm
Eliza--My Fair Lady
Sally Bowles--Cabaret
Adelaide--Guys and Dolls
Eponine--Les Miserables
Maria--West Side Story
Too bad only two of those fit my voice.
#18re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:44pm
Anyone of the "Jersey Girls" - Jersey Boys
Reno Sweeney - Anything Goes
Millie Dillmount - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Christine Colgate - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
G(a)linda - Wicked
Updated On: 10/6/06 at 11:44 PM
actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#19re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:45pmI'm surprised more people didn't say Elphaba in Wicked. Hmmm...is this board getting more mature?? Yay!
catsuit
Stand-by Joined: 3/7/06
#20re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:50pm
Johanna - Sweeney Todd
Maureen - RENT
Marcy Park - Spelling Bee
Eponine or Fantine - Les Miserables
Baker's Wife - Into the Woods
#21re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:57pm
Freddy- DRS (And when I get older, Lawrence)
Mark- Rent
Barret- Titanic
Thomas Andrews- Titanic
Fleet- Titanic
...I love the music from Titanic. To perform it live...well, It'd be a dream.
#22re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/7/06 at 12:16am
Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd"
Emcee in "Cabaret"
John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins"
Macheath or J.J. Peachum in "The Threepenny Opera"
Frederick in "A Little Night Music"
Lawrence in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
(Okay, I did six... who cares!)
#23re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/7/06 at 3:41am
In of course no particular order...
1) Mark Cohen in RENT
2) Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q
3) Boq in Wicked
4) Leaf Coneybear or Chip in Spelling Bee
5) Jamie in Last 5 Years
I have always wanted to play Seymour in Little Shop as well, but never auditioned for it yet, but there's always chances around to do that show...
#24re: Your Top 5 dream roles
Posted: 10/7/06 at 3:50am
I'm not too talented anymore, but if I were to put some work into it I'd love to play:
- The Emcee in CABARET
- Cal Chandler in THE FIX
- Curtis in a racially-flexible DREAMGIRLS
- Burrs in Lippa's WILD PARTY
- Marvin in FALSETTOS or IN TROUSERS
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