#theatrediversity

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Jason Tam as Peter in NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live

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“Blood Money” sung by Jin Ha and Norm Lewis at NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live

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Once on This Island (2017 Revival)

            Costume Design by Clint Ramos

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The Hamil-Asians: Joseph Morales as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton Chicago

“It’s changing and it’s kind of cool to be multicultural, but yeah, I find that a lot of the times I’m never Asian enough or never Hispanic enough or I’m not white enough. But even in the past couple years it’s all kind of changing.”

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“What’s happening is really special. Someone like me, of my ethnic background, playing a leading lady on Broadway, is something I’ve personally never seen and is really meaningful. Growing up, I didn’t see a lot of me represented in the mainstream arts and media...Today, TV and film has made moves towards South Asian representation but Broadway has been a little bit behind. I long for the day where it’s not a rare thing to have a South Asian female star in a Broadway show. I’m so looking forward to that.”

-Shoba Narayan, Natasha Rostova in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

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What does living on an island mean to you?

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"My mother is gay so I had a nice long chat with her about the difficulties and intricacies of self-acceptance and coming out after having a family. It was interesting for mother and daughter to have this conversation, which I think is the kind of affirmation and connection Alison wishes she could have had with her father. So it's been a really lovely and touching voyage to slowly peel off layers that we put on as we get older."

-Nikki Muller plays Alison Bechdel in Singapore's Drama Centre Theatre

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Fun Home Japan, February 2018