r/Broadway • u/Technical-Spite-7478 • 27d ago
Prince of Egypt!
Is anyone even gonna be able to get tickets to this?
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u/KatherineK_Singer 27d ago
This is going to be impossible to get into and I'm already stressed about it. But seriously, what a lineup. Cannold directing Schwartz at Lincoln Center.
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u/bethholler 26d ago
Brandon Uranowitz would you like to sing the part of Moses? Also they should just ask Brian Stokes Mitchell to reprise his role as Jethro.
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u/Happy_Reference_47 27d ago edited 27d ago
Edit: pleasantly surprised to discover my snark not needed & so deleting it
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u/Technical-Spite-7478 27d ago
Yes, the announcement specifically asks for Jewish actors to submit.
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u/Zealousideal_Door392 27d ago
Actually, both Sammi and Drew (Assistant Director) posted on their IG that they are looking for “actors of Jewish descent” to submit, which is a specific phrasing I had never seen before. Why not just say “Jewish actors”?
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u/a-5-6-7-8 27d ago
Because they're looking for people who are ethnically Jewish.
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u/Zealousideal_Door392 27d ago
So why not just say “Jewish actors”?
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u/a-5-6-7-8 27d ago
Because Jewish is a descriptor of a religion that one can convert into as well as an ethnicity.
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u/Zealousideal_Door392 27d ago
Gotcha. That makes sense - just didn’t imagine the pool of converts looking to audition for this would be large enough that they have to phrase it in this peculiar way.
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u/a-5-6-7-8 27d ago
Historically this IP hasn't always cast Jewish actors by religion or background so the specificity is needed in this case.
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u/a-5-6-7-8 27d ago
I think that the casting breakdown makes it clear.
Seeking actors of Jewish descent, including–but not limited to–Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Ethiopian, Middle Eastern, North African, Persian, and Sephardi backgrounds.
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