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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Kennedy

A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

The Broadway rom-com “Maybe Happy Ending” isn't in a very happy place these days. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony Award-winning glow.

The strife began when producers of the South Korea-based musical chose to cast Andrew Barth Feldman as the male lead when original star Darren Criss steps away, in effect replacing an Asian actor with a white one.

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