Reacting to a condemnation from ActorsEquity overyellowfacecasting in Miss Saigon, Mackintosh said on Wednesday that he would withdraw the musical from its New York engagement, despite record advance ticket sales of $24 million, unless Equity changes its positionwithin two weeks.`
The hypocritical policy which Equity has adopted will make it impossible for us to work on this production, Mackintosh said. The controvery arose because the producer had insisted on casting British actor Jonathan Pryce, a Caucasian, who created the role of the Eurasian engineer in the London production. Mackintosh has maintained that Pryce is an internationally renowned star whose skin color shouldn`t matter.
"Yellowface"
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-07-29/features/9002060373_1_actors-equity-saigon-equity-members
> Reacting to a condemnation from Actors` Equity over ``yellowface`` casting in Miss Saigon, Mackintosh said on Wednesday that he would withdraw the musical from its New York engagement, despite record advance ticket sales of $24 million, unless Equity changes its position ``within two weeks.``
``The hypocritical policy which Equity has adopted will make it impossible for us to work on this production,`` Mackintosh said. The controvery arose because the producer had insisted on casting British actor Jonathan Pryce, a Caucasian, who created the role of the Eurasian engineer in the London production. Mackintosh has maintained that Pryce is an ``internationally renowned star`` whose skin color shouldn`t matter.
"Yellowface"
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-07-29/features/9002060373_1_actors-equity-saigon-equity-members
The hypocritical policy which Equity has adopted will make it impossible for us to work on this production,Mackintosh said. The controvery arose because the producer had insisted on casting British actor Jonathan Pryce, a Caucasian, who created the role of the Eurasian engineer in the London production. Mackintosh has maintained that Pryce is aninternationally renowned starwhose skin color shouldn`t matter.