| Reality check: the out-of-work Broadway casts of SHUFFLE ALONG, THE COLOR PURPLE, MOTOWN, PORGY & BESS, ALLEGIANCE... | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 12:52 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| In reply to: re: I'm tired of 'token' minority performers in the ensembles of Broadway musicals. - dlevy 12:37 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| ... are currently waiting tables or busting their asses in theme parks and cruise ships because apparently there aren't enough road companies of THE LION KING, HAMILTON, THE BOOK OF MORMON or THE KING & I to employ them all. The Broadway cast of MOTOWN can't even do their tour; it's now Non-Equity. I'm sure any number of those Broadway performers are gainfully employed in regional theaters. Or paying the rent with TV and film work. But you can't tell me that the insanely talented ensemble of SHUFFLE ALONG isn't talented enough to be booking Broadway shows. The directors and casting directors of Broadway clearly prefer to fill their stages with white people. Tell me that isn't true? It's obvious. I'm just a rando bitcher on a message board. But yes. A social movement should happen. At the very least, a gumshoe reporter should track down the out of work people from those casts and ask them how things have been going since their shows closed. That would make for a sparkly news story. - GMB |
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