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| SHUFFLE ALONG: Where are they now? | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 02:02 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| In reply to: Reality check: the out-of-work Broadway casts of SHUFFLE ALONG, THE COLOR PURPLE, MOTOWN, PORGY & BESS, ALLEGIANCE... - GrumpyMorningBoy 12:52 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| Because I've apparently got a bee in my bonnet today, I just spent a bit looking to see what the cast of SHUFFLE ALONG is up to. I'm choosing this show, frankly, because it was one of the most fucking talented group of performers I've ever seen on Broadway. Those people could DANCE their asses off. And they could SING. They deserve to be booking Broadway shows. By and large, the leads are doing pretty well. Most of them are working on big projects. But for the most part, the ensemble hasn't booked other Broadway shows after it closed. There are a few exceptions, but playbill.com makes it easy to see who's joined other Broadway casts. Here's what I found. Audra McDonald - Naturally, Audra always has work. Lately, TV/Film work, concerts, "Beauty and the Beast" & "Hello Again," West End limited run this summer of of LADY DAY Billy Porter - went back into B'way company of KINKY BOOTS a few weeks ago Brandon Victor Dixon - starred on Bway in HAMILTON, now series regular on Starz' tv show "Power" Joshua Henry - went on the road with HAMILTON, about to open on Bway as Billy in CAROUSEL Adrienne Warren - a bit of TV work, recently announced to star as Tina Turner in the new TINA bio-musical on the West End Darius de Haas - concert work Brian Stokes Mitchell - concert work, some TV work, "The Path" Brooks Ashmanskas*: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Broadway) Note, *Mr. Ashmanskas was the 'token white guy' in this particular cast. ENSEMBLE Phillip Attmore - Ensemble of HELLO, DOLLY! Recently left to play Billy in 42ND STREET at Drury Lane Chicago Arbender Robinson - went into THE LION KING, then did IN TRANSIT, currently rehearsing AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at Yale Rep Christian Dante White - booked the u/s for Cornelius Hackl in HELLO, DOLLY! This dude can SING. Richard Riaz Yoder - ensemble of HELLO, DOLLY! According to Playbill, the following ensemble members have not joined another Broadway show since SHUFFLE ALONG closed in July of 2016: Felicia Boswell Amber Iman C.K. Edwards Afra Hines Curtis Holland Adrienne Howard Kendrick Jones Lisa LaTouche Alicia Lundgren J.C. Montgomery Erin N. Moore Janelle Neal Brittany Parks Karissa Royster Britton Smith Zurin Villanueva J.L. Williams Pamela Yasutake Those are some incredibly talented people right there. ^^^ ----------- Can we please get over our tokenism and stop imagining that Broadway shows need no more than the absolute bare minimum of non-white performers??? Please??? - GMB |
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| re: SHUFFLE ALONG: Where are they now? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 01:51 am EDT 10/26/17 | |
| In reply to: SHUFFLE ALONG: Where are they now? - GrumpyMorningBoy 02:02 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| Jesus Christ. Just because you're insanely talented, you are not entitled to work on Broadway regardless of race. If you don't want what you call tokenism, would you be okay with all white casts? The fact that there is an effort to keep a cast diverse is a good thing. But you set the number and then it's a quota which would be just as bad as tokenism to you, I think. | |
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| To compare, TUCK EVERLASTING | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 02:38 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| In reply to: SHUFFLE ALONG: Where are they now? - GrumpyMorningBoy 02:02 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| To be fair, most of the ensemble cast of the nearly all-white TUCK EVERLASTING has also not booked another Broadway show since it closed in 2016. So... perhaps the ensemble of SHUFFLE ALONG is not an anomaly. I'd love to know where they've been working since the show closed. TUCK EVERLASTING did have one black guy in the cast. And he can kick his face. He booked CATS. - GMB |
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| Link | Playbill | TUCK EVERLASTING |
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