I guess I wish the cast wasn't so whitewashed. Why couldn't we have some diversity here? It's a fairy tale. If ethnically diverse casting could be present anywhere, it's most definitely here.
That's just about the best casting news I've heard in awhile. I saw Harris in a regional production of Noises Off here in NJ, and she was brilliant as Dottie.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
If your right for the role. Your right for for the role, and these are right for the roles!! Why must they ethnic cast at least a proportion of the roles if it doesn't depend on it.
I guess Prince Christopher's kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.
And the playbill article is incorrect about the original script being based on the Grimm Brothers' version. It's just a little pet peeve of mine that people seem to forget about Charles Perrault, whose version is the Cinderella most books, plays, and films are based on.
"Recently saw Harriet Harris in HAY FEVER here in Minneapolis at the Guthrie - BRILLIANT take on the role."
Not surprised, many years ago I saw Harris - then a brilliant, beautiful young actress, long before her character role fame - at the Guthrie as Roxane in Cyrano and Elmire in Tartuffe.