review catch up: Hamilton, First Daughter, etc.

The American Theatre Critics Association conference in NYC was a great chance to catch up on Broadway, etc. reviewing.

Here are my latest.

An American in Paris, Fun Home, Curious Incident http://www.ibj.com/blogs/1-lou-harry-s-a-e/post/55827-broadway-roundup-pt1-an-american-in-paris-fun-home-the-curious-incident

Something Rotten, Fool for Love, First Daughter Suite http://www.ibj.com/blogs/1-lou-harry-s-a-e/post/55837-broadway-roundup-part-2-something-rotten-sam-rockwell-in-fool-for-love-more

And, of course,

Hamilton http://www.ibj.com/blogs/1-lou-harry-s-a-e/post/55856-broadway-roundup-part-3-lin-manuel-mirandas-hamilton-reviewed?id=1-lou-harry-s-a-e

Hope it won't be this long better visits again.

Cheers,

Lou Harry

IBJ.com/arts

Thanks for reading. Sincerely hope Paris works better for you than it did for me.

I welcome that exploration. My intent was to make clear to anyone unfamiliar with the work that a range of non-white actors have been deliberately cast in these historically white roles. "Non-white," for me, always felt like white is the standard, so I'm not crazy about that term. "Actors of color" seemed forced. For me, "minority" seemed an accurate, non-judgmental way to make the casting situation clear. But I'm open to the idea that there could be a better way. What are your thoughts? If a suggestion works, I'm happy to swap it out.

Thanks for reading.

Minority is still a little better than "non-white," but it still assumes that the majority/standard is white, which as someone else pointed out, isn't the case in Hamilton. And it feels outdated.

Tell that to Phillipa Soo!

I agree "actors of color" can seem pretzels, although it's accurate. How about "And the only caucasian actor plays the King of England, sort of the way Toto is the only white character in The Wiz!".

Good, good. I like when the point is made that it's told as a tale of immigrants.