Posted: 4/28/22 at 10:55am
This is a bit pedantic, but I couldn't help but make a face when this Playbill article used the phrase "Broadway Veterans" when announcing the stars of a new musical premiering in Chicago.
In reference to Paul Alexander Nolan, who has nine Broadway credits spanning the past decade, a case could be made. But the headliner of the article, Samantha Williams, has just two credits. She was a replacement Alana in Dear Evan Hansen, and she was just in the revival of Caroline, Or Change. No disrespect to her as I know she is a qualified actress, just a bizarre choice of wording in my opinion to refer to her as a "Broadway veteran." Some may even argue that Mr. Nolan's ten years of experience still wouldn't qualify him as someone with "veteran status," and that that might be a title reserved for someone with two or three decades of work under their belt. As far as I know, Ms. Williams is still in college, and while her career is probably envied by most actors her age, I would say that she is far from being a vet.
