{"id":1473,"date":"2016-10-26T17:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T17:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2018-08-30T20:22:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T20:22:02","slug":"feed-me-seymour-tenterrifying-broadway-villains-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/feed-me-seymour-tenterrifying-broadway-villains-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Feed Me, Seymour: Ten Terrifying Broadway Villains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3>Feed Me, Seymour: Ten Terrifying Broadway Villains!<\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/big-rob_ward_headshot-e1459393391834.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by Rob Ward<\/p>\n<p>October 26, 2016<\/p>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>10. The Phantom of the Opera<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/39a9c5a7-ab0b-482d-9b45-18eb32161749.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s <em>The Phantom of the Opera.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> His opera writing skills.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Fine-fitted tuxedos with matching half-mask.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapon of Choice:<\/strong> Chandeliers.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemy:<\/strong> Raoul, trying to take his boo, Christine.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> The Red Death, and romance.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Sing for him \u2026 Or else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>9.\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tumblr_n9ugkr9Duz1r42zfzo1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\">A<strong>s Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Giving his enemies a KILLER shave.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> A wide variety of barber aprons, usually sporting a blood stain or two.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapon of Choice:<\/strong> His friends, a.k.a. a fine quality set of shaving razors.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemy:<\/strong> Judge Turpin.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> An obsession with revenge.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Do NOT try the meat pie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>8.\u00a0Tyrone the Puppet<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tumblr_ndszaqM3JG1qe6vjyo1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Hand to God.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Using unpuppet-like language, creating sin in the hearts of puppet-loving church folk.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Soft and friendly, even though he\u2019s possessed by the spirit of Satan.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapon of Choice:<\/strong> His puppet teeth.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemy:<\/strong> Jason, his puppeteer.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> Hammers, anything requiring him to use hands, since they\u2019re just felt.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Don\u2019t stick around for the puppet show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>7.\u00a0Miss Trunchbull<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chris-sieber-matilda.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Matilda.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Using capital punishment to keep kids like Matilda in order at Crunchem Hall Elementary.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Big and burly.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> Revolting children.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapon of Choice:<\/strong> Her burly arms, hammers, chocolate cake.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> Matilda\u2019s magic.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Her:<\/strong> You better behave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>6.\u00a0Audrey II<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Little Shop of Horrors.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> An appetite that goes well beyond plant food.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> A strange and unusual plant.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemy:<\/strong> Seymour.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> Hunger.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Watch out &#8212; he\u2019s a mean green mama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>5.\u00a0Javert<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tumblr_n7l9rnZZlp1srnui5o5_250.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Les Miserable.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Dedicating his life to hunting down Jean Valjean.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Stiff and brooding.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> Jean Valjean.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapon of Choice:<\/strong> His rapier and his stone cold heart.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> His hopeless devotion to uphold the law.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Don\u2019t even so much as look at a loaf of bread.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>4.\u00a0Patrick Bateman<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tumblr_o7w7dxvS7Z1tf1k7vo9_250.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>American Psycho.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Slicing, dicing, and chopping up his companions.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Tanned and decked out in the most trendy high-end 80\u2019s fashions (tighty whities included).<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> His own imagination.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapons of Choice:<\/strong> Axe and Chainsaw.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses<\/strong>: His love of 80\u2019s rocker Huey Lewis.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Don\u2019t go back to his apartment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>3. Jason \u201cJD\u201d Jean<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2-4.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Heathers, The Musical.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Killing off the popular hierachy at Westerburg High School.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Long black jackets and brooding teen angst face.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> The Heathers.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapons of Choice:<\/strong> Drain cleaner, guns, and explosives.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> His love of Veronica Sawyer.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Him:<\/strong> Buy him a Slurpee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>2.\u00a0Annie Wilkes<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-10 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Misery.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> <em>Misery.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Known For:<\/strong> Her short and violent temper despite being \u201cYour biggest fan.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Cutesie homely sweaters and skirts.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> Writers who try to kill off her favorite characters.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapons of Choice:<\/strong> A sledge hammer.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> Her love for the character Misery.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Her:\u00a0<\/strong> You\u2019re probably already her prisoner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4>1.\u00a0The Sunday Matinee Patron<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-11 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wichitagrandmas.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>As Seen In:<\/strong> Theatres all across the country every Sunday afternoon.<br \/>\n<strong>Known For:<\/strong> loudly asking, \u201cWhat did he say?\u201d after every third line of dialogue on stage.<br \/>\n<strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Blue puffy hair, and reflective glasses.<br \/>\n<strong>Arch Enemies:<\/strong> The ushers who didn\u2019t put her in the second row center seat she prefers.<br \/>\n<strong>Weapons of Choice:<\/strong> Hard candy wrappers.<br \/>\n<strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong> None. She can\u2019t be defeated.<br \/>\n<strong>If You Meet Her:<\/strong> She will tell you that you seem like a nice young man or young woman, but you need to learn to talk louder on stage.<\/p>\n<br><h3>Like articles like this? Check out more below<strong>!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/statements-that-make-theatre-kids-cringe\/\">Statements That Make Theatre Kids Cringe<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/the-ten-commandments-for-actors\/\">The Ten Commandments for Actors<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/you-might-be-a-theatre-kid-if\/\">You Might Be a Theatre Kid If\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><hr \/>\n<h5><em><strong>Rob Ward<\/strong>\u00a0is a freelance show writer and director and a resident improv performer and instructor at Orlando\u2019s SAK Comedy Lab.<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5>Thumbnail image from Little Shop of Horrors. 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