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1. This lady took her place on the stage in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway. She is a talented performer both on and offstage: once a dancer in a double act with her sister, during the course of the show she resides in a county jail for the murder of her sister and husband, after discovering them in a more than friendly position. With the help of a skillful lawyer, the lady manages to escape execution on the simple claim that "they had it coming". Who is the female I am referring to?
2. "So welcome all ye bright young ladies!" Come on down to the hotel Priscilla, run by our next villainess. This woman, once a stunning actress, lost all of her potential and credibility when she was kicked out of the chorus for a show. "I was too good for the chorus," she remarks. To get her revenge, she runs the cozy but chaotic hotel often inhabited by young wannabe actresses, hoping to spoil their plans as well by sending them to a slavery ring in South East Asia. She only has one requirement to export the young girl to another country: she must be an orphan, so no one will notice the girl's disappearance. And when young but rich orphan Dorothy Brown shows up on the steps of the hotel, our villainess is more than willing to spare a room for her. What wicked woman am I speaking of?
3. After staying at the Priscilla Hotel, how about a pie or two? This next villainess is not all she appears to be, and is in fact not revealed to be as ill intentioned as she is until the end of the musical. Running a less-than-successful pie shop in London, our lady laments how no one will try her pies due to the shortage of meat - causing her to resort to using whatever she can find to fill the pies. In the musical, she takes a liking to the struggling Sweeney Todd, a former barber who has just returned from prison, bitter for being falsely charged by a corrupt judge so he could seduce Sweeney's wife. Our villainess recognizes Todd as the man he used to be - Benjamin Barker. Although he takes on the new name to successfully get revenge on the judge, his passion for doing so is taken to a new level when our lady reveals Todd's wife committed suicide after the judge took her by force. Or has she? At the end of the musical, Todd unwittingly kills his wife - the person he was murdering - all brought on by the villainess' lie, so she could have Todd for herself. Who is this deceitful woman I speak of?
4. "I used to dream that I would meet a prince, but God almighty, have you seen what's happened since?". This female villainess comes from a musical spawned off the famous French novel "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo. Unlike our other female villainesses, this woman does not pay for her crimes, and, in fact, is one of the few characters alive by the end of the musical. Married to a man she considers incompetent, she works with him in thievery and looting, taking on many different roles for his hoaxes. The lady is also very abusive towards lead female character Cosette, whom she takes in as a child for money, only to force her into rags and make her the family maid. At the end of the musical, she and her husband manage to sneak into Cosette's wedding to manipulate her and her husband one last time. Who is the lady I speak of?
5. Our next femme fatale is the definition of the "Devil's Advocate". No, really. Her master, the devil, makes a deal with baseball fan Joe Boyd, to turn him into a young, talented slugger so he may play on the unlucky, losing Washington Senators baseball team, and drive them to victory. The devil asks for Boyd's soul in return. When Boyd convinces the devil to allow him a chance to step out of the contract if necessary, the devil becomes determined to make Boyd accept his eternal damnation - the first of his many ways being this young beauty, a seductress who promises to seduce Boyd to where he wouldn't want to return to his old life. What is the name of the devil's advocate?
6. Our next lovely lady comes from the 1952 movie "Singin' in the Rain", which, in 1983, was adapted into a musical for Broadway. While this woman may appear dazzling at first glance with her stunning looks, nothing can make up for her shrill, ear-piercing voice. Because of this, the actress is presented problems when "talkies" or films with audio are introduced - pushing the acclaimed silent movie actress into a dilemma. Even more problems arise when her costar (and supposed love interest) Don Lockwood falls for the gifted singer Kathy Selden, who dubs over the shrill actress' voice in the new film in secret. When the actress finds out, she demands Kathy's identity never be revealed to the public, pushing Kathy's potential as a star back to square one. Who is this devious diva?
7. Our next villainess is a lady of many nasty habits - her most notable one being abusing little girls. Although she runs an orphanage, she hardly enjoys her job, despising every one of the little girls she takes in - especially 11-year-old Annie, who irritates the lady to no end with her constant escape attempts and plucky attitude. She only begins to hate Annie more when Annie is taken in by the very rich Mr. Warbucks. Envious and upset of the child's luck, she calls upon the help of her brother Rooster, and his girlfriend Lily to devise a plan to rob Warbucks of his money, and Annie of her happiness. What lady of lucklessness am I speaking of?
8. This aging but attractive lady comes from a musical set in the 1960s. Winning the title of "Miss Baltimore Crabs" through manipulation in her salad days, this beauty queen continues her practice of dishonesty by vowing to win her just-as-nasty daughter the title of "Miss Teenage Hairspray". When a talented newcomer attracts the attention (and votes) of the crowd, our lady decides to wreck havoc on the young girl's life, staging an affair between her and the girl's father, and many more illicit practices. What bold beauty am I referring to?
9. This royal pain takes to stage in an adaption of the classic tale, "The Princess and the Pea". Haughty and vain, this queen cannot bear to give up her throne to another woman, and so she prevents her darling son from ever marrying, going to the most extreme measures possible. Her authority is put in jeopardy, however, when a far away princess arrives to her kingdom, odd but seemingly able to fulfill every task the queen gives her, while winning the heart of the prince as well. Angry and threatened, the queen comes up with a plan to test the girl on something she will surely fail at - sensitivity. And she does so by placing a single pea underneath twenty mattresses for the princess to sleep on, to see if she is a delicate as a princess should be. Which regal lady am I speaking of?
10. Our last lady of honor brings new meaning to the saying "No good deed goes unpunished", and does not quite fit into the category the other ladies have, being the only one with noble intentions. Flying to the stage in 2003, this woman attends a university, struggling with the overwhelming prejudice against her all the while. Things start looking up for the lady, as she slowly develops an unlikely best friend and is invited to meet "the Wizard" because of her magical capabilities. However, it all goes awry when our lady discovers this "Wizard" is less than honorable. His horrible intentions to create a lower class for talking animals by stripping them of their speech causes our lady to walk out on him. Soon, the Wizard has all of the city hunting and fearing her, labeling the girl as a "wicked witch". As her best friend, sister and lover all fade away from her side, the lady cannot help but truly accept her title and become the thing she never wished to be: wicked. What female am I referring to?
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