During a recent talk at Princeton, Claudia Rankine observed that when she saw the show, most of the audience was white and older.) (The audience demographics have shifted, it seems, because it’s the hottest and most expensive ticket in town. Lesson to all: if you can get tickets, you can sit in the very back and still love this show. Even though our seats were near the back of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, we could see perfectly and had a great view of the powerful lighting design and fluid set changes. It’s amazing to see so many young people of color in a Broadway theatre-that fact alone is enough to warrant this musical’s blockbuster success. I saw it again Broadway in November with my students and some colleagues among a packed house of thrilled young people. I got to see it first at the Public last year (as it turns out, the same performance that the Clintons attended, which provided layers of irony and heightened awareness for the entire audience, as we watched a former and possibly future President watch actors playing past presidents and politicians). The performance grabs you and holds you for 2½ hours. ![]() It’s fast, kinetic, beautifully designed, superbly performed. From the moments the lights come up, it’s electric, exhilarating, pulsing, infectious. For Your Viewing Pleasure: Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture.Feminist Performance Festival Roundtable (2011).“Feminism, Utopia, and Performance”: The Progressives Corner (2012). ![]()
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