Musicals with great female leads!!
Musicals with great female leads!!
#0Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:48am
Hey guys, my school has asked us for ideas for the next musical, so being a female, I obviously want to suggest one with a great female lead. Any suggestons?
There is also another strong female, and 2/3 males who would need good roles. Help and ideas would be very much appreciated!!
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#1re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 3:51am
Gypsy
Seussical (it does provide many songs and scene opportunities for many)
um...3 o'clock A.M. brain fart, sorry.
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#3re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 4:19am
kiss me kate
sound of music
oliver!
gypsy
lsoh
Jesus Loves You... Everybody else thinks you're an idiot!
#4re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 7:42am
Gypsy
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Hairspray
Cabaret
Wicked
My Fair Lady
West Side Story
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#5re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 7:49amI've always thought of Evita as a good ensemble show and a star vehicle, because there aren't many solos or lines given to basically any other women besides the mistress and then there are three leading male roles.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#6re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 8:50am
Funny Girl
Jekyll and Hyde
Putting It Together (2 Women, 3 men)
Hello Dolly
Music Man
Sluggy
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#7re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:17amWonderful Town
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#9re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:23am
Little Shop...
Once on this Island
uh. uh.....
#10re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 9:27amAida has two great female leads.
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
PJ
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#12re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:11amGuys and Dolls ... 2 Female lead 2 Male leads and 1 male with a tenor solo. :)
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#14re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:25amI 3rd the Evita vote. My HS did it while I was there.
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#15re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 10:29am
Evita is fourthed.
If that's a word, and if it's not - I just made it up.
Me, I like to live.
Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.
Me, I like to laugh.
Me, I like to love.
#16re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:11am
MAN OF LA MANCHA gets my vote! Aldonza/Dulcinea is an amazing part!
Here are some shows with great female leads and supporting roles in them that I think a high school could do and that aren't done by every school across the nation.
* = "dance" shows
THE BOYFRIEND*
CITY OF ANGELS
CLOSER THEN EVER
DAMN YANKEES!*
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
THE GOODBYE GIRL
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
MY FAVORITE YEAR
NEW GIRL IN TOWN*
NO NO NANETTE*
THE PAJAMA GAME*
PROMISES, PROMISES
REDHEAD*
SHE LOVES ME
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
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apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#19re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:32amcity of angels sounds perfect for what you're looking for. also it's a great coleman score and it's not often produced.
#20re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 11:49amLittle Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Grease, Chicago, Gypsy
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minimel8817
Understudy Joined: 9/29/04
#21re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 6:45pmif your looking for a hsow to do with a school , i would suggest an older musical...its easier and cheaper to get the rights. our school did Hello Dolly this year and it had an incredible female character (Dolly)! a really strong lead...it was a blast
#22re: Musicals with great female leads!!
Posted: 6/29/05 at 6:47pm
Chicago
Sweet Charity
Wait, if this is high school. I don't recommend these two shows.
Updated On: 6/29/05 at 06:47 PM
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