Broadway musical ‘1776’ uses non-traditional casting : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 15, 2022
The company of this production of 1776 is multi-racial and trans, female and non-binary.
Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company
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Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company
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The classic musical 1776 has been given a revolutionary new production on Broadway. Instead of telling the story of the founding of America as this musical is usually performed, with a cast of mostly-white men . . .