Though the show recently ran into mild controversy for a casting notice that encouraged actors of color, anyone who has seen the musical or heard the soundtrack knows that this emphasis on diversity has created a uniquely galvanic cast.Ī marquee is lit up on the opening night of Hamilton. But Hamilton fills its stage with a panoply of races and ethnicities, many of whom have not been afforded the same opportunities as their non-white counterparts. Most musicals feature either a majority white cast or one that revolves around a single, particular group – like this year’s Allegiance, On Your Feet!, Shuffle Along and The Color Purple. Of those 14 spots, seven went to Hamilton actors. This year, 14 of the available 40 nominations for Broadway performance went to actors of color, a welcome change from #OscarsSoWhite. It has increased genuine diversity on Broadway While Hamilton is not exclusively a hip-hop musical (it borrows from pop, rock, jazz, show tunes and the American songbook), it makes not-so-strange bedfellows of Biggie Smalls and Stephen Sondheim with aesthetically exciting and commercially triumphant results. It proved that hip-hop and rap can thrive at the box officeĪfter the failure of Holler if Ya Hear Me, there was some doubt as to whether Broadway welcomes more contemporary sounds.
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