| The middle eastern cast members of BOMBAY DREAMS... | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 02:20 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 02:08 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
| In reply to: Just for the record about 'Phantom' ... and the irony of 'Aladdin' - WaymanWong 01:26 pm EDT 10/25/17 | |
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| ... mostly evaporated into other non-Broadway careers. (With a notable exception for Aaron Albano, who is Filipino-American, and who basically hasn't stopped working.) I do think Disney deserves quite a bit of credit. Despite Audra's famous flame-out when auditioning to be a spoon in Bway's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, they've cast a black actor as Kristoff in the FROZEN out of towner, and they've famously developed quite a lot of careers within their workshops for THE LION KING, relying on a specific casting director in New York (Mark Brandon) who identifies, tracks, and even rehearses with black musical theater performers who Disney thinks might make for strong cast members one day. I don't think any other recent show (other than BILLY ELLIOTT, with the young Billys) has done something like this. If ALADDIN needed some specific skills for the cast -- say, people who can sing in quarter tones -- we might see a similar workshop casting for performers from arabic / middle eastern descent. But the show doesn't really need it. Either way, Disney does deserve some good credit here. - GMB |
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| Link | Playbill | Cast of BOMBAY DREAMS |
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