So, I doubt I'll ever get to perform as any of these roles, but I will see them performed. But I can have dreams, right?
Glinda Upland, Wicked. I think she's just the most hilarious little woman in theater. She's just so much shorter, and that's me! But maybe that's just how Kristin Chenoweth (my idol) really MADE the role. But anyways, I think she just gets so much more out of her relationship with Elphaba and her time at Shiz, not to mention the rejection from Fiyero in the end. And her part in For Good is better. :)
Nessarose Thropp, Wicked. I think her obsession with poor Biq--Boq is so funny. Then again, I may just love her because Ricky and constantly sang the Nessa, Boq part in Dancing Through Life at our retreat. Good times, good times.
Lucy Harris, Jekyll and Hyde. The prostitute, yes. She just has better music than Emma does, and her story is so much more tragic. It is a life that she had until Hyde killed her, it was just a crappy one. She seems so intent on making herself better than what she is, and I respect that greatly. I admire her ambition.
Ariel, The Little Mermaid. She is the reason I have dyed my hair bright red three times, got the dream of becoming a mermaid (although her character wants just the opposite--IRONY!!!) and really began to sing. I've loved the movie as long as I can remember, and it would simply be the time of my life.
Rapunzel, Into the Woods. Rapunzel's got the hair. I always used to have "the hair." It was my thing. That's always given me a connection to her. And in Into the Woods, the chick is insane. I just think that makes the most interesting character. You never think about how the solitude Rapunzel faces would affect her and you just get a whole new perspective. The tower isn't romantic. And she gets to scream in the play. I'm a screamer.
Christine, The Phantom Of The Opera. She's the main female, although that doesn't matter as much. (You can tell from my choices of Rapunzel and Nessa.) And the fact that she just gets to be with the Phantom is just...amazing. It's really the most interesting thing, being in the carcasses of the Opera.
