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Kind Regards,

Jared Wright
Thomaston GA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 10:20
From: Neal Luker
Subject: musical with few male roles

Our school is short of male singers this year and we are looking for a musical that might have several female parts but only two male singing solo parts.  Does anyone have an idea?  We have three or four more guys who might sing in a chorus but are not capable of singing alone.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Neal Luker, Fulton High School, Fultonl Ill.

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We are doing Freaky Friday for this very reason.  There are 2 male roles who have solo songs, but lots of featured female parts, beyond the mother/daughter who switch bodies.

Unfortunately, we struggle to get kids to be involved.  They are in our chorus and featured chorale group - but don't make the transfer to the stage (despite the choral director being a part of our production staff).

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Melissa Mintzer
Willow Street PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 10:20
From: Neal Luker
Subject: musical with few male roles

Our school is short of male singers this year and we are looking for a musical that might have several female parts but only two male singing solo parts.  Does anyone have an idea?  We have three or four more guys who might sing in a chorus but are not capable of singing alone.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Neal Luker, Fulton High School, Fultonl Ill.

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SMILE... by Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch... lesser known and rarely done, but it's a good show and a GREAT show if you have a lot of girls you want to give opportunities to but few boys.  The support materials for the show are very poor; or at least they were six years ago when we did it.  That's a frustration but overall I'd still throw it out as a good and unique option.

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Brett Buffum
Theatre Teacher
Spring Hill KS
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 10:20
From: Neal Luker
Subject: musical with few male roles

Our school is short of male singers this year and we are looking for a musical that might have several female parts but only two male singing solo parts.  Does anyone have an idea?  We have three or four more guys who might sing in a chorus but are not capable of singing alone.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Neal Luker, Fulton High School, Fultonl Ill.

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SMILE... by Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch... lesser known and rarely done, but it's a good show and a GREAT show if you have a lot of girls you want to give opportunities to but few boys.  The support materials for the show are very poor; or at least they were six years ago when we did it.  That's a frustration but overall I'd still throw it out as a good and unique option.

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Brett Buffum
Theatre Teacher
Spring Hill KS
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Mame
Moby Dick (the head mistress is supposed to be in drag but maybe it could actually be a female)
Quilters
No No Nanette (lots of lead women and the songs for the two guys are pretty easy)

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Brandon Becker
Denver CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 10:20
From: Neal Luker
Subject: musical with few male roles

Our school is short of male singers this year and we are looking for a musical that might have several female parts but only two male singing solo parts.  Does anyone have an idea?  We have three or four more guys who might sing in a chorus but are not capable of singing alone.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Neal Luker, Fulton High School, Fultonl Ill.

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Hi Neal,

As a follow-up to Jared Wright's list, when faced with a similar problem in 2018, Thespian Sponsor, Donnie Bryan (Ensworth School, Nashville, TN), asked for permission to adapt the original 6-women Off-Broadway version of BEEHIVE for a larger, mixed high school cast. Donnie's cast had 8 "Beehives," who were the lead female soloists, and a chorus of "girlfriends" and "boyfriends." There were 25+ in his cast, but the show can be performed with as small as 8 - 10 girls and 1-3 boys.

I attended Donnie's production and was so impressed with the adaptation done by Donnie, his daughter, Rachel and the team at Ensworth, that their adaptation became BEEHIVE School Edition. 

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Jim Hoare
Executive Vice President, Education
TRW
Levittown NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 10:20
From: Neal Luker
Subject: musical with few male roles

Our school is short of male singers this year and we are looking for a musical that might have several female parts but only two male singing solo parts.  Does anyone have an idea?  We have three or four more guys who might sing in a chorus but are not capable of singing alone.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Neal Luker, Fulton High School, Fultonl Ill.

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