Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Blackface on Stage: The Complicated History of Minstrel Shows
New York Theater: The strange doings in Virginia have brought blackface back in the news. Reaction to the unearthing of a photograph on the 1984 medical school yearbook page of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam attests to the peculiar place of the practice in American culture and the special outrage it provokes: Far more commentators condemned the blackface than even mentioned the figure in the white robe and hood of the Ku Klux Klan.
Spotlight on the National Disability Theatre
NEA: As an actor with autism, Mickey Rowe knows that performers with disabilities have to work harder because they have more to prove. “You are used to going above and beyond, overcompensating, and doing ten times more work just to show people that you are professional and capable,” he said. Which is why he stressed that when people see a performance by the National Disability Theatre (NDT), which he helped establish last year, they should not expect less. If anything, they should expect more.
Four Chicago directors discuss the challenges of leading a theater production while female
Performing Arts Feature | Chicago Reader: "Sadly, I'm the 100th white guy standing up here tonight," remarked Nick Bowling at the Jeff Awards ceremony last October as he accepted his trophy for best director of a musical. Then he pointed to his corecipient, Lili-Anne Brown, and said, "It's time to change, and this is where it starts, right here." The audience responded with the night's only standing ovation.
Guest Commentary: As a quadriplegic film professor I've been asked if I find The Upside offensive. Well, do I?
www.denverpost.com: For his role in The Upside, Bryan Cranston generated an overwhelming amount of publicity last month. Much of the response doesn’t focus on the film itself, but on the able-bodied Cranston’s portrayal of a quadriplegic character: namely, whether Cranston’s role is offensive or inoffensive, stereotypical or not. “Is it inspiration porn?” some wonder. Others are asking, “Should able-bodied actors play disabled characters?”
Giving the Black Man in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a Stronger Voice
Theatre Development Fund – TDF: Most wouldn't see a link between stone-cold killer Chris Partlow from HBO's The Wire, flashy pimp-turned-porn-star Larry Brown on HBO's The Deuce and Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman in Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird. But Gbenga Akinnagbe, the actor who has brought all three to life, notices a strong connection.
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