"…Historically, musical theatre is a genre that doesn’t have a wide palette; its subjects have been very white. Thank God for Hamilton, (and In the Heights before that) for breaking down some of those doors! Before them, Zoot Suit got slaughtered when it moved to Broadway because it was too sophisticated and ahead of its time. The critics were condescendingly saying: “Don’t these people know that this is not a musical?” Actually, no one said it was a musical; it is a play with music!..."
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On musical theatre and the lack of minority themes in “Cafecito: Amparo Garcia-Crow” (HOWLROUND THEATRE COMMONS; 2015 Oct 10)
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