Theater cancels production of Cinderella because the cast is 'too white

[rayg]

Is this race thing getting a little ridiculous?...

According to the most recent census, 92.5 percent of people in Chanhassen are white. Less than 3 percent of residents are Hispanic, while 1.1 percent are black.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres was scheduled to stage a production of Cinderella later this year

However, the show was scrapped when its artistic director noted that the cast was overwhelmingly white

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres has recently hired a diversity consultant and instituted new 'Diversity, Equity and Inclusion' protocols

A production of Footloose, which will feature a more racially diverse cast, is now being planned for 2022 instead

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ast-white.html

[Major Tom]

I played Price Charming in my 6th grade class. Yep, all white, circa mid 50's.

[togor]

Footloose is about dancing so probably yes if they can get away from an all-white cast it could be a better performance. No worries though because at Chanhassen the audience *will* be all white and no one will complain about that!

[lyman]

you would think Footloose would loose something in translation if the cast was other than White Religious,


never heard of a Black church restricting dancing,,,,

[dogtag]

New production in the works: Snow Black and the seven small people