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Male Velma Kelly
Posted by: bobby2 12:16 am EDT 09/06/21
In reply to: re: The Muny's CHICAGO - reed23 01:51 pm EDT 09/05/21

Was that done on purpose? I thought I read that the guy stepped in since he was the only one who could do it after the original Velma left or something.

After the Cameron MacIntosh thing it makes me wonder how you go forward with casting nowadays.

Mary Sunshine should just be a woman. That whole bit seems so dated and unshocking nowadays.

Did the man playing Velma try to act like a woman or was he just himself?

Whole new world we've entered into.
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re: Male Velma Kelly
Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:00 am EDT 09/06/21
In reply to: Male Velma Kelly - bobby2 12:16 am EDT 09/06/21

You can get a sense in the clips (link below.) From my perspective (gay man), I would not view his character as a biological woman in this production.

I think it is very open to interpretation though depending on the audience member.

On a related note, I loved seeing costumes that are not the Broadway revival black that we have come to expect. It gives the production a freshness that appeals to me.
Link Chicago MUNY
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