Last year, Ali Ewoldt made history as the first Asian-American to star in ''Phantom'' on Broadway. (Her mom's Filipino; her dad's Caucasian.)
And browsing thru the cast headshots, there are Asian-American gals in the ensemble: Satomi Hofmann, Jolina Javier, Courtney Kristen Liu.
Meantime, to give credit where credit is due, the Broadway and touring casts of Disney's ''Aladdin'' look quite diverse indeed.
You see Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Latinos ... but, ironically, why don't we see more performers of Mideastern/Arabic descent?
Surely, there must be some. ''Aladdin's'' been playing since 2014. Has Disney scouted musical-theater schools, etc., for them?
(At any rate, the upcoming live-action movie will get its first Arabic Aladdin with Mena Massoud, who was born in Egypt.) |
