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•Find out if race is a sensitive subject in musical theatre nowadays.
•How are people of colour portrayed in musicals - then to now.
•Influences in Musical Theatre.

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Annotated bibliography-

Julio Agustin (Matos), Jr. Diversity in the traditional musical theatre (online). Musical theatre educators' alliance. Available at:

https://www.musicaltheatreeducators.org/blog/diversity-in-the-traditional-musical

[Accessed 26 February 2024]. Julio graduated from Florida State University with a BM in musical theatre, he began touring in theatre and worked with people such as Chita Rivera and Fosse. Julio released his first book in 2017, ‘The professional Actors Handbook: From casting call to curtain call.’  He has published referee articles on issues of EDIBA (equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and access) in acting and diversification of classic texts. In addition to his performimg career he is also a working director/performer and was nominated for a Audelco Award for his direction work for his production of ‘Sweet Charity’. This source was created by MTEA as an informational resource for musical theatre training programs. This is a piece of secondary and qualitative research.

Warren Hoffman. (2020). The great white way: race and the Broadway musical. (online) New Brunswick: Rutgers University press. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjxk2

Warren brings over 15 years of experience in the Jewish, arts, academic and nonprofit sectors. The Jewish exponent named him the “next wave” of the arts and culture in the city of Philadelphia. In New York, Warren was the Associate Artistic director of Jewish Repertory Theatre where he produced a season of Jewish musicals. Warren serves as the Executive Director for the Association for Jewish Studies in New York where he leads the largest organisation of Jewish Studies scholars, teachers, and students in the world. JADT provide articles with a valuable insight and information on the heritage of American theatre. This is a qualitative and secondary piece of information.

Sarah Whitfield. (2019) Reframing the musical: race culture and identity. (online) Methuen Drama, London UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Sarah+whitfield+race+culture+and+identity&so=rel Sarah is a music and theatre historian, researcher and practitioner. She uses digital humanities research methods alongside traditional archival research to challenge established narratives. She writes about musical theatre history focusing on the work women do in the arts and explores the methodologies in archival approaches from lost history. She has collaborated on lots of different projects from immersive theatre to West End Musicals.  This information was written to bring thoughtful and innovative work by leading scholars of theatre, drama and performance in the Americas. This is a qualitative piece of writing and primary and secondary research.

Angela Chen. (2015). From Vaudeville to Hamilton: Racial minorities in Musicals. [Online]. Daily JSTOR. Last Updated: November 4th. Available at: https://daily.jstor.org/vaudeville-hamilton-racial-minorities-musicals/  [Accessed 11 March 2024]. Angela Chen is a journalist specialising in coverage of economics, bioethics, mental health, and asexuality. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of higher education, Pacific Standard, The Rumpus, San Diego Union-Tribune, and other publications. She is an editor at The Morning News and has also worked for Guernica Magazine and The New Inquiry. This website aims to create a digital library for scholars, researchers and students, making original research accessible and free. This is a qualitative and secondary piece of research.

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Bakare, L. (2021) ‘British theatre urged to “completely rebuild” to improve diversity’, The guardian, 11 March. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/11/british-theatre-urged-completely-rebuild-improve-diversity-blackstageuk-gabrielle-brooks (Accessed: 2 March 2024).

Diversity in the traditional musical (no date) Musicaltheatreeducators.org. Available at: https://www.musicaltheatreeducators.org/blog/diversity-in-the-traditional-musical (Accessed: 10 March 2024).

Masso, G. et al. (no date a) 93% of NPO theatre audiences were white in 2020/21, report reveals, The Stage. Available at: https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/93-of-npo-theatre-audiences-were-white-in-202021-report-reveals (Accessed: 10 March 2024).

Masso, G. et al. (no date b) Musical theatre creatives propose measures to boost inclusivity, The Stage. Available at: https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/musical-theatre-creatives-propose-measures-to-boost-inclusivity (Accessed: 23 February 2024).

Member update: Let’s talk hair! (no date) Actorsequity.org. Available at: https://www.actorsequity.org/resources/diversity/diversityblog/LetsTalkHair/ (Accessed: 19 February 2024).

The (2019) West Side Story at Hamilton: identity, erasure, and racism, The Spectator. Available at: https://spec.hamilton.edu/west-side-story-at-hamilton-identity-erasure-and-racism-5b6acce6fd49 (Accessed: 19 February 2024).

Time (no date) ‘An open letter signed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, viola Davis and hundreds more slams racism in the theatre industry’. Available at: https://time.com/5850553/open-letter-racism-theater-industry/ (Accessed: 20 March 2024).

(No date) Howlround.com. Available at: https://howlround.com/unpacking-diversity-musical-theatre (Accessed: 20 March 2024).

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