Casting a wider net: does a fat, deaf lesbian stand a chance on Broadway?

New "Broadway Bodies" book critiques Broadway casting well beyond race

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• This Weekly Blast contains:

A) an ESSAY about the new book Broadway Bodies;

B) a NEWS ROUNDUP;

C) PETER FILICHIA on Annie Get Your Gun: Peter talks about the show’s many hits, and why Irving Berlin didn’t write more Broadway shows;

D) RESULTS from last week’s Broadway Maven reader survey;

E) a YouTube GEM with a charming performance from one of the shows nominated for Best Musical in next week’s Tony Awards; and

F) LAST BLASTs about Dear Evan Hansen and CATS.