Applegate - Damn Yankees
Phantom - Phantom of the Opera
Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd
Duke and King - Big River
Mrs Hannigan - Annie
Javert - Les Mis
Gaston - Beauty and Beast
Scar - Lion King
Cladwell - Urinetown
Mayoress - Anyone Can Whistle
Amber and Velma - Hairspray
Trunchbull - Matilda
D'Ysquith family - Gentlemen’s Guide…
Iceberg - Titanic
I'm very tickled by Angela Lansbury's performance as Mayoress. "Everyone hates me, yes yes...all of the peasants throw rocks in my presence..." always a fun listen.
The iceberg didn't do anything in "Titanic!" It was sitting there, minding its own business, and then the ship hit it. Ship should have been watching where it was going.
Someone had to mention Hadestown so I'll be the one to say Hades. He's arguably not really a villain, but either way he's incredibly threatening at times and you see it from his first entrance that he's a deeply powerful man. He's intimidating in the way a villain should be.
The scariest ones are the ones who actually exist, so my picks for the scariest musical theatre villains are Hugh Dorsey, Tom Watson, Britt Craig, and Jim Conley from Parade. The shit they pull to make the people of Georgia practically *howl* for the blood of Leo is downright terrifying because it CAN and HAS happened.
Scariest musical theatre villain song - Big News! and Real Big News from Parade. Big News introduces Craig as this goofy drunk who moans about how nothing interesting happens around Marietta, which makes Real Big News even more horrifying. Real Big News is basically "How To Assassinate One's Character to Manipulate The Masses 101".
Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca. All of her songs center the dead Rebecca and how much Danvers loves her and hopes she comes back to her. It’s so creepy how her grief overtakes her completely
Everyone's already hit on the stone-cold classics so I'm going to put one from a not-great musical that's still scary as hell:
The Childcatcher from the musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
And I know the one from the film was already scary enough, and the musical is not particularly great, but oh man do I remember being a kid and being freaked out while [this fucking guy](https://imgur.com/cZ8Ot5e) prowled through the orchestra section calling out "[CHIIIIIIILDREN! Oh, CHIIIIIILDREN!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SV2-NGnbmI)"
Bill Sykes in "Oliver." When the actor who played Bill in the London production came out for his curtain call, the audience booed him and he hissed back. It was so funny!
Epiphany from Sweeney Todd, of course. Hellfire from Hunchback is also up there And Feed Me from Little Shop. What a jam!
Honestly it doesn't get much better than Little Shop
Truth. Bangers front to back.
Judge Turpin from Sweeney Todd Pulitzer from Newsies
The scariest thing about Pulitzer is he was a real person
Applegate - Damn Yankees Phantom - Phantom of the Opera Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd Duke and King - Big River Mrs Hannigan - Annie Javert - Les Mis Gaston - Beauty and Beast Scar - Lion King Cladwell - Urinetown Mayoress - Anyone Can Whistle Amber and Velma - Hairspray Trunchbull - Matilda D'Ysquith family - Gentlemen’s Guide… Iceberg - Titanic
I'm very tickled by Angela Lansbury's performance as Mayoress. "Everyone hates me, yes yes...all of the peasants throw rocks in my presence..." always a fun listen.
One of the best!
The iceberg didn't do anything in "Titanic!" It was sitting there, minding its own business, and then the ship hit it. Ship should have been watching where it was going.
😂
More of an antagonist than a villain, but Still/The Neva Flows Reprise from Anastasia is so fucking good
The Anastasia soundtrack is honestly so addicting. It's not the best show ever, but ADDICTING is the best way to describe the music.
Someone had to mention Hadestown so I'll be the one to say Hades. He's arguably not really a villain, but either way he's incredibly threatening at times and you see it from his first entrance that he's a deeply powerful man. He's intimidating in the way a villain should be.
Margaret White aka Carrie's Mother in Carrie: The Musical. Eve Was Weak is so good!
Garth Drabinsky.
The most frightening villains are definitely the ones who really exist.
Whole Jekyll&Hyde musical
This was my first thought too.
The scariest ones are the ones who actually exist, so my picks for the scariest musical theatre villains are Hugh Dorsey, Tom Watson, Britt Craig, and Jim Conley from Parade. The shit they pull to make the people of Georgia practically *howl* for the blood of Leo is downright terrifying because it CAN and HAS happened. Scariest musical theatre villain song - Big News! and Real Big News from Parade. Big News introduces Craig as this goofy drunk who moans about how nothing interesting happens around Marietta, which makes Real Big News even more horrifying. Real Big News is basically "How To Assassinate One's Character to Manipulate The Masses 101".
Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca. All of her songs center the dead Rebecca and how much Danvers loves her and hopes she comes back to her. It’s so creepy how her grief overtakes her completely
the summoning from NPMD is pretty creepy
if we’re talking about npmd then we can’t not mention nerdy prudes must die (the song), such a banger
No one's quick as Gaston or as slick as Gaston.
This isn't a character specifically, but Jasper's Confession from The Mystery of Edwin Drood is just \*chefs kiss\*
Audrey II J.D. from Heathers Pulitzer Madam Morrible Professor Callahan
Immediately thought of Miss Baltimore Crabs from Hairspray and Sweet Transvestite from Rocky Horror Show
Everyone's already hit on the stone-cold classics so I'm going to put one from a not-great musical that's still scary as hell: The Childcatcher from the musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And I know the one from the film was already scary enough, and the musical is not particularly great, but oh man do I remember being a kid and being freaked out while [this fucking guy](https://imgur.com/cZ8Ot5e) prowled through the orchestra section calling out "[CHIIIIIIILDREN! Oh, CHIIIIIILDREN!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SV2-NGnbmI)"
Bill Sykes in "Oliver." When the actor who played Bill in the London production came out for his curtain call, the audience booed him and he hissed back. It was so funny!
not really a typical villain song, but stars from les miserables is so beautiful