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I have to share something I heard this weekend.  

Like Evelyn Glennie, Blue Man Group has helped expose percussion to a mainstream audience. The group now has long-running shows in nine cities around the world, while other productions tour around America.

The show revolves around three blue-faced men who mime and play percussion. The men all look very similar under the blue grease paint: They’re about the same height and seem to have similar faces.

This weekend, I talked with a man who works for Blue Man Group in Chicago. He told me that there previously have been female Blue Men, but that it is rare.

Blue Men have to be the same height (fairly tall) and have similar facial features, he said. Even if someone is an outstanding actor and fabulous drummer, he/she will not become a Blue Man unless he/she fits the physical requirement.

“Women have to look androgynous, so I’m afraid you couldn’t be one,” he told me.

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