Oh, and Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls - I probably could pull that one off, with enough rehearsal and accent training.
Oooh, ever since I was a lass of 12 (25 odd years ago) and would dance around my room listening to the soundtrack to Chicago, I’ve wanted to play
Matron Mama Morton
I can belt out a tune like nobody’s business and have the bod to bump and grind with.
Since the Biblical account has Mrs. Pilate giving her husband the dream, this is only setting accounts right.
I’d love to be Mrs. Thenardier in Les Miz. She gets the best lines. Or Honoria Glossip in By Jeeves, so I could sing “It’s A Pig.”
I’d like to play Jekyll but not Hyde.
Gavroche in Les Mis (London version, with “Little People” in full)
Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods (oh, the fun I could have with Mr. Wolf!)
Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls
But, then again, I am something of a show-off, and I like having big show-stopping production numbers.
Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to The Forum.
Or Anna in Pete Griffin Presents “The King and I”
Dang.
Make that: Peter Griffin Presents “The King and I”
Ellen in Miss Saigon would be a big one for me. Also, Sally Bowles in Cabaret!
I’ll be reprising the role I had in my senior year in high school -
Jim, The Gentleman Caller in Glass Menagerie .
Also, I’d like to Mama Rose in “Gypsy.”
“YOU’LL BEEEEEEEEEEE SWELL!
YOU’LL BE GREAT!
GONNA HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD ON A PLATE!
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES!”
I only wish I had the balls to play Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.
You probably do. It’s the boobs that you need. (BTW, Michael McKean… what were they thinking? I love him in Christopher Guest movies but “big blonde and beautiful” he ain’t.)
More of mine:
Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge (there’s talk of it being a stage show)
Juan Peron in Evita
Has Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ever been made into a musical? I’d kick ass as a singing Big Daddy (“for an old magnate with cancer/he’s one helluva dancer… and he’s our Big Daddy…” or “lemme tell ya sumpin Brick/if you wanna get her pregnant you gotta give her your… love”)
(If I were more femme I’d say Eulalie McKechnie Shinn from Music Man as that’s a perfect role for a man in drag)
Am I getting whooshed?
No law says he has to be white, and also no precedent – Jesse L. Martin was the original Tom Collins and he’s decidely not white. Subsequent cast choices have also been black. What am I missing?
My next post, in which I said I made a typo.
I’d love supporting, not starring, roles, myself. So -
Nicely Nicely, from Guys and Dolls. I love “Sit Down!”
Also, I’d love to get into Gilbert & Sullivan roles, which haven’t yet been mentioned here:
Pirates of Penzance I’d love to be Sam, or better still, the Sergeant of Police.
The Mikado Poo-Bah! I WANT to be ‘insulted’ with great regularity!
And, while it is a lead role, Ko-Ko, would just be too much fun.
Alas, I can’t act, or sing. (Well, at least. I do sing, lots. Just not well. Growing up I was only allowed to sing while mowing the lawn.)
By the way – a bit of a hijack that probably belongs in GD, but this being a forum and a thread steeped in Broadway… here it is.
In discussing the recent PBS “Broadway” series at work, I’ve gotten a few comments along the lines of, “Showtunes are for [gay men].”
Now, I certainly agree that Broadway performers probably include a higher percentage of gay men than, do, say, longshoremen, but I refuse to accept that the mere appreciation of showtunes, and fandom for particular shows, is a particularly gay-skewed area of interest.
Where does this come from?
Oh. :smack:
Javert or Thernandier from Les Mis. Right vocal range and I love both characters. The one I’d play kind of depends on my mood.
And even though it may be a little high for me (although I think I could manage). Joseph from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Fantine in Les Mis, the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, and though I’ve largely grown out of my fondness for Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, I have to admit I’d love to play Evita.
Maureen in Rent would be fun too. “Moo with me!”
Oh, I didn’t specify “musical”—in fact, I named Taming of the Shrew and Rain as two shows I’d like to do.
So, Big Daddy away!