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The Theatre History Podcast

Episode 11: “You Don’t Read Latino”: Discussing the History of Latinx Casting with Dr. Brian Eugenio Herrera

Sep 24, 2019
39:43

The recent success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has led to some casting controversies as regional theatres mount productions of his previous hit musical, In the Heights. As this week’s guest, Princeton University’s Brian Eugenio Herrera, shows, these controversies have a long history, as Latinx actors have unsettled the simplistic racial categories perpetuated by white-dominated American society.

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