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re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals.
Posted by: dlevy 12:06 pm EDT 10/25/17
In reply to: re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals. - dlevy 12:02 pm EDT 10/25/17

I did a quick Google search, and while I didn't see anyone reporting on the most recent study, apparently the study from the previous season revealed "79.8% of attendees during the 2014-2015 season were Caucasian, which follows a similar pattern in ethnic attendance since 1998."

As I'm sure you know, there's a big chicken-or-the-egg discussion about whether producers don't produce more kinds of stories with more kinds of casts because the audience isn't there, or whether the audience isn't there because they aren't seeing themselves reflected on stage (and producers often don't know how to reach them).
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re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals.
Posted by: lowwriter 12:14 pm EDT 10/25/17
In reply to: re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals. - dlevy 12:06 pm EDT 10/25/17

Hmm...Gold Mountain, a musical by Jason Ma about the Chinese building the railroad in California, was given a concert version last Saturday at the Times Center. I've seldom seen so many people of Asian descent in a theater in NYC.
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You didn't see Allegiance? (nm)
Posted by: skier74 09:59 pm EDT 10/25/17
In reply to: re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals. - lowwriter 12:14 pm EDT 10/25/17

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re: You didn't see Allegiance? (nm)
Posted by: KingSpeed 02:00 am EDT 10/26/17
In reply to: You didn't see Allegiance? (nm) - skier74 09:59 pm EDT 10/25/17

The word was "seldom." Allegiance and Miss Saigon are exceptions.
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