Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#1Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:16pmWere trying to pick our musical at my high school and we have a lot of girls. Were trying to find a show with a lot good girls parts but also 1 or 2 good guy parts (for me mainly) Any suggestions?
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#2Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:25pm
Nine is the definitive answer but may not be the show your school is looking for.
City of Angels almost fits what you are looking for but, in addition to being a challenging show to do well, might also well be considered too hot a show for a high school.
BroadwayFan1231
Understudy Joined: 10/15/14
#2Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:26pm
Chicago
Little Women
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#3Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:27pm
Doubt they would let you do Nine, but that is one. Probably get away with re-casting for Chicago, but they would probably have an issue with that and Chicago really needs dancing. (At my sons' school, the dancing in most of the shows they did was usually replaced by marching around the stage in time to the music, which meant you really did not want them to do a musical with much dancing).
I am struggling to think of one. How about a revisionist 1776, reversing the roles?
#4Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:37pmThere's always ANNIE
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#5Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:37pmWhile it's not the best of shows, Leader of the Pack is always a fun option. You can have lots of girls singing any one of the numerous songs, and there are only 2 guy roles of any significance.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#6Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 3:47pm
Didn't think of Leader of the Pack. That is not a. Bad idea...not exactly a great show, but I bet it would be very enjoyable on a high school stage. The simpler, the better.
Re Annie, I think that could work too...just make everyone in the chorus female and you only have a few roles that really need to be men...Daddy W., Rooster, and FDR.
#8Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 4:58pmSeussical---Many of the roles could be played either Male or Female (i.e. The Cat in the Hat, JoJo)
#9Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 5:43pm
I agree with Nine as well. But it's probably too adult.
There was an interesting all-woman version of Godspell at a community theater in Flint last year, that could work with just men as Jesus and Judas.
Maybe interesting could be an all-lady version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, just going along with the Miss Alice Nutley thing..."oh, all of the men got sick somehow, we ladies must fill in for them!" Madness ensues in 19th century London.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#10Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 5:49pm
Considering this is a high school play, one that comes to mind is Bring it On.
Might be a fun musical for high school.
Not to be confused with Dave19.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 7:15pm
Except changing the sex of characters is explicitly not allowed and therefore illegal.
Question to the opportunity: are you actually choosing it or just speculating?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#13Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/13/14 at 10:15pm
STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF has one male, numerous females.
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD has three males (one black), two females, and a chorus of "Urchins" who can be either gender.
Both shows have lots of familiar tunes.
StephieElise
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/12
#14Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/14/14 at 4:57am
We did Seussical at my school (an all-girls school, with very few boys from our brother school). We had 6 guys in the cast: Horton, the Mayor, 2 Wickersham brothers (but we also had 2 girls - they added an extra), General Schmitz and Vlad Vladikoff. All other characters were played by girls, including Jojo, the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch. Jojo was actually played as a girl so some of the lines had to be changed (in rhyme!).
I'm sure we got permission to do it, as our director wouldn't be the type to do things illegally. I heard about the hassle he had to go through to get our changes to Into the Woods approved a couple of years later (we added an ensemble), so I'm sure he went through all the correct processes then too. We also weren't the only school to do gender changes to Seussical that year either.
We also did Into the Woods with only a handful of boys and adding a mainly female ensemble. I think there were 6 boys. The Steward and Narrator(s) were played by girls.
Since I've graduated I know they've done Beauty and the Beast, the Sound of Music and Thoroughly Modern Millie, but I don't know how many boys were in those.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/14/14 at 5:48amYes, there are ways to get permission, and as you said, it isn't usually easy. I was specifically referring to the comments about Drood.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Outoftowner2
Stand-by Joined: 1/8/12
#16Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/14/14 at 11:19amSweet Charity is a good one. Great female roles one or two really strong guy roles. Lots of potential for big ensemble numbers.
#17Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/14/14 at 11:30am9 to 5. If your school is just liberal enough to put it on. It's a lot of fun and I think it is hilarious!
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#18Musicals with mainly female parts but like 1 or 2 guys
Posted: 11/14/14 at 4:55pmThank you everyone for your suggestions today we voted and picked Once Upon a Mattress. Thank you for all your help!!!
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