The plus size actors in The Stage article moaning that parts are beyond limited are joking right? Last few years not counting Covid Lizzie Bea, Charlotte Jaconelli and Renee Lamb have not stopped working counting Hairpray, Be More Chill, Heathers, Six, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, We Will Rock You to name a few. Hardly ones to be repping and speaking out. I can only think of Hairspray and Heathers with characters traditionally plus size the other roles are pretty fair game for anyone. How are they being limited? Lizzie Bea is going into Sister Act next as Sister Mary Robert which has never been played by anyone above a size 10.
Let’s not add ‘being bigger’ to the list of actual ‘minorities’ where in the past there’s been real discrimination against these groups.
Things are changing in the industry with more roles for minorities - slowly admitted but who would’ve thought we’d have a black Elle Woods a month ago or a trans Morrible in Wicked?
Girls get off your attention seeking soap box and come back to me when you’re really struggling to find roles. Any pretence that you speak for all curvy girls is pretty much blown out of the water when you seem to be cast in consecutive roles.
Unlikely that C will dare jump on this as a previous poster said.
Charlotte Jaconelli quotes from the article.
‘She argued that most roles in the West End now could be played by plus-size actors, citing the examples of Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked, Veronica Sawyer in Heathers and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella’.
Had to laugh when I read that. She’s very definitely putting to bed the notion that Carrie is a plus sized actress there as she’s suggesting Veronica and Cinderella could be played by plus sized actors
Also laughing at the pic of her wishing ALW happy birthday. Check out the close up of their hands. They’re not actually holding hands. He looks like he’s dragged her onstage
Also see: The First black Christine’s in Phantom, Wednesday in Addams (plus size currently) Marisha Wallace (black and plus sized) going into an old fashioned legit musical like Oklahoma would’ve been unheard of usually. Ali Stroker a wheelchair user Wicked, Oklahoma.
I’m struggling to see where these white able bodied ‘plus sized’ women are coming from.