[Sweeney Hyde]

What roles would you want if you were the opposite sex? I know it is kind of an odd question...but everyone knows they have thought about it before. Mine are:
Mama Rose in Gypsy
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Christine Daae in Phantom of the Opera
Mme. Thenadeir in Les Miserables

[my_work_my_name]

Nah, it's not an odd question...here are mine:

Florence - Chess
Dot - Sunday in the Park with George
Eva Peron - Evita
Velma Kelly - Chicago
Mother - Ragtime

[Orestes Fasting]

The ones that come immediately to mind are Sweeney Todd, Javert in Les Misérables, the Emcee in Cabaret, and Ko-Ko in the Mikado.

[Salome]

King Arthur
Henry Higgins
Sweeney Todd
Judas
Leading Player
Emcee

[Luc]

I would really want to be Mayzie or Gertrude in Seussical: The Musical!.

And maybe... you know what... I've never really thought about it. Maybe Belle or Babette.

[Da_Dark_Dude]

mrs lovett
grizebella
elphaba
mary mag
all the les mis girls
christine
nancy

[bwayluvor31]

Sweeney Todd
Don Quiote
Bobby - Company
Billy - Carousel
Jack - ITW
Pangloss - Candide
Tody - Victor Victoria

[Luc]

Little Red - ITW
Rusty - Footloose!
Glinda - Wicked

[opheliarose]

Iago
Judas
El Gallo
Sweeny Todd
Emcee
Pseudolus
Che Guevara
Tevye

I could go on and on...

[christinadaae]

The villian in the musical of musicals: the musical

[lostquiche]

All my favorite parts are guys!!

Enjy-Les Mis
Raoul-Phantom
Scar-Lion King
Seymour-Little Shop
Rum Tum Tugger-Cats
Jack-ITW

[Rachel W.]

I think some of the cool parts I could play if I were a guy would be the Major-General in "Pirates of Penzance" (even though I really can't sing that fast), Uncle Max in "The Sound of Music", and Jesus or Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar".

[Aimee]

All the tenor roles, they get all the best ones.

I'm coming back as a Tenor. I don't even have to be a really good tenor, just be able to sing the notes, be ok looking and able to walk. People would then bend over backwards to give me the roles!

[Cake_in_Song]

Sweeney Todd, Jack in ITW, Dickon from Secret Garden, Che Geuverra in Evita. There are probably others, but I can't remember them right now.

[Theaterfan101]

Well, I get to play alot of guy roles already so I don't really know. Since most of the best roles are written for men it is hard to decieded. I think it would be fun to be Mr.Bumble in Oliver!

[Eponine93]

Hmm... can we age ourselves?

1. Enjolras- Les Miserables- According to an online test, I am 60% Enjy... He also is the most likely Les Mis boy to fall for me... I'm a Les Mis character quiz addict...
2. Rod- Avenue Q- I think I could really have fun with the character
3. Jimmy "Thunder" Early- Dreamgirls- That would be entertaining
4. The Phantom- Phantom- EVIL! EVIL!
5. Tevye- Fiddler- He's quite different from me, so that would be fun and challenging...

[what_the_heck013]

This has been asked before.
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
Reno in Anything Goes
Joanne in Company
Sally in Cabaret
Luisa in the Fantasticks
Desriee Armfeldt in A Little Night Music
The Witch in Into the Woods

Lady Macbeth in Macbeth
Kate in Taming of the Shrew
Lady Bracknell in the Importance of Being Earnest

I'd love to one day start an all-male theatre group... or one that has men play some female roles.

[BEaSTARandSINGlove]

Sweeney Todd
Seymour
The Beast
Man in Chair

[Eponine93]

SEYMOUR!! How can I forget Seymour?

[Beagle On Stage]

I could play the Hell out of Luisa in "The Fantasticks," Eva in "Evita" and Reno in "Anything Goes." All I need is boobs and my feet about four sizes smaller.

[Amber]

Emcee- Cabaret
Frank N Furter- Rocky Horror Show
Billy Flynn- Chicago
Lenny- The Rink
Mack Sennett- Mack and Mabel
Roger, Mark or Angel- RENT
Leading Player- Pippin
Valentin- Kiss of the Spider Woman

[I Love Lockstock]

Officer Lockstock--Urinetown
Bobby Strong--Urinetown
Baker--Into the Woods
Aladdin--Aladdin
Max--The Sound of Music

[Matthew]

Mama Rose
Baker's Wife
Mama Rose

JOANNE!

[metaphor17]

The only male parts I've really felt compelled to play were
Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar
Charlie Brown in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
and
Jekyll/Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde

[metaphor17]

oh and Mark Cohen in RENT.

[broadwaybaby124]

Javert-Les Miserables
Bobby Strong-Urinetown
Fiyero-Wicked
Man in Chair-Drowsy Chaperone
Jack-Into the Woods...hell, i'd play Jack as a girl.

[Lena]

Hmm.... Definitely Billy Flynn in Chicago. Then.... probably Henry Higgins in MFL and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Scar in The Lion King would be quite attractive too !

But in general, I'd still prefer the female parts

[Roger's Chica]

I don't really think about this a lot, since I never ever have a chance of being a guy....
But if I were a man, I'd sing "The Streets of Dublin" all the time. For everything.

And actually... maybe I'd want to play Leo Frank. Because it looks like a ridiculously challenging role.

[dcrowley]

Hmmm... I would have to choose

1. Eponine/Fantine in Les Mis
2. Christine in Phantom
3. Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde
4. Janet in Drowsy Chaperone
5. Nancy in Oliver
6. mayzie in Suessical

[Cake_in_Song]

SWEENEY FRICKING TODD.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't realise that this was an old thread, and I'd already answered. Oops.

[Kaaatrina]

Oh well. There's no harm in reviving an old thread.

Seymour - LSOH
Roger - Rent
Aladdin or Jafar - Aladdin

[EponineMNFF]

I always think about this! Hahaha!

Valjean - Les Mis
Javert - Les Mis
Horton - Seussical
Sweeney Todd - Sweeney Todd
Bobby - Urinetown
Baker - Into the Woods
Simba - The Lion King
Man in Chair - The Drowsy Chaperone

[broadwayxdoll]

charlie brown or linus. definately

[Ariel]

the only one that's coming to mind right now is moritz steifel.
oooh also roger from rent

[Laura]

henry higgins
javert
sweeney todd

[Elfie Lou]

Fiyero - Wicked
Joseph - joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

[candydog]

Belle - Beauty and the Beast
Galinda - Wicked
Mary Poppins
Millie - Thoroughly modern millie

[pish123c]

Roxie-Chicago
Kate-The Wild Party (Lippa)
Fantine-Les Miserables
Elphaba-Wicked
Hodel-Fiddler on the Roof
Rizzo-Grease
Mimi-Rent
Maureen-Rent

[phantomphan85]

Audrey II - Little Shop of Horrors
Javert or Marius - Les Miserables
The Phantom - PotO
The Engineer - Miss Saigon

[PappyCat]

Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast
Thenardier in Les Mis
Max Bialystock in The Producers

[lola]

Even though everyone has already said these, cause they're the good ones . . .
Valjean
Jekyll/Hyde
Emcee
The Engineer
Judas
El Gallo

[qpidsangel]

Don Quixote - MoLM
Tevye - Fiddler
JoJo and/or Horton- Seussical
Elliot Garfield - Goodbye Girl
any of the guys from Aspects of Love

I had more... but now i forget.

[Quique]

Carlotta - The Phantom Of the Opera
Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd
The Witch - Into the Woods
Eponine - Les Misérables
Eva Peron - Evita
Magnolia Hawks - Showboat
Sheila - A Chorus Line
Velma Kelly - Chicago
Florence - Chess
Kim - Miss Saigon
Aurora - Kiss Of the Spider Woman
Dot - Sunday In the Park With George
Acid Queen - Tommy

[wicked_boy]

Glinda all the way, she gets to fly, act blonde, change so dramactically, cat fight and loads more.

Also, maybe Narrator in Joseph. Or Mary in Mary Poppins. Or Sharpay in HSM.

[Broadway-diva]

I would LOVE to be:

Val Jean -"Les Miz"

Don Quixote -"Man of La Mancha"

Yonger Brother -"Ragtime"

......OMG there are so many

[darthlorexa]

I would want to be:

The Phantom - Phantom of the Opera
Judas - Jesus Christ Superstar
King Arthur - Camelot
Mark - Rent
Frederick - The Pirates of Penzance
Ralph - H.M.S Pinafore
Ko-Ko - The Mikado

[going_like_elsie]

Well, I would have to be a man AND much older for most of these:

Professor Harold Hill (The Music Man)
Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady)
Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha)
Javert (Les Miserables)
The Baker (Into the Woods)
Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Leo Frank (Parade)
Alfie Byrne (A Man of No Importance)

Wow... there are some awesome roles out there for guys- the bastards...

[nycbound]

Leading Player-Pippin
Bobby-Company
Che Guevara-Evita
Javert-Les Miserables
Henry Higgins-My Fair Lady
King Arthur-Camelot

[thewordisno]

God, there's far too many...
Top Eleven, backwards ala Letterman:

11. Anybodys from West Side Story
10. Aunt Eller from Oklahoma!
9. Kim from Bye Bye Birdie
8. Maria from The Sound of Music
7. Anita from West Side Story
6. Lady of the Lake from Spamalot
5. Wendla from Spring Awakening (esp. if Jon Groff were still my leading man)
4. Miss Mona from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
3. Shelia from A Chorus Line
2. Peggy from Godspell (I'd love to sing By My Side)
1. Eva Peron from Evita

[ConverseSneaker]

Baker in ITW
Lumiere in BATB
The Phantom-POTO
Leo Bloom-The Producers
The Cat-Seussical
Thenairder- Les Mis

[ErikProuvaire]

Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd"
Johanna in "Sweeney Todd"
Eponine in "Les Miserables"
Cosette in "Les Miserables"
Christine Daae in "The Phantom of the Opera"
Meg Giry in "The Phantom of the Opera"
Olive Ostovsky in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
Little Red in "Into the Woods"

[Bookworm]

Lumiere. Definitely Lumiere.

[Eponine93]

I've got to add more. I would kill to play any of the guys in 1776, particurally the ensemble. I'm an ensemble girl through and through, and 1776 has one of the greatest ensembles in any musical, with plenty of little parts that could be so much fun to ham up. Right now, I want to play Witherspoon because the guy who was Witherspoon in the production I saw was "making his stage debut" (in other words, he was in the show because he had a penis and couldn't act to save his life) but I would kill to play any of the guy roles.

Has anyone seen that done, where one of the little ensemble roles was played by a woman? I've always thought because of the wigs and everything, if you couldn't find 25 men it wouldn't be such a tragedy to throw a deep-voiced woman in there (keeps the audience guessing).

[Lepitot]

Elphaba - Wicked
Lola - Damn Yankees
Reno - Anything Goes
Lady of the Lake - Spamalot
The mom in Bye-Bye Birdie
Maureen - RENT
Belle - Beauty and the Beast

[Che]

just to be clear, i posted who i want to play in drag in another thread. these are different. lol

florence in chess.
dot in sitpwg
anita in wss
the baker's wife in itw
sally in follies
ado annie in ok
meredith in bat boy
eva peron. yeah

i think that's all.

[Bagel]

[Che]

[broadwaybelle22]

I'd want to be the Beast -BandTB
Perchik in Fiddler on the roof
Raoul in Phantom of the Opera
Javert in Les Mis
Marius in Les Mis
The Bishop in Les Mis
Mark in Rent

[mizzie]

Tobias from Sweeney Todd...how many times have I said this, again?
Mark from Rent...I would rock the La Vie Boheme dance.
Claude from HAiR...I can do a sweet rendition of Where Do I Go.
The Plant from Little Shop of Horrors...there should be a colourblind casting thread.
Leaf Coneybear from Spelling Bee...so sweet.
Judas from JCS...I just want to belt Heaven On Their Minds.

[ActingDude17]

Elphaba in Wicked
Peter Pan in Peter Pan
Nancy in Oliver!

[broadwaybelle22]

[Glissando]

Archie or Dr.Craven in Secret Garden
Joe in Sunset Boulevard

[Glissando]

[BroadwayObssessed]

The Artful Dodger- Oliver!
Ren- Footloose
Jack- ITW
Riff- WSS

[Bubblan]

Gaston – Beauty and the beast

Ever since I saw the sow I wanted to play him. And many more, but that’s the only one I can remember today.

[Vice]

Erik (The Phantom) ~ POTO
Narrator / MC Fly ~ Sera Myu StarS Kaiteiban
Scar ~ Lion King
Macavity ~ CATS
Electra ~ Starlight Express
CB/Caboose ~ Starlight Express
Greaseball ~ Starlight Express

[Mademoiselle Lanoire]

Neville or Dickon in the Secret Garden
Alexsandr Molokov in Chess
Rooster Hannigan in Annie
Harold Hill - the Music Man
Che - Evita
Franz Liebkind - The Producers
Henry Higgins - My Fair Lady

[broadwaybelle22]

[Webster]

[broadwaybelle22]

[pish123c]

[broadwaybelle22]

^Nobody ever said this was for broadway. Community theatre doesn't do 8 shows a week. And what about all the young Simbas ect. on broadway? They're alowed to do a number of shows a week.

[dcrowley]

"A woman playing peter pan can make peter seem like a little boy. A Man playing peter pan is creepy. Imagine a thirty year old guy coming in your window dressed all in green with tights and asking you to "fly" with him."

Can anyone say Michael Jackson?

[Lepitot]

[pish123c]

[Jordan]

[eXcessDrama]

Hmmm I'd want to be

Jimmy - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Link - Hairspray
Jack - Into the Woods
Bloom - The Producers

[Roger's Chica]

I'll be honest. I did a community production where Peter was playing by a FANTASTIC 13-year-old boy. We were concerned that his voice might change during the production and the woman who played Mrs. Darling ended up having to hide out in the house they build for Wendy during... "Mysterious Stranger" (is that right?) because he couldn't hit those notes and she could... but overall, he was FAR better in the role than any of the flouncy girls would have been.

In fact, he was in the top 20 of Canadian Idol during the second season, did some correspondance work after he got voted off and now is in a couple of commercials around.

[vanillabean]

In no particular order:

Fiyero - Wicked
Raoul - PotO
The Phantom - PotO
Horton - Seussical
Frank N Furter - Rocky Horror
Puck - Midsummer Night's Dream
Any of the guys from Avenue Q
Beast - Beauty and the Beast
Mary Sunshine - Chicago
Joe Vegas - Fame
Jesus - Godspell
Street Singer - Threepenny Opera

[musical4eva]

Fiyero- Wicked (don't shoot me)
ValJean- Les Mis
Dandy Dan- Bugsy Malone

[Eponine93]