On Broadway...

OK, so I've always wanted to sing on Broadway. Not in the I practice singing for years and years, train my voice, standing in line at 6 AM to audition for show, waitressing to earn money while I live in a tiny apartment with three weird roommates in Hells Kitchen. Just in how I've LOVED Broadway musicals most of my life, have downloaded kareoke versions of some songs so I can sing along and of course, will sing aloud as long as I can to any musical that I can.

So this begs the question.... would I ever to be on Broadway....if I could stand onstage once and perform any role I wanted to.... which one would it be? I can't answer that so here is a list of those roles that I would die to play.

Christine in Phantom of the Opera: First of all, I can't hit every single note that she does (but almost....) BUT we're dreaming now, aren't we? Ever since I heard Sarah Brightman sing this role, especially the one part in "Twisted Every Way" that gives me chills, I've wanted to play this role.
The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: OK, so I'm not exactly sure what her title is so we'll call her Narrator. She's pretty much onstage at all times and she basically tells the story. So she rocks.

Eponine in Les Miserables: Mainly because I can't stand Cosette and I love how caring the men are for her after she's killed for Marius, a dumb guy who loves stupid Cosette. And because I felt sorry for her.

Scaramouch in We Will Rock You: She don't take no crap from no one. Plus, she's got some AMAZING songs and gets to wear one of the coolest costumes ever. But not Crazy Little Thing Called Love, but it's OK because her attitude makes up for it. She puts Galileo and everyone else in their place.

Lady of the Lake in Spamalot: Her role ROCKS! She gets to sing opera, scat, jazz, she's got a whole song about how her part has been taken away from her, and her green dress is fantastic!

Cathy in The Last Five Years: Oh man, her part makes me want to cry. But her songs are out of this world. And heartbreaking. And sometimes I just want to SMACK Jamie for making Cathy so sad. And then I want to smack Cathy for being an idiot and not loving Jamie like she should. Oh man, this show is complicated!

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Susan/Kareess in tick...tick...BOOM: OK, so it would basically be the entire female contingency in this show since the entire cast is two males and one female but still.... she gets to go from an almost strip-tease in Green Green Dress to a fight in Therapy to some amazing duets/trios with Johnny and Michael. And the finale of that show, especially her part at the acapella section is phenomenal.

Mother in Ragtime: She is the strongest character in the whole show and the way that she holds together her family, other families, seemingly the whole Ragtime era is epic.
Elphaba in Wicked: Mostly her over Glinda because I happen to like Idina Menzel a smidge more than Kristin Chenoweth (who I still adore, don't get me wrong....) and also because she ends up with Fiyero (and who doesn't love Norbert Leo Butz...) and her songs are awesome. The one song of Glinda's that I really like is Thank Goodness and is Elphaba sang Thank Goodness, the part would be epic. Although it would be odd for Elphaba to sing Thank Goodness because half of the part is anti-Elphaba.

Now there are lots more that I would play but these are my top ones. I know that Broadway dream will never be fulfilled so for now I'll have to be content with my Original Broadway Cast CDs and my ipod.