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Mila. 15. ENFP. Mezzo/Belter.
Really tall & really musical.
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theonethatgotleftbehind

The 8 Most Deadly Broadway Relationships:

Bonnie and Clyde the Musical- Bonnie & Clyde

Carrie the Musical- Carrie & Margaret

Love Never Dies- the Phantom & Christine

Heathers the Musical- J.D. and Veronica

Spring Awakening- Melchior & Wendela

West Side Story- Maria & Tony

Sweeney Todd- Sweeney Todd & Mrs. Lovette

Les Misérable- Eponine & Marius

#various
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Happy Birthday Kelli O’Hara! (16th April, 1976)

“I’m very aware of my - the girl who’s pretty cliche stature in this business. The truth of it is, is it’s the fucking truth; I’m happy doing what I’m doing, and I love my family and I love singing like I’ve never loved anything in my life. And the thing is that I say it because it’s true. I don’t say it to pull anything over on anybody. I was born to sing, somehow. No one in my family sings, really. Something happened and I started to sing and it put me in my place in this world. And I decided I would come here and do it, and I’ll be damned if I go somewhere and get caught where I can’t sing.” 
#kelli o'hara
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*slides a plate of cookies to people from Disney*

please don’t whitewash the cast of Mulan

*offers them a glass of milk*

please cast Chinese actors to play Chinese people

Again…. But black Annie was ok?

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theonlyonlytessie

Because there was no reason that Annie shouldn’t have been black.

There are good reasons Mulan shouldn’t be white. It’s a Chinese story taking place in China and the central characters are Chinese. The ideas Disney used to create Mulan are drawn directly from Chinese history and culture.

People were “okay with black Annie” because Annie follows the classic rags-to-riches archetype and the purpose of stories like that, historically, has been to give hope to people in dismal situations, to allow people to recognize themselves in a character that starts out in a tough position and finds happiness. Black Annie is important and allows black children to see themselves in that character.

The characters in Mulan need to be Chinese, though. It’s not a generic story.

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Q: The founding fathers were white, and many owned black slaves. The cast of “Hamilton” is mostly nonwhite. Can you tell me about your thinking as you wrote and cast the show?
Miranda: This was a constant conversation between me and Tommy. Our goal was: This is a story about America then, told by America now, and we want to eliminate any distance — our story should look the way our country looks. Then we found the best people to embody these parts. I think it’s a very powerful statement without having to be a statement.  Odom Jr.: In the first two minutes of this show, Lin steps forward and introduces himself as Alexander Hamilton, and Chris steps forward and says he’s George Washington, and you never question it again. When I think about what it would mean to me as a 13, 14-year-old kid, to get this album or see this show — it can make me very emotional. And I so look forward to the day I get to see an Asian-American Burr.  Miranda: That’ll be the note that goes with the school productions: If this show ends up looking like the actual founding fathers, you messed up.
#hamilton#this sounds really really good i want to see it so bad
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