Sep 11, 2009 — 2:10:55 AM
Maybe this is really obscure, but does anyone notice how the central characters of musicals in the past decades or so, have been in some way a misfit? Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, Elphaba in Wicked, the title character of Phantom, the young characters of Spelling Bee, in her own way, Elle Woods of Legally Blonde, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Caroline in Caroline, Or Change, Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, and many others since at least the late 80's. Maybe a reason many people like musical theatre or...