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Quote hobbyactor Replybullet Topic: Favorite Roles - Updated!
    Posted: 11/02/12 at 1:19pm

I found an old thread on favorite roles, but thought it might be fun to revisit the topic since that one was several years old.

So, what are your favorite roles or favorite shows for directors?  What are your dream roles that you haven't yet had the opportunity to play?

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Quote hobbyactor Replybullet Posted: 11/02/12 at 1:24pm
I'll start with my own list.
 
Favorite Roles:
Mary Matthews - State of the Union
Louise - Guilty Conscience
Andy - Stepping Out
Crystal - The Women
Twink - Christmas Belles
 
Dream Roles:
M'Lynn - Steel Magnolias
Claire - A Delicate Balance
any role in one of the Farndale plays
any role in Almost Maine (may be getting too old for this one!)
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Quote edh915 Replybullet Posted: 11/03/12 at 4:29pm
Favorite Roles (when I was young):
Don - Butterflies Are Free
Andy - Star Spangled Girl
Telephone Repairman - Barefoot in the Park

Favorite Roles (since I got old)
Lear - King Lear
Beverly - August: Osage County
Frank - Over the River and Through the Woods
Andrey Botvinnik - A Walk in the Woods
Teddy - Faith Healer

Dream Roles I'd love to play:
Lear - King Lear (due to insights gained since the first time I did it)
James Tyrone - Long Day's Journey Into Night
Joe Keller - All My Sons
Grandpa - You Can't Take It With You
Arthur Przybyszewski - Superior Donuts

Favorite Plays I've Directed:
The Fantasticks
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Enchanted April
Art
Visiting Mr. Green

Dream Plays I'd Like to Direct:
Hamlet
The Seagull
A Majority of One
Arcadia
Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard
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Quote falstaff29 Replybullet Posted: 11/03/12 at 10:19pm
Favorite roles:
Pepe in A Bicycle Country
Jim in The Glass Menagerie
Stanley in The Birthday Party
Shrdlu in The Adding Machine
Byrd in A Soldier's Play
Leslie in Seascape

Dream Roles (while I'm still arguably young enough to pull them off):
Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Jeff in Lobby Hero
Cliff in Side Man

Dream Roles (when I get old enough):
Bri in Joe Egg
Leontes in The Winter's Tale
Matt in Talley's Folley
Ulysses in Troilus & Cressida
Mendip in The Lady's Not for Burning
Moss in Glengarry Glen Ross

Dream Plays I'd Like to Direct:
Betrayal
Invention of Love
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Quote Rorgg Replybullet Posted: 2/15/13 at 10:25am
Favorites I've played:
Horton (Seussical)
The Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance)
Will Barfée (25th Annual...Bee) ... also, Panch.  Loved this show both times.
Audrey II (Little Shop)
 
Dream roles:
Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd)
The Baker (Into the Woods)
Tevye (Fiddler on the Roof)
Max (The Producers)
Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha)
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