I know it because Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail have said this was their intent.
I do not think they have spoken about ethnicity in future educational productions, but they have said that they would be okay with women being cast in the male roles.
And yes, casting white people as the Americans in Hamilton would clearly change the meaning of the show. In Hamilton, even wealthy Americans are an underclass in the same way that even wealthy non-white people are seen as an underclass in America today.
Demographics are always an issue in programing for community and college theater. There are always some plays that just cannot be done with the available casting pool. |
