Gender In Musical Theatre

snapdragonfly
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:15:33 +0000

MTguyMom - his friend, and I would think her mother, should surely know by now, it’s an entirely different game for the guys. You are thoughtful to be sensitive about telling her of your son’s embarrassment of riches, but really, you can’t compare what a guy gets to what a girl gets…we keep hearing of ratios of two to one girls to guys. Yet how many shows are almost the reverse ratio? There are a few female heavy shows out there, yeah, there’s a few, but there’s so many more that community and high schools just laugh bitterly at because they take 12 talented guys and 3 girls. hahaha no, not when they have to go begging for men.

On the national level and on Broadway there’s actual and really stiff competition, though not as much as the girls.

But even at college, it’s still a lot easier for the guys simply because of the numbers, and I don’t think anyone doesn’t realize that.