The Roles I was Born to Play list

I've told some people recently a role or two that I was absolutely born to play.  I thought I might put together a list.  This is kind of a dream role list, but not completely.  I have some roles on my actual list of dream roles that would be a huge challenge for me.  The roles on this list, while they would require a lot of effort, would be amazing to play:

Miss Hannigan in Annie:
It's inevitable that I will eventually be cast in this show and in this role.  She's a classic character role and so deliciously evil!

Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun:
A lead that's a mezzo.  A character part that's a lead.  What more can a mezzo soprano, character actress ask for?

Madame de la Grande Bouche in Beauty and the Beast:
Opera in Musical Theatre.  Helloooooooooo!!!!

Mae Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie:
She's just all around hilarious!

Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel:
Have you heard me sing Mister Snow?  I'll sing it for you. Then you'll know.

Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone
Daffy, goofy, silly...nuff said!

Adelaide in Guys and Dolls:
I love her!  Allow me to sing Adelaide's Lament for you.  It's one of my most favorite songs I've ever done.  And the last time I saw this show, I sat there thinking of all the ways I would play Adelaide different from the girl I was seeing!  A problem would be the dancing, but a creative and patient choreographer could make it work!

The Witch in Into the Woods:
Just an amazing role.  I'd love to do it!

Miss Andrews in Mary Poppins:
Have you heard the song Brimstone and Treacle?  Yeah...I could own that song.  :)

Eulalie McKecknie Shinn in The Music Man:
If you know me and have seen me perform, you are laughing right now.  I am destined for this role.  No question!

Sister Amnesia in Nunsense
Of all the nuns, she's the one I could play the best (I think!)

Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress:
I've always wondered how Mary Rodgers could create a character based on me when I wasn't even born yet!  The first time I saw this show, I sat there in shock.  Winnifred is me.  I am Winnifred.  I could do this role, be myself on stage, and totally pull it off.  This is my #1 Dream Role!!!!

Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music:
I just want to sing Climb Ev'ry Mountain.  Is that so wrong?

Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie:
I knew I wanted this role from the first (and second) time I saw this show.  Classic character part, SO FUNNY!

Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade:
I am very painfully in tune with this character.  I'd like to NOT be.  If you don't know this show, look it up.  Or ask me about it. 

Flashback Friday

Exactly one year ago was our closing weekend of "Little Women"!

I had a BLAST playing Aunt March in this AMAZING show!

Movie Recommendation: Flash of Genius

I like movies that make me think.  Sure, I enjoy mindless comedies (like Tommy Boy), but sometimes I really like a movie I am forced to wrap my brain around (like Million Dollar Baby).  Flash of Genius is one of those movies.  I missed the very beginning, but I saw most of it.  The premise is simple (and it's based on a true story, by the way).  This guy invents the intermittant windshield wiper.  The Ford Motor Co. steals the idea.  This guy spends the next 12 years of his life suing them.  It's a fascinating movie.  Watching one man take on the giant.  It's a modern day David & Goliath, basically.  But here's what you take from it:  was it worth it?  He gave up his entire life, passed up numerous settlement agreements from Ford (one worth $30 million dollars!) just so that they would be forced to admit that they stole his invention.  He alienated his friends, he lost his wife, his kids stuck by him but they didn't have much of a family life because of his endless efforts to take on Ford.  Was it worth it?  You have to ask yourself, if you were in a similar situation...how far is too far?  When should you just let it go?  How much are you willing to sacrifice?

Great movie!  Greg Kinnear is AWESOME!!!!  Highly recommend the movie!

Quote of the Day

Remember when I used to do the Quote of the Day?  Well, don't get excited, because I'm not starting that again.  That was something to kill time (and avoid studying) in college.  But I did find this awesome quote and I have to share it:

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
  - Laurence J. Peter

BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

2 more gripes with the fashion industry

I have complained about stuff in previous blogs.  See below:

http://angelas-old-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/finding-modest-formal-dress.html
http://angelas-old-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-rant-about-clothes-shopping.html

Okay, these complaints don't actually have anything to do with modesty.

1)  SHOES - Why...WHY?...are all the cute shoes high heeled?  Seriously, I walk down aisles and aisles of adorable shoes that have high heels. While I do need all the help I can get in the height department, I very rarely wear high heels.  I find them EXTREMELY uncomfortable.  All the flats I can find don't look as cute.  What's the deal?  Do I have to be in constant pain in order to wear cute shoes?  LAME!!!!!

2)   PANTS - Did pants suddenly get longer?  I'm confused. I used to be able to buy the average length pants and they would be just a little too long.  Lately, I've tried them on and they have been 3 or 4 inches to long!  My problem is this:  I'm 5 feet 3 inches tall.  Technically I should be wearing the short length.  However, most of the time "short" also means "petite"...something I am most decidedly NOT.  I can have my mom shorten stuff for me, but she doesn't always have time to get that done for me.  And she tells me I could do it and I say "Yeah, but I'd like to be able to wear the pants in public."  I'm a horrible seamstress.  Sewing machines and I do not get along.

So, I guess I'm stuck with not-so-cute shoes and pants with ragged  hems from dragging on the ground.  Fan-freaking-tastic!

Theatre Dictionary

I just found this online.  It's too funny not to share!  I don't know who wrote it, but it wasn't me.

Theatre Dictionary
IN is down, DOWN is front
OUT is up, UP is back
OFF is out, ON is in
RIGHT is left, LEFT is right.
A DROP shouldn't and a
BLOCK AND FALL does neither.
A PROP doesn't,
And a COVE has no water.
TRIPPING is okay.
A RUNNING CREW rarely gets anywhere.
A PURCHASE LINE will buy you nothing.
A TRAP will not catch anything.
STRIKE is work (in fact, lots of work).
And a GREEN ROOM, thankfully, usually isn't
Now that you're fully versed in theatrical terms,
BREAK A LEG - but not really!

From the Angela's Crazy-Weird Dreams File...

Last night I dreamt that Michael Buble' came to my office to pay rent (why he was renting from us, I have no idea).  He paid with a stack of 20s, with a random 30 dollar bill mixed in.  I told him that I knew it was fake, because I used to be a bank teller and I can tell those kind of things.  He insisted that it was real and it was just a new currency that the government was introducing a little at a time.  I held it up to the light to see the little security strip on the inside.  It said...are you ready for this?..."Disney".

Don't even try to interpret my dreams.  They make no sense.  I think I have strange dreams because I am a strange person.

Best thing in the whole wide world

Answer:  Ringing the doorbell at my brother's house and then hearing the pitter patter of little footsteps accompanied by a chorus of "Angela!  Angela!"  Door opens.  Big hug from Emily and another "Angela!".  Rebekah, across the room standing on the piano bench calls out "Angela!"  Yes, she can say my name now!  When Emily was that age, she called me "Allah".  (Actually, now that I think about it, Emily actually calls me "Agela" now, which is what Neal called me when he was little.)  More hugs!

Question:  What is the best thing in the world?

Flashback Friday

Meeting Tom Wopat after seeing him in "Annie Get Your Gun"

Circa 2001

(Funny how my initial reaction to seeing this picture is not "Ooh!  Tom Wopat!" but actually "Oh, my GOSH!  We all look so YOUNG!!!!"

Another Soundtrack of my Life Blog

Here's the latest song that makes up the Soundtrack of my life:  I Know it's Today from Shrek the Musical

YOUNG FIONA,
(Spoken)
Settle in girls. It's story time! Isn't this fun? It's like a sleep over,
but instead of a pillow fight, there is an insane dragon who incinerates things.
Now where were we? Oh right,

(Sung)
There’s a princess
In a tower
Oh my gosh, that’s just like me
Poor Rapunzel
Needs a haircut
But the witch won’t set her free
She passes time by singing
Like someone else I know
As years go by she sits and waits…
As years go by? Uh oh
A torturous existence
I don’t remember this part!
She wishes she were dead?
Skip ahead skip ahead!
But in the end Rapunzel finds a millionaire
The prince is good at climbing and braiding golden hair!

So I know, he’ll appear
Cause there are rules and there are strictures
I believe the storybooks I read by candlelight
My white knight, and his steed
Will look just like these pictures!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!
Day number…23.
I know its today
I know its today

TEENSAGE FIONA:
(Spoken)
Oh here's a good one! It's a classic!

(Sung)
There’s a princess
In a coma
Glad its her instead of me.
Pretty maiden
In a glass box
How I wonder does she pee?
Blah blah blah, poison apple
Boring boring evil queen
Filler filler, been there, read that!
Seven shorties on the scene.
Skip ahead, skip ahead…
But in the end the princess wakes up with a start
The prince is good at kissing
And melting Snow White’s heart!

So I know, he’ll appear
And his armor will be blinding!
As shining as his perfect teeth
And then repose
He’ll propose
On one knee
And our prenupt will be binding!
About time we set the wedding date!
Day number…958.
I know it's today.
He’ll show up today....


FIONA:
...ay...
There’s a princess
Any princess
Take your pick, they’re all like me
Not exactly, I’m still waiting
they’re living happily
Ever after better get here
I want love in seconds flat
No one needs these middle bits
(Spoken) Oops, did I do that?

Cut the villains, cut the vamping
Cut this fairytale
Cut the peril and the pitfalls
Cut the puppet and the whale
Cut the monsters, cut the curses
Keep the intro, cut the verses
And the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting
The waiting!

But I know, he’ll appear
Though I seem a bit bipolar
And I’m a vandal now as well, though he won’t mind
I’m a find, I’m a catch
And a very gifted bowler!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!
Day number…

Are you there God?
It’s me Fiona…

ALL FIONAS:
It’s me Fiona!

Now I know, he’ll appear
Cause there are rules and there are strictures
I believe the storybooks I read by candlelight
My white knight, my knight and his steed
Will look just like these pictures!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!

YOUNG FIONA
Day number 23

TEENAGE FIONA
Day number 958

FIONA:
Day number 4823

YOUNG FIONA
I know its today, oooo

TEENAGE FIONA
I know its today, oooo

FIONA,
I know its today, oooo

YOUNG FIONA
I know its today, oooo

TEENAGE FIONA
I know its today, oooo

FIONA,
I Know it's today

ALL FIONAS,
I know it's today!

Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire


For previous Soundtrack Blogs, click these links:


http://tangents-by-angela.blogspot.com/2009/02/soundtrack-of-my-life.html
http://angelas-old-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-song-that-sums-up-my-life.html
http://angelas-old-blog.blogspot.com/2008/10/im-not-that-girl.html