Greatest Female Character- Page 3
Greatest Female Character
Wicked_fan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/25/04
#50re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 3:16pm
just a personal favorite...
Penny from You Can't Take It With You
Martha from The Children's Hour
Jo March from Little Women (play or musical)
Millie from Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit"
-Feste from "Twelfth Night"
#51re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 3:26pm
Mama Rose
and going out on limb here:
Margaret Johnson from "Piazza."
Updated On: 2/8/06 at 03:26 PM
#52re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 3:30pmMartha. Though Lola in "Little Sheeba" is great too.
"You've gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are."
#53re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/8/06 at 3:37pmDefinately Mamma Rose, Velma Kelly, or Dolly Levi. Jo March is also fantastic, and, on a slightly different note, I think Golde is a great role. While she isn't the star of the show, her personality comes across as very developed in her lines and actions. There's something about Golde that implies that every man in Anatevka would totally want her, if Tevye hadn't gotten there first. :)
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#56re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 3:24am
I Would have to say in my top 5 (1 highest):
5.Anita
4.Reno Sweeney
3.Sally Bowles
2.Velma Kelly
1.Joanne (Company is my favorie Sondheim musical)
Updated On: 2/11/06 at 03:24 AM
#57re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 10:59am
Mama Rose
Velma Kelly
Baker's Wife
And - in modern musical theatre - Margaret Johnson.
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#58re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 11:24am
MUSICALS:
* Norma Desmond - SUNSET BOULEVARD
* Velma Kelly - CHICAGO
* Anna Leonowens - THE KING AND I
PLAYS:
* Blanche - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
* Martha - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Updated On: 2/11/06 at 11:24 AM
cudramacat
Broadway Star Joined: 6/22/05
#60re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 11:46am
Eliza Dollittle
Roxy Hart
I have to say that I think Belle from Beauty and the Beast is a pretty nifty role, but I'm a Disney fanatic.
"Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets."
-Oscar Wilde
Updated On: 2/11/06 at 11:46 AM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#61re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 2:11pmFor musicals - Rose in GYPSY - no question.
JemimaPearl
Understudy Joined: 5/12/05
#62re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 2:32pmHands down Elphaba in Wicked!
"Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good." -Terrence Mann
#63re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 6:36pm
Elphaba
Margaret Johnson
the daughter who's name I'm blanking on...
Nala :}
Madame Giry
Girls from Jekyll and Hyde
"If someone like you, found someone like me..."
"Shadowland. The leaves have fallen..."
"Once in every show, there comes a song like this..."
"Nobody in all of Oz is ever gonna bring me down..."
"I don't see a miracle shining from the sky..."
#64re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 6:43pmMarian Halcombe
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#65re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 7:35pm
I think there are several:
1) Christine from Phantom
2) Sally Bowles from Cabaret
3) Velma Kelly from Chicago
4) Elphaba from Wicked
I haven't seen Funny Girl or Gypsy so I can't comment on Mama Rose and Fanny Brice, but I have heard they are amazing roles.
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
Doogie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/03
#66re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/11/06 at 10:19pm
erm
Maria in Sound Of Music (Oh I am so maudlin today, but she really has an amazing journey)
Anna-The King And I
Julie- Show Boat
Lili- Carnival! (she has like 15 songs)
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PalaceRent06
Understudy Joined: 1/18/06
#67re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 9:01am
**NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER**
velma kelly
mama rose
bakers wife
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
OSTRICH
Swing Joined: 1/4/05
#69re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 9:44am
Amneris
Aida
Donna
Anne Catrick
Marian Halcombe
Updated On: 2/12/06 at 09:44 AM
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#70re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 10:00am
A few come to mind, all so different I'm not sure I can say "greatest."
Musicals: Mama Rose
Eliza Doolittle
Dulsinea (talk about character development)
perhaps Marion Halcombe
Plays: Martha
Blanche
Madam de Muirtille (Les Liaison Dangereuse)
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
#71re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 12:06pm
Mame Dennis....."Mame"
Mamma Rose......"Gypsy"
#72re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 12:13pm
Amneris in AIDA
Cathy in LAST 5 YEARS
Witch in INTO THE WOODS
Fantine and Eponine in LES MIZ
Glinda in WICKED
Esther Smith in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
Mother in RAGTIME
Reno in ANYTHING GOES
Eva Perone in EVITA
Grizzabella in CATS
Emma in SONG AND DANCE
"The only way we live beyond our lives is to connect and carve ourselves into the souls of those we love." -Little Fish
#73re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 12:13pm
I am just flustered how some can think Elphaba, Jo March, and Mille can compare to the great roles of Momma Rose, Mrs. Lovett, Evita, Mame, Sally Bowles, Velma Kelly (and so many more.)
There is just no comparion.
*I am talking about musicals only.*
Updated On: 2/12/06 at 12:13 PM
#74re: Greatest Female Character
Posted: 2/12/06 at 12:18pmI forgot about FOSCA----definetly one of the greatest female characters
"The only way we live beyond our lives is to connect and carve ourselves into the souls of those we love." -Little Fish
