Nontraditional Casting

[kieranbec]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 7:14pm

I just heard this great story on NPR about the history of nontraditional casting in stage and film with a focus on the Annie remake. Thought many on these boards would find it as interesting as I did.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/12/17/371260027/an-updated-annie-and-the-tradition-of-nontraditional-casting

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 7:47pm

The Royal Shakespeare Company in London has a long history of nontraditional casting that it still continues to this day.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/17/14 at 9:07pm

I don't think this is so much about nontraditional casting as just productions that did a different production.

Nontraditional casting was Audra McDonald as Grace in Annie:TV, Lea Salonga as Fantine in Les Miserables