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I agree with you 100%.

It depends and varies. They are the same build of microphone but its entirely up to the the individual about how they will personally *wear* the mic. Some men wear theirs tucked up under the top flap of their ear if they don't have a lot of hair or don't wear a wig. Most women wear them up in...

No, they don't. The most commonly-used mics are the small ones seen in this picture below (Idina Menzel in "Wicked"). They are easily hidden inside a wig or a performer's hair and are only really visible if you *really* want to look at them.

Julie Andrews had all the training under the sun but she barely scraped through "My Fair Lady" unscathed. I think if singers had the choice I'm sure they'd all want the extra precaution of a mic.

Burt Bacharach needed a specific balance between the orchestra and vocals for "Promises Promises". After that the use of mics on stage began to be much more widespread.

One of the first Broadway shows which used the now-common body mics and an amplified chorus was "Promises Promises" in 1968.

I know. The mics used in all the big Broadway shows are quite small and discreet. The comparison is ridiculous. No show I've ever seen has used those face-hugging 'stadium' mics.

Julie Andrews has said in interviews that she wished that such microphones were around in 1956 when she played in "My Fair Lady". Undergoing a weekly regime of vitamin shots and living like a nun during her spare hours did absolutely nothing to prepare her for the intense strain of singing the...

The microphones are usually very discreet, hidden in hairlines or in wigs, etc. They are often flesh-toned too. Personally, with the intense amplification needed in doing musicals today, I don't believe that we can ever go back to those unamplified days. Just impossible.