‘“The crisis is not with performers, it’s with new writers. All the British guys who have written successful, good new musicals in the last 20 years have been getting on a bit. There’s Elton [John] and Andrew and I, but where are all the young guys?”It never occurred to Sir Tim to ask, “Where are the women writers?”
HER TURN ON STAGE - Barnes, pg. 8
Famous Female Musical Theatre Performers
Her Turn on Stage: How to Handle a Woman, pg. 9
Are male writers and producers deliberately removing women from center stage and demoting them to ensemble roles, or is this simply a reflection of the changing style of the genre?
“How to Handle a Woman?” - Camelot
“Society has moved on in the 50-plus years since Camelot premiered, but the genre of musical theatre has not. This vision of a world where women are unquestioning and childlike, requiring nothing more than the love of a good. man to be content, still pervades many. of the shows we see today, and not just revivals."
When will the musical catch up with the rest of society? Is this image of a woman as something that has to be “handled” really a true reflection of the views of the men creating musical theatre today? If it is not, why do they persist in allowing it on the stage? My belief is that it never occurs to them to question it.”
HER TURN ON STAGE, Barnes, pg. 14