What are your recommendations for feminist Broadway musicals?

Rent is a pretty clear choice. Inspired by Puccini's La Boheme, it tells the story of a group of Bohemian friends living in New York's lower east side.

What Is Your Favorite Female Empowerment Musical? - Playbill

Wicked has been playing The Gershwin Theatre since 2003. It is considered a top female empowerment musical for its two mighty leading-lady roles.

Musicals that are feminist? : r/musicals - Reddit

Legally Blonde is a bit dated but has some feminist themes! ... Is no one going to say wicked? ... I mean, Fun Home is the obvious one here.

The 10 Most Empowering Broadway Musicals - TheaterMania.com

The 10 Most Empowering Broadway Musicals · 1. Waitress Pies are always on the menu at a small-town diner, and for Jenna, a pie chef trapped in an ...

The best Broadway shows to see for Women's History Month

The best Broadway shows to see for Women's History Month · A Doll's House · & Juliet · Bad Cinderella · Chicago · Wicked · Kimberly Akimbo.

“Six” Reimagines History in New, Empowering Feminist Pop Musical

The day before Broadway shut down in March, I had plans to see the musical “Six.” Upon arriving at the theatre, I waited in a long line and ...

Celebrating Women Musicals | HowlRound Theatre Commons

This question came to me when thinking about Fun Home and Hamilton. Fun Home off- and on Broadway made me so happy. It was the first musical ...

Feminist Stories Are Being Set to a Pop Beat. But Are They ...

The recent musicals “Six,” “& Juliet,” “Bad Cinderella” and “Once Upon a One More Time” take female empowerment as their central theme.

Broadway Adventures: Songs of Female Empowerment

“I'd Rather Be Me” – Barrett Wilbert Reed (Mean Girls: The Musical) · “For Good” – Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked) · “So Much Better” ...

Musical Theatre has a women problem. - The BLACK Project

Theatre is an overwhelmingly male space when it comes to the writers, directors and producers. In an ideal world, we should be able to rely on those men.

An Exploration of Women's Roles and Influence - Broadway Inbound

Crothers penned over 30 plays during her career, addressing feminist issues and pushing the boundaries of the roles women could play on stage.

Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical

However, this is the challenge that Stacy Wolf takes up in this book. Rather, she draws attention to another story often lurking beneath the ...

My Top 6 Favorite Female Empowerment Songs in Musicals

Originally published at Bitch Flicks as part of their “Women and Gender in Musicals” Theme Week. · 1. “Defying Gravity” — Wicked · 2. “I'm Here” — ...

Women Center Stage NYC Reviews | Show Score

Feminist shows on Broadway and beyond championing women & female-centric stories. ; Buy from $112 · 94 · 23K+ Reviews. Open run · Wicked ; Buy from $67 · 92 · 918 ...

What If Musical Theatre Was Made for Women? - HuffPost

A while ago I read Michael Riedel's New York Post article, "A feminist war is being waged at Broadway's Waitress," about how the creative team ...

Gender and Sexuality on Broadway: You Oughta Know Better

Now, a year and half later, I am here to follow up, to check in on the state of gender and sexuality in musical theatre on Broadway—and in ...

OPINION: 'My Fair Lady' blends classic Broadway with feminist themes

“My Fair Lady” is certainly a musical ahead of its time. The show originally debuted in 1956; it's based on the 1913 play “Pygmalion.” But even ...

Feminism and Femininity in Broadway's Waitress

Waitress, the new Broadway musical based on the 2007 movie of the same name, is as feminist as it is feminine. The show has received ...

Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical - Gale

With third-wave feminism as the cultural context for the 2000s, Wolf considers four musicals with a "woman of color protagonist": The Color Purpie, Parade, In ...

Shaina Taub: Making Feminism Sing in 'Suffs' - American Theatre

While many modern Broadway musicals traffic in pop feminism (Six, & Juliet, the short-lived Once Upon a One More Time), Suffs spotlights bona ...