Gender In Musical Theatre

cptofthehouse
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:53:37 +0000

Without doubt, there were more females than males auditioning. If the spots are 50/50 or even 60/40 in favor of the girls, the odds are statistically against them. As to the quality of the males vs females, I cannot tell you. One hears opinions, but how true it is, I don’t know. I saw plenty of very handsome males, gorgeous girls, enough to fill the roster of even the largest MT programs at my son’s auditions, so I find it hard to believe that there is a dearth of talented, tall, handsome males for the spots. As for talent, the little glimpses I saw, showed a amazing abundance of talent. Very competitive field with a lot of very competitive kids.