Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:22am
I personally would love a musical about environmental concerns ! I would also love more musicals about foreign countries.
Updated On: 11/21/15 at 06:22 AM
Posted: 11/21/15 at 10:43am
Urinetown.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 10:47am
muslim terorrists
Posted: 11/21/15 at 11:12am
We've been seeing more recently, but in general Broadway often ignores the topic of over-weight people, and rarely casts overweight people in general. I was happy to see Bring it On, It Shoulda Been You and Gigantic tackle the topic (though I haven't seen Gigantic yet, I obviously know what it's about)
Posted: 11/21/15 at 2:50pm
That's always a discussion I've been interested to bring up, Heavier people are rarely cast in lead roles that aren't specified as heavier characters, even when it wouldn't be a problem.
But that's not really a problem to be addressed ON Broadway, rather amongst the community.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:20pm
Welcome to the real world. Overweight people have been shut out of jobs in many areas, not just Broadway.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:23pm
We just need an enthusiastic fat composer who writes a new show and casts all people of size to make us see that story through a new lens.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:30pm
Well, you know, Hairspray.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:31pm
Tracy and Edna are fat in the script. There's a difference between that and size-blind casting.
Posted: 11/21/15 at 6:33pm
haterobics said: "Tracy and Edna are fat in the script. There's a difference between that and size-blind casting."
Posted: 11/22/15 at 4:02pm
That's what was wonderful about casting James Corden as the Baker in the Into the Woods. He's a bigger guy but that element is never made fun of, nor is it ever commented on. He's just this normal person.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 6:06pm
I'd like to see a show that addresses current issues within the black community. Especially the anti-black women attitude displayed by some black men.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 6:44pm
The struggle of red headed cis gendered orphan girls (and their dogs) to find a home during the depression.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 6:46pm
Years ago, before it became the in thing, there was an environmental musical. It was called Mother Earth. It flopped.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 6:59pm
Urinetown is kind of an environmental musical, though it's undercut by the comedic, contrarian ending.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 6:59pm
homeschool lol
Posted: 11/22/15 at 7:01pm
Actually, a musical about homeschooling would be genius.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 8:22pm
I remember seeing kinky boots and there being many non typical sized actors, although it was somewhat built inot the script?
Posted: 11/22/15 at 8:26pm
Define "in thing."
The first Earth Day in New York City: April 22, 1970. "In addition to shutting down Fifth Avenue, Mayor John Lindsay made Central Park available for Earth Day. The crowd was estimated as more than one million..."
Mother Earth, Belasco Theater, October, 1972.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 8:51pm
Patti Austin was in the original cast of MOTHER EARTH.
Here are the musical numbers featured in the show:
Lyrics by Ron Thronson and Music by Toni Shearer
Total performances: 12
Posted: 11/22/15 at 9:02pm
^is this a joke?
Posted: 11/22/15 at 9:11pm
The song titles sound great. In a way, the earth did bear us all.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 9:21pm
Just opened this thread for the first time since I posted in it (I sometimes lose track of these things!)
mc1227 said "Welcome to the real world. Overweight people have been shut out of jobs in many areas, not just Broadway."
I totally agree with you 100%. But the thread was about Broadway, so that's why I mentioned it specifically. Not sure the if your "welcome to the thread world" comment was necessary, but whatever.
I've seen very few examples of size-blind casting. The only one that comes to mind off the top of my head is Alysha Umphress in On The Town, which was great to see. I'm sure I've seen others, but that's one of the only ones I can think of where it directly fought against the notion that only skinny people can play sexy, desirable characters, and where it wasn't written into the script as a theme of the show.
I admit I totally forgot about Hairspray in my original post - it probably would have been a better example than the ones that I gave.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 9:36pm
I refuse to believe that one musical was the beginning and end of Broadway's conversation about cats.
Posted: 11/22/15 at 9:41pm
My friend and I saw a picture of Minnie Faye in a production of HELLO, DOLLY! where she was a kinda larger. I didn't think anything of it, but it annoyed him to no end. This still annoys him to this day. I can text Fat Minnie Faye to him just to get him going.
