Stage Manager Bryan Bauer Says Typical Recasting Model Doesn't Hold True for Oh, Mary!

Playbill: It's been an exciting few years for Bryan Bauer, the production stage manager for Cole Escola's megahit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary!, which continues to play to sold-out crowds at the Lyceum Theatre. Bauer has been with the Mary Todd Lincoln-themed farce since its record-breaking, much-extended Off-Broadway bow at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and was an integral part of the transfer uptown, where the cast is currently led by Tony winner Jane Krakowski, Drama Desk nominee Cheyenne Jackson, and Tony nominee John-Andrew Morrison.

Stop Casting White Dudes as Bane

The Mary Sue: The final season of Gotham is coming out and the show has released some behind the scene photos of actor Shane West as Bane and the reaction of most people is how bad the costume looks and while that is true, my first thought was “Why is Bane white again?”

Legendary lyricist Sondheim dismisses protests calling for color-conscious casting as 'ridiculous'

St. Louis Public Radio: “That kind of protest, I just find sort of silly,” he said. “If you carry that to its extreme than you’d have to say that an actress couldn’t be played by anyone but an actress and that a mother couldn’t be played by somebody who hadn’t been a mother. I mean, it’s ridiculous.”

Kent State cancels ‘West Side Story’ over casting complaints

The Kansas City Star: Kent State University has canceled its plans to stage the musical “West Side Story” after some Hispanic students objected to the casting of non-Hispanic students in lead roles.

The tragic Romeo and Juliet story involves two rival gangs in New York City — the white Jets and the Sharks, who are Puerto Rican.

Scarlett Johansson Leaves Her Role in ‘Rub & Tug’

www.vulture.com: After a wave of backlash came crashing down on Scarlett Johansson for taking the role of a trans man in the film Rub & Tug, the actress has departed the film and issued the following statement to Out magazine.

Scarlett Johansson playing a trans man makes no sense.

slate.com: There are early reports that Scarlett Johansson has been cast to play a trans man in a movie about Dante “Tex” Gill, a mob-connected brothel owner who insistently identified as a man throughout his life. Johansson, a cisgender woman known for her sexiness, is—to put it mildly—a particularly poor choice for such a role. It’s still early days for the project, having just been bought at auction by New Regency (with Rupert Sanders directing and Johansson having a producing role along with five others): Let’s hope that means there’s still time for things to change.