![]() "We're holding up a mirror to the industry," Shenoy said. Keeping track of the data on how diverse casting really is is one way to help hold Broadway accountable. "If you're presenting the rainbow, the one color from the rainbow that isn't there is the one that's most closely associated with the place that this particular show is inspired by." "There are cultural markers in the show that look like places that are from a certain part of the earth, and the names associated with the story also are, to a certain extent, Arabic names," said Nandita Shenoy, an actor and playwright in New York who is also a steering committee member at AAPAC. In the past, Aladdin has specifically come under criticism for the lack of inclusion of MENA actors. Over the years, there's been very little growth for Asian American performers, and even smaller growth for Middle East and North African, or MENA, performers. Theater Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer But Narayan has brought certain changes to the show that reflect her South Asian background. The two actresses who were cast in the role prior to Narayan, Courtney Reed and Arielle Jacobs, are both of partial Asian descent. Since being cast as Princess Jasmine, Narayan has committed to bringing her culture and perspective as a South Asian woman to the role. Bringing specificity and cultural awareness to 'Aladdin' She stars alongside Michael Maliakel, who is making history of his own as the show's first South Asian Aladdin. Narayan then starred as Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton and was Nessarose in Wicked before taking the role of Princess Jasmine in September 2021. Her Broadway career began when she was cast as Natasha in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and she made history in that show in 2017 as the first South Asian woman in a lead role on Broadway since Bombay Dreams in 2004. Many of these - like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast. Disney has fully embraced the practice of revisiting its animated classics and adapting them to live-action for new moviegoing experiences. Chu: Why Does Representation On Screen Matter?Īfter graduating from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2012, Narayan moved to New York where she performed in theater productions and on television. Disney's 2019 live-action Aladdin remake updates the original animated movie and expands the character of Jasmine, making her the best Disney princess. In this AU both Jasmines parent Sultan and her mother die when shes. The boys worked so hard for this comeback, and those k-engenes are being so disrespectful towards the hard work they put in.TED Radio Hour Jon M. Prompt from LadyMaegor - Could you do Aladdin AU where Jasmine is raised by Jafar. ![]() Sending protest trucks just because of the bite me choreo and asking the company to remove the female backup dancers is another level of craziness □□ ![]() Others have condemned the fans who chose to send the truck, undermining the hard work of the members and dancers. Of course, this does not reflect the opinion of the entire fandom. As a third party it would look like they’re acting up but have you even heard the screams of the fans regarding that performance? Am I the weird one for feeling like that? As a third party, a truck is too much.Honestly from a third party perspective, this does seem a little like they are acting up but if my idol had a comeback after a long time and this happened, I wouldn’t like it either.Which fandom would like this? It isn’t even a special stage or something.Just what was the choreography even for?. ![]()
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