[C19fan]

Originally Josh Grobin played Pierre. He left and was replaced ab a black and ticket sales started to suffer without Grobin's star power. Mandy Patinkin, a Tony award winner, was suppose to replace the black actor but the SJWs went crazy and Many withdrew. Thanks to the SJWs the show is closing. Lesson: once you go black you can't go back.

[miss marmelstein]

The Fabulous Invalid committing suicide.

[SandRat]

How long now, before we hear Race Note-ables screeching RACISM, Bigotry, Discrimination. The SPLC, NAACP, and ACLU screeching that they are doing to file Law SUITS.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

N, P, & the Comet is based around a portion of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" one of the greatest works of European and Western literature. War and Peace is framed around true monumental historical events in Western history.

Realistically a black actor can only detract from such a production because he is so obviously false and out of time and place. His presence distracts and becomes jarring.

Imagine a musical about Africa with Justin Bieber starring as a an African tribesman. He would be laughed off the stage before the first act finished. It is not about racism. It is about the absurd.

Now in something like Cats, you could cast whomever you want without worry. Blacks, Chinese, Hispanics could all be cast in Cats without a problem. But War and Peace depicts history. History can't be rewritten.