ALL BLACK CAST REVIVALS go....

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:12pm

In response to a negative thread about an ALL BLACK CAST OF KISS ME KATE IN PASADENA! WHICH IS WONDERFUL!

I would like to start an appreciation thread of a list of wonderful shows that can be done with an ALL BLACK CAST!

HELLO DOLLY
MUSIC MAN
ANNIE

Please add on maybe others will get the hint!

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:19pm

THE CRUCIBLE
WILDCAT
FIORELLO
TALK RADIO
I AM MY OWN WIFE
HUGH JACKMAN - BACK ON BROADWAY
GLORY DAYS
PACIFIC OVERTURES

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:20pm

Motown.

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:20pm

An all-black production of ANNIE would be historically inaccurate. FDR was white.

It could be done, but you would look stupid.

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:26pm

Hairspray

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:27pm

700 Sundays starring Cedric The Entertainer, with special guest Madea.

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:48pm

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
THE KING AND I
WEST SIDE STORY
SOUTH PACIFIC
REDHEAD
FLOWER DRUM SONG

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#8

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 9:51pm

Also LIZA'S AT THE PALACE

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 10:11pm

RAGTIME

On a serious note, there is no need for an all black production of anything. I don't see anything wrong with colorblind casting so long as racial issues are not a major theme in the show. An all black cast is not color blind casting. Instead it is harkening back to the "blacksploitation" of the 70's. While this period did give us an amazing Dolly Levi, it also left a bad taste in the mouths of many in the African American population. Today this period in film and the arts is generally derided by most of the population.

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 10:13pm

RAGTIME wouldn't work, however RAGS would work brilliantly.

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Posted: 8/22/14 at 11:09pm

If you think that other thread was negative, you don't hang out here too much.

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:09am

WHITE NOISE

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:13am

Friends
The Facts of Life
Downtown Abbey
Ally McBeal

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:14am

MAGIC/BIRD

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:16am

FROST/NIXON

LuPone Gypsy

Updated On: 8/23/14 at 12:16 AM

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:19am

HEATHERS

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:22am

Jennie

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:23am

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:26am

MISS SAIGON

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:28am

101 DALMATIONS

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:40am

"LuPone Gypsy"

I laughed.

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 12:45am

"In response to a negative thread about an ALL BLACK CAST OF KISS ME KATE IN PASADENA! WHICH IS WONDERFUL! "

So wonderful you are saying it is wonderful before a single rehearsal has begun.

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 1:18am

"HUGH JACKMAN - BACK ON BROADWAY"

Crying.

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 1:33am

To add a serious thought to the thread...

I've always wanted to see an all-black presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar, with fresh musical arrangements reflecting current urban styles including not just the traditional rock sound, but also gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and maybe even rap in the appropriate setting. I hear Louis St. Louis came close with Jesus Christ Superstar: Gospel in Atlanta a few years ago, but I'd like to take it just a step further...

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Posted: 8/23/14 at 3:31am

In seriousness, though. The only shows that need to have "all-black" revivals are the shows that originally had all-black casts on Broadway by intention. Of those, I would like to see revivals of:

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
JELLY'S LAST JAM
BRING IN 'DA NOISE, BRING IN 'DA FUNK
and PORGY AND BESS (as long as they don't f****** eviscerate it like the most recent revival)

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