1.  The producer finally cast Finsh in the male lead.

2.  And Brian Stokes Mitchell won the Tony for his performance as the male lead in the show.

3.  Atwater, by virtue of being the best singer and actor who auditioned, was given the male lead of Curly.

4.  A security team confiscated film from one young woman who managed to snap an image of the male lead.

5.  Burns and newcomers Mike McGlone and Jack Mulcahy are admittedly engaging as the male leads.

6.  But that fell through after a suitable male lead could not be found.

7.  But the writers had to create a script with both a strong male lead and a strong female role.

8.  Carter said CBS expressed to him an interest in acquiring a drama with a black male lead.

9.  Chris Cooper in the male lead has a vulnerability, a sense of pain, an emotional honesty, that is inviting.

10.  Corbett was shocked when he was called about playing the male lead.