| re: Deidre Goodwin, but in the revival | |
| Posted by: waterfall 08:39 pm EDT 05/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Was there ever a movement during the original run of A Chorus Line for non-traditional casting? - bobby2 12:19 am EDT 05/26/18 | |
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| As someone mentioned below, in the revival, Deidre Goodwin, a Black American actress, played Sheila. There was much discussion at the time as to whether she was suitable for the part at the time, but I thought she was great. Nothing in the script specifies her race. There are, in the original script, two Hispanics (Paul and Morales), one Black (Richie) one Asian (Connie) and one Jewish man (Gregory Gardner). Alternative lines existed for a non Asian Connie ("born in North Carolina, Groundhog Day!"), Richie ("and I'm gay!") and oddly, for Judy, in the event she isn't thin and red headed, but none for Val, in case she isn't blond. |
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