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Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical

Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical

The Great White Way is the first book to reveal the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years.

2020

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(I’m an) Extra! Extra!

or How I Joined the Cast of And Just Like That

7 min readJul 16, 2023

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(I’m an) Extra! Extra!

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The Real Face of White Supremacy

When many people think about what white supremacy looks like, they often picture a white person outfitted in swastikas, shouting racist…

4 min readJan 7, 2021

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The Real Face of White Supremacy

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The Less Than Revolutionary Side of Hamilton

The screen adaptation of Hamilton, the 2015 multi-award-winning musical is making its debut on Disney+ this weekend and by all means you…

5 min readJul 3, 2020

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Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton

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An Injustice!

White Supremacy and the Broadway Musical

Broadway musicals can offer a revealing look into the ways that systemic racism permeates all aspects of our society.

4 min readJun 4, 2020

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White Supremacy and the Broadway Musical

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The End of New York Exceptionalism?

Toward the beginning of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning musical Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters are looking to go out and have a…

8 min readMay 9, 2020

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The End of New York Exceptionalism?

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Speaking Out Against Trump: What Elementary School Taught Me About Right and Wrong

Back in elementary and junior high school, I sat through a lot of school assemblies. I learned from Nancy Reagan not to do drugs. Smokey…

4 min readJul 15, 2019

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Speaking Out Against Trump: What Elementary School Taught Me About Right and Wrong

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The 2019 Met Gala is Wacky, Gorgeous, and Fun . . . But It Isn’t Camp

If you’re like me, you’ve spent part of your day pouring over the gorgeous photos of the 2019 Met Gala attendees decked out and draped in…

4 min readMay 7, 2019

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The 2019 Met Gala is Wacky, Gorgeous, and Fun . . . But It Isn’t Camp

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Warren Hoffman

The Unspoken White Supremacy of To Kill a Mockingbird

“All rise!” shouts Scout Finch, the principal narrator of Aaron Sorkin’s new stage adaptation of the socially-minded To Kill a Mockingbird…

6 min readMar 28, 2019

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The Unspoken White Supremacy of To Kill a Mockingbird

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Warren Hoffman

Warren Hoffman

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Warren Hoffman is the author of The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical and The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture.

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