"A woman in a traditional male role is really scary for people," she said.

She is well known for playing both male and female roles.

No regular male roles were introduced until later in the series run.

"Why can't I be considered for a leading male role?"

When I write some of these male roles, men seem to identify with them.

There are two major male roles, each for a different type of dancer.

However, because of the difficulty in casting the key male role, the film was not made.

He'd thought to cut his hair, shift back to a male role, but that wouldn't work.

We also need men's groups which themselves tackle the question of their own male role.

When his voice changed, he would be given adult male roles.