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Article Excerpt
For the most part, Broadway, musicals don't address gender issues directly. But in their sly, underhanded way, they have often managed to comment on them. For example, every lead character Gwen Verdon ever played, from Can Can to Damn Yankees to Chicago, held down a job. They may not have good jobs, but they all make their own way in the world. And Broadway musicals overflow with such women.
Look at the other greats: Ethel Merman, an ambassador in Call Me Madam and a professional sharpshooter in Annie Get Your Gun; Mary Martin, a nurse in South Pacific and a governess in The Sound of Music; Barbara Cook, a librarian in The Music Man...
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