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August Wilson's Fences at Rochester's GeVa Theatre
Tony Todd (right) and Wiley Moore (left) as Troy Maxson and his best friend Bono. It’s too late now to do anyone any good, because the show closed a week ago, but GeVa Theatre just put on a fabu… more →
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August Wilson's Fences at Rochester's GeVa Theatre
emsworth wrote 5 months ago: Tony Todd (right) and Wiley Moore (left) as Troy Maxson and his best friend Bono. It’s too lat … more →
Why would a black actor want to play in a Priestley play, anyway?
emsworth wrote 11 months ago: As Emsworth noted in an earlier post, certain factions have been lobbying the Shaw Festival (Niagara … more →
Not enough color at the Shaw Festival?
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emsworth wrote 1 year ago: To his dismay, Emsworth has belatedly learned that the diversity police have been hectoring Jackie M … more →
Color-blind casting and other distractions at the Stratford Festival
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emsworth wrote 1 year ago: Gareth Potter and Nikki M. James as Romeo and Juliet (September 2008) This year’s Romeo and J … more →
Othello airs on the CBC on June 15...interesting casting though
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chinesecanuck wrote 1 year ago: Carlo Rota, who plays Lebanese-Canadian Yassir on Little Mosque on the Prairie will be playing Othel … more →
Non-Traditional Casting at the Stratford Festival
chinesecanuck wrote 1 year ago: Romeo and Juliet opened at the Stratford Festival yesterday. Juliet is played by Nikki M. James (she … more →
Colour-blind Casting in Theatre - Good thing or bad thing?
chinesecanuck wrote 1 year ago: At the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (aka “Stratford”) this year, the actress playing t … more →
The Word of the Day is: Postracialism
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phillydramaqueen wrote 1 year ago: I’d like to give big props to the Philadelphia Inquirer and my editor, Becky Klock, for includ … more →
