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Posted: 8/2/25 at 8:47am
I think Asian men face unique challenges being cast in lead roles that even Asian women don’t. Boris, I know it’s a weird question for me to ask but are you part of the gay community and do you know Asian men in the gay community? If you speak to them I think you’ll quickly see why. There is a challenge and ongoing struggle for Asian men to be seen as masculine, sexy, ‘leading’ status. It happens in gay dating and it happens in performing arts. Of course there are always exceptions but I think it would be naive to say there isn’t a unique struggle. This kind of struggle is also very unique to Asian men (east and south) and not something every one has to face. I don’t want to feed into the ‘oppression olympics’ but I think even black and Latino men have an easier time with this.
This is why if there is an appropriate opportunity to ringfence a leading role for an Asian man in a musical ESPECIALLY one that isn’t playing into traditional Asian culture stereotypes it’s a godsend for some of these men who can finally feel there is a place for them without the ongoing frustration of how their ethnicity, which they had no choice or control over, can limit their careers.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#901MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews
Posted: 8/2/25 at 8:47am
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"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#902MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews
Posted: 8/2/25 at 10:10am
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