Patrena Murray as Benjamin Franklin. Pretty much a dead-ringer for old Ben, I'd say.
Posted on 04/18/2020 10:24:53 AM PDT by EdnaMode
American Repertory Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone's 1776, directed by Diane Paulus and choreographed by Jeffrey L. Page.
The entire multiracial company is made up of artists who identify as female, genderqueer, nonbinary, or trans.
It is led by Crystal Lucas-Perry as John Adams, Patrena Murray as Benjamin Franklin, Kerry O'Malley as John Dickinson, Sara Porkalob as Edward Rutledge, Joanna Glushak as Stephen Hopkins, Elizabeth A. Davis as Thomas Jefferson, Liz Mikel as John Hancock, Eryn LeCroy as Martha Jefferson/Dr. Lyman Hall, Allyson Kaye Daniel as Abigail Adams/Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon, Shawna Hamic as Richard Henry Lee, Brooke Simpson as Roger Sherman, Tiffani Barbour as Andrew McNair, Allison Blackwell as Robert Livingston, Lulu Picart as Samuel Chase, Hannah Cruz as Judge James Wilson, Nancy Anderson as George Read, Jill Vallery as Caesar Rodney, Mehry Eslaminia as Charles Thomson, Becca Ayers as Col. Thomas McKean, Sav Souza as Josiah Bartlett, Oneika Phillips as Joseph Hewes, Salome Smith as the Courier, and Grace Stockdale and Imani Pearl Williams as Standbys.
The production will have scenic design by Scott Pask, costumes by Emilio Sosa, lighting by Jennifer Schriever, sound by Jonathan Deans, projections by David Bengali, music supervision by David Chase, orchestrations by John Clancy, vocal design by Annmarie Milazzo, and co-music direction by Nadia DiGiallonardo and Ryan Cantwell. Sharika Niles, Genevieve Kersh, and John Meredith are stage managers.
No dates have yet been set, though American Repertory Theatre still plans to present 1776 during its 2020-21 season, with a Broadway premiere via Roundabout Theatre Company in the spring of 2021.
But not cultural appropriation
Well, that’s uncomfortable.
Pity, we’ll be busy the week it runs.
Hard pass.
Count me OUT...what an abomination.
I would love to see a group of obvious straight, white males self-identity as female, genderqueer, nonbinary, transexuals, then audition. The left loves self-identification. So give it right back to them.
Maybe the Chinese Extinction Plague is worth it to keep that abomination off the stage.
Just imagine the screeching for the LGBTQEIEIO community if you staged La Cage aux Folles with a straight cast.
You think it will last a week?
Patrena Murray as Benjamin Franklin. Pretty much a dead-ringer for old Ben, I'd say.
Well, bye.
LOL. Yup.
Thanks for warning. I will never darken their door step.
“Yankee Doodle Pervert”
— apologies to George M. Cohan
I don’t care who they cast, it’s a mediocre musical at best.
Try watching the movie and not cringe.
It will be obnoxious and disliked.
Opening and closing on the same day. Money well invested while people are dying!
...You think it will last a week?
May it die of poor reviews on opening night
You’re better off watching Schoolhouse Rock videos.
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