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Mark Cohen

Originally played by Anthony Rapp

  • Adorkable
  • Expy: Of Marcello, the painter, from La Boheme.
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Roger.
  • How We Got Here: Inverted by Halloween. "How did we get here, how the hell..."
  • The Ishmael: Mark. There really is no central character, though the movie would like to believe it's Roger, it seems.
  • Jewish and Nerdy
  • Le Film Artistique: Mark's raison d'être.
  • Man Hug: Mark and Roger on several occasions, most notably at the end of "What You Own" (only in the movie, they don't actually see each other in the show).
  • Stepford Smiler: While he's always attempting to be Roger's happy, supportive best friend, the song "Halloween" marks him (pun intended) as someone contemplative, mournful, and terrified of the reality of his situation. And when I capture it on film, will it mean that it's the end and I'm alone?
  • Unreliable Narrator

Roger Davis

Originally played by Adam Pascal


Mimi Márquez

Originally played by Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rosario Dawson in The Movie)


Tom Collins

Originally played by Jesse L. Martin


Angel Dumott-Schunard

Originally played by Wilson Jermaine Heredia


Maureen Johnson

Originally played by Idina Menzel


Joanne Jefferson

Originally played by Fredi Walker (Traci Thoms in The Movie)

  • Closer to Earth: Compared to the rest of her circle of friends, she is the only one with a high-paying, steady, professional career, and is basically the only thing keeping Maureen and Mark from imploding.
  • Expy: To a lesser extent than the other characters, but she does vaguely parallel Alcindoro from La Boheme.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Though mostly because being with Maureen forces her to be extra paranoid whenever it looks like she may be flirting with someone.
  • The Masochism Tango
  • Twofer Token Minority: Black and a lesbian.

Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III

Originally played by Taye Diggs

Secondary

Mrs Cohen


Alexi Darling


The Man


Paul


Mr Grey