1. Kim from Miss Saigon i've always wanted to do this role, seeing as it's Asian and not in a satirical, stereotypical Asian way. Kim has beautiful songs, like I'd Give My Life For You, or Sun and Moon a duet with the male lead, and it's just one of those roles that i think every young asian singer would like to do. plus lea salonga is one of my idols, and anything she's done, i'd like to do well, too. PLUS i would get to work with an adorable like asian child :) :) :) :) :).
2. Galinda/Glinda from Wicked there's no complicated reason as to why i'd like to be a blonde, very white good witch. i want to spit in the face of the odds....i'm a tanned, black-haired short asian girl. i'd like to get airbrushed caucasian, put on a natural-looking curly blonde wig, wear dresses, and be bubbly. at the same time--
3. Elphaba from Wicked i'd also like to be elphaba from wicked. just because her songs are so AMAZING. i like this version of defying gravity, because it's eden espinosa's last show, and she's my favorite elphaba. she starts crying at some point, and even though it severly screws up her singing, it's really touching.
4. Grown Nala from Disney's the Lion King i've alllways loved the role of Nala, especially because of her song shadowland. soooo pretty :).
5. Belle from Disney's Beauty & the Beast i'd like to break the mold of belle being white. the most well-known broadway belles have been white, white, black, then white again.
6. Lucy Harris from Jekyll & Hyde lucy harris was played by linda eder, who also happens to be one of my idols. i love her role, a prostitute who meets mr. hyde and becomes taken with him :). Linda Eder singing Man of La Mancha from Don Quixote. amazinggg.
7. Eponine from Les Miserables another role that was done once by lea salonga, who later went on to do Fantine as well :). Les Miserable 10th Anniversary Concert with amazing colm wilkinson, lea salonga, judy kuhn (who did pocahontas !!!! BAAH), and michael ball. audio isn't totally synced perfectly, so don't look at it too closely or you might get a headache like i did, but it was cancelled out by the amazing audio :).
and just for the heck of it, here's a video of the 10th anniversary concert of the 17 jean valjeans. really moving. moved me straight to tears :)
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Very nice list. I would love to do some of these as well, especially Belle and Elphaba. My dream role is Maureen from Rent, though. =)
Les Miserables may be my favorite book of all time.