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thread of nonwhite woman & nonbinary musical theater composers you should support + song examples (feel free to add people when I'm done)
Jeannette Bayardelle
known as an actress for her performances in The Color Purple and Girl from the North Country
wrote & starred in the one-woman show "Shida" which played in London last fall and was at Ars Nova in 2012
known as an actress for her performances in The Color Purple and Girl from the North Country
wrote & starred in the one-woman show "Shida" which played in London last fall and was at Ars Nova in 2012
Maimuna Memon
known for her performances in Jesus Christ Superstar, Ghost Quartet, and Lazarus
here's a song she wrote about her Irish grandma called "growing Older" which is part of a show she is writing about being mixed-race.
known for her performances in Jesus Christ Superstar, Ghost Quartet, and Lazarus
here's a song she wrote about her Irish grandma called "growing Older" which is part of a show she is writing about being mixed-race.
Vidya Makan
known for playing Parr in Six Australia
currently working on a song-cycle called My Home Too examining questions of identity for aboriginal people and immigrants in Australia
here's a song from that called "Hugh Jackman"
known for playing Parr in Six Australia
currently working on a song-cycle called My Home Too examining questions of identity for aboriginal people and immigrants in Australia
here's a song from that called "Hugh Jackman"
Melissa Li
with Kit Yan, one half of the queer Chinese-American musical theater writing team behind Interstate, a showabout their experiences in the early as a spoken word poet/ singer-songwriter duo. Here's Sushma Saha singing her song "I don't look"
with Kit Yan, one half of the queer Chinese-American musical theater writing team behind Interstate, a showabout their experiences in the early as a spoken word poet/ singer-songwriter duo. Here's Sushma Saha singing her song "I don't look"
Melissa also scores video games and I think that's neat http://melissali.com/games
to be fair to everyone else on this list here's Jeannette singing a second song from Shida
Maimuna also cowrote a play called Electrolyte you can read about here https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/64473/electrolyte
here is another song from My Home Too called "Stolen" performed by Bree Langridge and Sherry Watson.
also I how could I forget Rona Siddiqui, who is currently working on a show called "Salaam Medina: tales from a Halfghan" which I believe is a semi-autobiographical show
here's her song "Your Kiss" from Measure for Measure
here's her song "Your Kiss" from Measure for Measure
also here's Kuhoo Verma singing Rona's song "Annie O" from Letters to the President, a multi-composer song cycle
ok those are all the main people whose work I have listened to
