Fresh off the release of Netflix’s “Emily of Paris,” actor Ashley Park has a hot-take on the show’s creator, Darren Star (“Sex and the City,” “Younger̶…
” in which Park will star. The show was postponed due to the pandemic, but Park remains confident it’ll hit the stage sometime after theaters get back up and running.
Park will play the title role in a retooled version of the 2002 Tony-winning musical, which has, in the years since its premiere, been called out for story elements that could be construed as problematic, particularly in its representation of characters of Asian descent. For Encores!, the show’s creators Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan aim to rework the show with an eye toward inclusivity.
It’ll be a big deal to see Park, a Korean-American, in the lead role — not as an example of color-blind casting, but instead with a focus on color-consciousness. “As Millie, I’m going to be a Korean American woman in the 1920s trying to move to Manhattan, and we’re not going to be blind to how that shapes Millie’s experience,” she explained.
Also on the new episode of Stagecraft, Park revealed why she always thinks she’s being punked, and nominated herself to step into the Sandra Bullock role in a hypothetical musical version of “Miss Congeniality.” To hear the full episode, listen at the link above, or download and subscribe to Stagecraft on podcast platforms including
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