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Thanks for this response to my OP! Yes -- it looks like you and I are pretty much exactly on the same page. This is definitely not an issue of traditional vs reimagined, it's about the sensitive content. The more I think about the realities of the business side of things (in this particular production), I have to assume that was the driving factor in toning everything down. To the extent that was the main reason, I understand it. I don't think they could have a financially successful producti...

I saw "Sweeney Todd" the other night, and after thinking a lot over the past few days about how I felt about it, I wanted to pose a question about a potentially concerning direction we may be heading in -- and whether or not there is anything we could (or should) do about it.We all know that the theatre industry is by and large made up of very progressive folks, and it's a community that (to its great credit) is out in front on a lot of the conversations about consent and harm and things that...

Okay, so I clearly broke all the unwritten community rules about long posts. Here's my two step suggestion about a possible way to solve the Tony Award category concerns:(1) Change each of the eight current categories so that they are recognized by the gender of the character and not the actor. For example: “Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical” would become “Best Leading Performance as a Female Character in a Musical.” This would allow a nonbina