stage musical character

C3724
concept

A stage musical character is a fictional persona created for live theatrical performance, whose personality, actions, and development are expressed through a combination of dialogue, song, and often dance within the narrative of a musical.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
stage musical character canonical 110
stage role 40
rock opera character 2

Instances (156)

Instance Via concept surface
Cassie in A Chorus Line
surface form: Cassie
stage role
Ruth Sherwood (character from "My Sister Eileen")
surface form: Ruth Sherwood
Sally in The Who's Tommy (Broadway cast)
surface form: Sally
Principal Rosalie Mullins
Miss Geist
Aunt Eller
Usnavi de la Vega in In the Heights
surface form: Usnavi de la Vega
Jesus of Suburbia rock opera character
Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
surface form: Sally Brown (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Andrew Carnes
Ivy Smith
Rona Lisa Peretti
Vice Principal Douglas Panch
Chip Tolentino
Connor Murphy
Larry Murphy
Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon
surface form: Elder Cunningham
Zoe Murphy
Prick Up Your Ears (stage role) stage role
Mitch Mahoney
Jared Kleinman
Cynthia Murphy
Mame
surface form: Mame Dennis
La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) stage role
Francesca da Rimini (stage role) stage role
Gioconda (stage role) stage role
Cavalleria rusticana (stage role) stage role
Lydia Deetz
Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival) theatrical character portrayal
Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music
surface form: Captain Georg von Trapp (The Sound of Music)
Mayor Shinn
Rolf Gruber
Queenie
Joe
surface form: Joe (Show Boat)
Gleb Vaganov in Anastasia
surface form: Gleb Vaganov
Liesl von Trapp
Oreste in Hadestown stage role
Lola in Damn Yankees
surface form: Lola (Damn Yankees)
Nickie in The Pajama Game
surface form: Nickie
Max Detweiler
Queen Aggravain
Prince Dauntless
Lady Larken
Damian Hubbard
Janis Sarkisian
Louisa von Trapp
Motormouth Maybelle
Link Larkin
Wilbur Turnblad
April Darling