Co-book writer, Matthew Lopez: "It is an exciting proposition to create a show with characters whose race is instrumental (and not incidental) to the story."
He says earlier in this confusing press release: "When I was first approached to write Some Like it Hot, the idea that convinced me it was something worth doing – besides getting to work with Casey, Marc, and Scott – was the opportunity to take a classic comedy about Prohibition-era America and rethink it for a contemporary audience. As a queer BIPOC writer.."
So I think the press release is trying to tell us that the story is being adapted to include POC characters.
In any event, I agree, it would have better to have been clearer about how the musical is being adapted to avoid what can sound like Broadway diversity ballyhoo. |
