Photo FeaturesLet’s Be Bad: Check Out 17 of Our Favorite Broadway VillainsFrom evildoers we adore to scoundrels we love to hate, revisit some of Broadways most fearsome foes.
By
Marc J. Franklin
July 21, 2020
Alex Brightman
Matthew Murphy
While musicals take the audience along for the hero's journey, Broadway is also filled with a treasure trove of showstopping villains. Whether pure evil or humanized over the course of a story, these adversaries can leave as much of a mark on theatregoers as the protagonist, raising the stakes on a plot while inspiring fear and awe. As Ivy Lynn sang in Smash: “When I'm bad, I'm even better!”
From evildoers we adore to scoundrels we love to hate, revisit some of Broadways most fearsome foes and share your favorite theatre villains.
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Let’s Be Bad: Check Out 17 of Our Favorite Broadway Villains
Let’s Be Bad: Check Out 17 of Our Favorite Broadway Villains
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Les Miserables Playbill - Opening Night, March 1987
Inspector Javert
Photo by Joan Marcus
Thénardier and Madame Thénardier
Once on This Island Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1990
