I did get to play a witch in Macbeth, which was great. I always wanted to play Mercutio, the best part of Romeo & Juliet, and Iago, greatest Shakespeare villain of them all.
The most fun I’ve ever had onstage was in The Fantasticks, as The Man Who Dies. I’d love to play Ell Gallo though. But dream role? Sweeney Todd.
Aaaand it appears you’re me. Rock-hard atheist, die-hard fan of Jesus Christ Superstar, would love to play Judas, can’t sing worth shit, beans, dirt or tiny papier-mache frogs.
Ooh, good ones! I briefly toyed with the idea of auditioning for the part of Lady Bracknell in my college play (picture it, a 6’2" 19-year old male weighing about 160 pounds before the drag - I think I could have pulled it off!) but I was too chicken. I had Edith Evans down pat, too.
My pick would be Cyrano. Besides the fact that it’s my favorite play and my favorite character in any drama, it’s that rare lead that does not require good looks. The part also speaks to me on a personal level, although I am no hero and definitely no poet, nevertheless I yearn to be that man.
Roddy
I would love to play Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross. I have half of that guy’s lines memorized already.
You stupid fuckin’ cunt.
Oh absolutely! Or any other Merman role. Or Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Or Dolly Levi . . . but not as a woman, only as a female impersonator doing Carol Channing.
But if I really had unlimited talent, I’d want to do Sondheim. Probably George in Sunday in the Park . . . .
I’d love to do John Adams in 1776.
One major problem, I’m female.
If I was a guy, my top pick would be Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon. I know most people thought the movie was crap, but it’s one of my favs.
As a girl, I’d love to try Velma Kelly in Chicago (although who could ever top Bebe Neuworth?), or Eponine or Fontine in Les Mis.
Although, my number one choice of musical roles has to go to Lola in Damn Yankees, simply because it was the first role I became obsessed with playing at the age of seven or eight. I actually used to put on strip tease shows singing “Whatever Lola Wants” for my parents (way before I understood what a strip tease was)! I guess my mom never set me strait because she was just so happy that I was into musical theatre as much as she was!