Favorite songs (by character)
Favorite songs (by character)
DigificWriter
Leading Actor Joined: 1/23/12
#1Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/14/15 at 10:35am
Hi, all. I was inspired to create this thread after discovering Jesus Christ Superstar and randomly realizing that Judas' Heaven on their Minds and the Mary Magdalene-led Could We Start Again, Please? are my two favorite songs from the show, which led me to think of some of my other favorite individual songs from other musicals and the characters who sing them, which got me wondering about other Broadway fan's favorite songs for a particular character, so I figured I'd ask the question by creating a bit of a game. I'm going to post a show and 3 characters from said show, along with my favorite individual song sung by that character, and then invite others to do the same. We'll start with JSC:
Jesus - Poor Jerusalem
Judas - Heaven on their Minds (as mentioned)
Mary Magdalene - Could We Start Again, Please? (as mentioned)
Note: After 3 replies for each show and associated group of characters, I'll be posting another show and group of characters, so please respond quickly.
#2Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/14/15 at 8:54pm
I think three replies per show might be a bit too many, as we'd probably get a lot of duplicate picks. Maybe each poster can pick the show for the next person to do, and so on and so forth? So you just did JCS, I'll do A Funny Thing...Forum.
Pseudolus: Comedy Tonight
Philia: That'll Show Him
Hero: Impossible
And I want the user below me to do...RENT!
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luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#3Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:01pm
Tom Collins - I'll Cover You Reprise
Roger - One Song Glory
Maureen - Over the Moon
Next show: West Side Story
Updated On: 8/14/15 at 09:01 PM
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#4Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:07pm
Tony: "Maria"
....and I think that's the only solo song in the entire show, unless you kinda-sorta-not really want to count "I Feel Pretty" for Maria?
Next show: Wicked!
Updated On: 8/14/15 at 09:07 PM
DigificWriter
Leading Actor Joined: 1/23/12
#5Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/14/15 at 9:19pm
I like the idea of doing it the way you suggested much better, although I was actually hoping to see what other people would list for the same character(s) in a given show.
Anyway, I digress.
I really want to answer the RENT question, so I'm going to answer both it and the WSS one:
RENT
Tom Collins - I'll Cover You (Reprise)
Angel Dumott Schunard - Santa Fe
Roger Davis - Your Eyes
Mark Cohen - What You Own
Mimi Marquez - Light My Candle
West Side Story
Tony - Tonight
Maria - Me Siento Hermosa (I Feel Pretty)
I don't like Wicked, so I'll forego answering that question, but I'd like to put forth a suggestion for The Sound of Music.
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 09:19 PM
Ranger Tom
Leading Actor Joined: 7/6/14
#6Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:54am
I'll do Wicked:
Elphaba: I'm Not That Girl
Elphaba: No Good Deed
Elphaba and Glinda: For Good
Next: Man of La Mancha
#7Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:09am
MAN OF LA MANCHA:
Aldonza: Aldonza
Sancho: I Don Quixote (his part)
Alonso Quijana: Dulcinea
Next up: SHE LOVES ME
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Updated On: 8/15/15 at 03:09 AM
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#8Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:34am
She Loves Me
Amalia - Ice Cream
Georg - She Loves Me
Ilona - A Trip to the Library
Next up: A Little Night Music
#9Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:54am
SHE LOVES ME:
Amalia: Dear Friend
Ilona: I Resolve
Georg: Tango Tragique
Next show: Follies
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#10Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 3:57am
FOLLIES
Sally: In Buddy's Eyes
Phyllis: Ah, but underneath
Buddy: Buddy's Blues
Ben: The Road You Didn't Take
Next show: Chicago
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 03:57 AM
#11Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 5:34am
Chicago
Velma Kelly - "I Can't Do It Alone"
Roxie Hart - "Nowadays"
Amos Hart - "Mr. Cellophane"
Next: "The Bridges of Madison County"
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 05:34 AM
Julie Yard
Stand-by Joined: 8/29/13
#12Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 7:46am
For Bridges..
Another Life - Marian (that song will not leave my head!)
Always Better - Francesca, Robert and Co.
It All Fades Away - Robert
Next ... Oklahoma!
Dolittle
#13Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 8:22am
I'm Just A Girl Who Cain't Say No - Ado Annie
People Will Say We're In Love - Laurie, Curly
Many A New Day - Laurie
Next American Idiot
I Can Has Cheezburger With This?
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 08:22 AM
DigificWriter
Leading Actor Joined: 1/23/12
#14Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 10:54am
I'm gonna do both American Idiot and, just to put it out there again, The Sound of Music:
American Idiot
Whatsername - 21 Guns (she leads most of the singing, so I'm calling it her song even though other people might call it an Ensemble song)
Johnny - Last of the American Girls/She's a Rebel
St. Jimmy - The Death of St. Jimmy
The Sound of Music
Max - There's No Way to Stop It
Maria - I Have Confidence
The Captain - Something Good
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 10:54 AM
#15Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 10:58am
I'll do A Little Night Music
Desiree: Send in the clowns (obviously)
Fredrik: Now
Madame A.: Liasons
The Chorus: Remember
Next person is Cabaret
#16Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 11:55am
Cabaret
Cliff: Why Should I Wake Up?
Sally: Cabaret
Fraulein Schneider: What Would You Do?
Next... Anyone Can Whistle
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#17Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:27pm
Anyone Can Whistle
Fay Apple - Anyone Can Whistle
Cora Hooper Hoover - Me and My Town
J. Bowden Hapgood - Simple
next: South Pacific
#18Favorite songs (by character)
Posted: 8/15/15 at 2:35pm
South Pacific
Nellie: Honey Bun
Emile: This Nearly Was Mine
Cable: You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
Next... Camelot
Updated On: 8/15/15 at 02:35 PM