Monday, July 23, 2012
La Jolla Playhouse's Casting Controversy Over 'The Nightingale'
backstage.com: San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse became the target of an online backlash last week in response to the casting of "The Nightingale," which began performances at the theater July 10. Part of the playhouse's Page to Stage, a program dedicated to the development of new work in which the director and producers make changes based on audience reaction, the new musical is based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable of the same name and is set in China, but with a mostly non-Asian cast.
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Every interpretation of a play is different. I understand the hate against this rendition due to the ethnicity of its actors but it is definitely uncalled for. Every director has a different view of a play and this one just happens to be very different, but its is not the farthest concept ever. I have heard of rumored rendition of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with an all black cast. If "The Nightinglae" got this response, i hope to never see the critics of Streetcar.
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