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Greatest Character
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#25re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:56pmThanks, ponine. I think that character developement could've been better in the musical, but Idina did wonders with what she had.
#26re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:56pmShe's amazing in the book. I love that Maguire was able to take a character that people love to hate, and make her smart, and witty and... *gasp* likeable.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#27re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:58pmJean Val Jean and Javert.... both great, round characters.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#28re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:00pmBut the great thing is, she isn't too likeable. She's smart and strong willed, but not to everyone's taste, just like a real person. It takes a long time for Galinda to start liking Elphaba, and that relationship is well developed. Maguire is excellent at character creation. I also liked how he left her a little mysterious, too. It helps you understand how she could've become what she did.
ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#29re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:02pmyeah. i totally agree. i read gregory's other book 'confessions of an ugly stepsister' and he just works wonders in his books!
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
#30re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:38pm
Mrs. Lovett---Sweeney Todd
Although, I'm surprised these haven't been mentioned yet:
Tevye-----Fiddler
Fagin-----Oliver
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#31re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:46pmThe Emcee in "Cabaret"
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#32re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:48pm
Javert in Les Mis (male)
Little Sally in Urinetown (female)
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
jayem1968
Stand-by Joined: 6/9/04
#33re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 3:07pm
The Emcee in Cabaret - male
Daisy/Violet Hilton in Side Show - female
Everybody goes down well with beer.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
Elphie6689
Stand-by Joined: 7/24/04
#35re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:15pm
Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked.. but more so Glinda
Amneris is Aida
Fanny Brice in Funny Girl
Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde
"And if I'm flying solo.. at least I'm flying free..."
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#36re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:19pm
Too hard...greatest who and why? Most fun? Meatiest? Greatest story arc? Best known?
Some of the greatest characters are the supporting ones.
Teacher510
Understudy Joined: 5/9/04
shavens
Swing Joined: 4/30/04
#39re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:29pmThe many-layered, always surprising Professor Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN. Especially in the talented hands of the great Robert Preston.
TheGirlinTheFrock
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/26/04
#40re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:50pm
have to agree w/ LuvTheEmcee on this one
Emcee in Cabaret is great. (and I am not saying this because adam played the part) Its just has so much depth. "If you could see her" and "I Dont Care Much" are songs that are great examples of that
Hedy LaRue in H2$ - its not the BEST character out there, but it looks like so much fun to play!
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#41re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:55pm
Edgar in Bat Boy is such a complex character; he goes through such a wide range of emotions.
Lucille Frank in Parade is a strong-willed person who defends her husband till the end, while managing to discover love in her marriage.
Just two of my favorites.
#42re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 8:05pm
Female: Eponine from Les Miserables
Male: Rod from Avenue Q!!!!
~~**I've had a knack from way back of breaking the rules once I learned the games**~~
~~**Badger badger badger badger badger...MUSHROOM!!!**~~
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#43re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 8:11pm
Mama Rose - Gypsy
Sweeney Todd
Maria - The Sound of Music
Elphaba - Wicked
Millie - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Eliza Doolittle - My Fair lady
Maureen - Rent
Javert - Les Miserables
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#44re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:09pmI LOVE Amneris in Aida...her "The Daughter of Isis has spoken!" scene is great...and I LOVE the very last scene, when Amneris is watching Aida and Radames, making sure that they see each other...it's beautiful...she's a hilarious character, but there's a lot to her.
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#46re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:26pm
Mrs Lovett and Sweeney in Sweeney Todd
The Witch in Into the Woods
The Emcee in Cabaret
Mark and Roger in RENT
Mama Rose in Gypsy
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
LadyGuenevere
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/03
#47re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:29pm
Someone seriously has to enlighten me on how Elphaba or Glinda in the MUSICAL Wicked are candidates for greatest character...
My list:
Jean Valjean - Les Miserables
Mama Rose - Gypsy
King Arthur - Camelot
#48re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/28/04 at 12:11am
"In your opinion, who is your favorite character to appear in a musical?"
That's why, LadyGuenevere.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
LadyGuenevere
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/03
#49re: Greatest Character
Posted: 7/28/04 at 12:13am
So people can't answer WHY they think so? Are they incapable of backing up an opinion?
Elphaba's absolutely wonderful in the book, but not in the musical. And those are two different things.
And Greatest and favorite are totally different. I went with the title.
Updated On: 7/28/04 at 12:13 AM
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