Shows with only 2-3 male singers with many female singers?

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Submitted by VOWELGUY on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 00:00
By VOWELGUY
March 5, 2009
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Does anyone have some good suggestions for musicals with only a few male singing roles (2-3) with many female singing roles? This seems to be our typical search for our annual fall musical at my high school.
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Submitted by Bill Bauser on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:00
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November 13, 2009
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MILLIE is a good show. ANYTHING GOES has lots of parts for females. And, you can switch around some of the support parts to females. I just did BACK TO THE 80's and that's not a good choice for you. I'm doing GODSPELL for some of the same reasons, however, I'm giving it a face lift and bringing into modern day; like the revival that was suppose to be on broadway last year.

Submitted by Matt Corkum on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:00
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November 13, 2009
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Bill, we did Godspell two years ago and we did the same - brought it to modern day. It was very easy to do. I also updated a few of the pop culture references (though not all), to appeal to a wider audience. But Godspell is very easy to manipulate when it comes to males/females.

Submitted by Bill Bauser on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:00
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November 13, 2009
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Matt, I would luv to chat with you in detail regarding you did with GODSPELL. I work at a private catholic high school that has a hugh following and the musical is THE event of the school. Do you have pictures/time available to chat?

Submitted by MarcusW on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 00:00
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By MarcusW
November 13, 2009
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Also, some shows work just fine in school settings with a woman playing a male character. We've had many female Music Men and Willy Wonkas. As long as you don't change the gender of the character and/or any lines, (IE - It's still Mr. Willy Wonka - a male character, just played by a female actor) it often works very well.

Submitted by Kat Harris on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 00:00
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June 26, 2009
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Take a look at Baby--it's only got three male roles, and it's a really fun piece. Dear Edwina is also worth considering; that's got four male roles. You could also think about a song cycle like Songs for a New World. You could do that with just two guys. Hope that helps!

Submitted by Josh Trommer on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 00:00
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April 13, 2009
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Singin' in the Rain could be an option too. There's only 3 male roles/singers in the show: Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown, and the Production Singer for Beautiful Girl.

Submitted by Matt Tamanini on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 00:00
By Matt Tamanini
April 4, 2009
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Once Upon a Mattress has two singing parts that are males. You can change the minstrel and wizard to girls, and that would work fairly well.

Submitted by David Bell on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 00:00
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March 18, 2009
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Annie Jr. has only Warbucks and Rooster featured in featured solos, We had Burt Healy played by a female and the orphans sing Never Fully Dressed anyway.

Submitted by Erik Heitz on Sat, 03/14/2009 - 00:00
By Erik Heitz
March 14, 2009
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1776 is typically done with an all male cast, but I did hear of a rather interesting production of a high school in my hometown that switched all the sexes of the roles which meant only 2 men in the show. It sounds like an interesting concept and could definitely be a great social statement :-)

Submitted by Mike DePope on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 00:00
By Mike DePope
March 7, 2009
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Millie has two male roles and many female singers. It is a great option for female heavy casts.

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