| I have thought about what you are saying and I largely agree. But forgetting the great talents of the past, you can look at the casts of shows like Hadestown, Kinky Boots, The Band's Visit, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Company, The Prom, Carousel, Great Comet, (I am really just rattling titles off the top of my head) and those shows are full of actors who are... individuals. Of course the writing helps. I am not sure that Sugar, as written in Some Like it Hot, gives Adriana Hicks as much to work with as perhaps it should, but I can also imagine an actor with some quirks giving that role a bit more, sorry that I keep coming back to the same word, individuality. So why are directors deciding that singing to the rafters is enough to make a lead today? |
