JBroadway said: "RE: Chris Sullivan
Something tells me Rachel Chavkin, in particular, isn't gonna want to put a white actor in a role that's currently being played by a Black actor..."
I understand why this is topic of conversation on a Chavkin show because of Patinkin/Comet fiasco, but it's an unnecessary and probably distracting topic of conversation nonetheless.
Just my two cents, but I believe that Chavkin has a far more nuanced approach to color blind casting than "race -casting" specific roles. Sullivan played the role before, deShields replaced him. Eurydice was played by a Black performer in a previous iteration, as well as in the tour cast. There's a Black performer playing Hades on tour. There's several other examples like that in her previous work too.
I think she innately understands the pitfalls of having a homogeneous cast, because she truly believes that diversity in backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences of story tellers enriches a story's telling. You can see Sullivan's work in Hermes character building, he left an imprint on the show. Andres has too, in a very deep way. I can't wait to see what other iterations of this show would look like 10-20 years from now.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
