Fruma Sarah in Fiddler is pretty cool Glinda in Wicked I love the Entrance of "Modern Millie"....OBC... fastest costume change ever
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
Yankeefan007, that's not his first entrance. Are we talking first entrances? Ehhh. Uh, the best? I'd say Roger DeBris in The Producers. I knew it was coming, and it still blew me away. Of course, Carmen's entrance is right up there with his - his walk is hilarious, and I love his line when he answers the phone. "Listen, you broken-down old queen! He was drunk, he was hot, he was lucky. Don't ever call here again!"
I think that's it. *wanders off to put that in her signature*
Well, I don't know it this is a thread about the entrance of the character the first time we see them on stage or anytime they enter the stage.
One of my favorites is the entrance of The Wiz in the Broadway musical of the same name (not that movie of The Wiz that Blows . . . . Chunks!)
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
It's so unexpected, yet consistently keeping in touch with the role and musical.
It makes you feel more like a part of the show. I've seen GYPSY with been Angela Lansbury and Tyne Daly and both times it sent goosepimples up my spine!
It's... THEATER!!! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
i too really like millie's entrance, so simple yet so good. also glinda in wicked
""the gays love their presents. just wave something shiny in front of their faces, you can get whatever you want. Thats how we got manhattan from the gay indians" -Karen (W&G)"
Rose's is so exciting because she walks in yelling from the back of the house, right through the audience. That's a very special kind of effect that can't be beaten by exploding hairspray cans or glass bubbles.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
I have to say the best musical theater entrance ever has to be for Sweeney in "Sweeney Todd." You have the build-up throughout the opening number, and then the chorus, in cresendo, going "SWEENEY, SWEENEY, SWEENEY, SWEENEY, SWEEEEEEEENEEEEEEEY!" And then he appears out of the grave (or the crowd, as in the Hearn-Lansbury video). Friggin' awesome!
I agree that Sweeney's entrance is awesome. I also love Oscar Jaffee's entrance in "On the Twentieth Century." He had to jump aboard the train by hanging on and climbing through a window. Pretty funny.