title role
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He co-wrote and played the title role in a Dostoyevsky trilogy for the Bristol New Vic company in 1980-81.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Roles outside of the Queen of the Night included the title role in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” the princess in “The Snow Queen,” Zerlina in “Don Giovanni” and Pat Nixon in “Nixon in China.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
With the title role in coming-of-age teen drama Dawson's Creek, he walked some of the industry's hottest red carpets, and his face plastered magazine covers - one even dubbing him a "new superstar".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
She explored similar themes of subversion in the movie “Hedda,” a moody remake of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” with the title role reimagined as a bisexual, biracial woman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
We were supposed to be doing Peter Pan for the winter musical, and I was basically dying to play the title role, but it was canceled too.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
