Ryan Donovan is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University. He is author of Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre.

Skillfully written in sharp, crystalline prose, the book comprises three case studies, each taking a deep dive into a musical whose casting demonstrates a particular type of body bias, then explicating that bias in a follow up chapter via other relevant shows.

• Part I: Broadway BodiesIntroduction: The Broadway Body1. "I Saw What They Were Hiring": Casting and Recasting A Chorus Line Part II: Size2. Dreamgirls, Size, and the Body Politics of Padding3. "Must Be Heavyset": Casting Fat Women in Broadway Musicals Part III: Sexuality4. La Cage aux Folles and Playing Gay5. "Keeping It Gay" on The Great White Way Part IV: Ability6. Deaf West's Awakening of Broadway 7. Musicals, Physical Difference, and Disability Epilogue: Recasting Broadway BibliographyIndex

Ryan Donovan is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University. He is author of Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre.

Skillfully written in sharp, crystalline prose, the book comprises three case studies, each taking a deep dive into a musical whose casting demonstrates a particular type of body bias, then explicating that bias in a follow up chapter via other relevant shows.

• Part I: Broadway BodiesIntroduction: The Broadway Body1. "I Saw What They Were Hiring": Casting and Recasting A Chorus Line Part II: Size2. Dreamgirls, Size, and the Body Politics of Padding3. "Must Be Heavyset": Casting Fat Women in Broadway Musicals Part III: Sexuality4. La Cage aux Folles and Playing Gay5. "Keeping It Gay" on The Great White Way Part IV: Ability6. Deaf West's Awakening of Broadway 7. Musicals, Physical Difference, and Disability Epilogue: Recasting Broadway BibliographyIndex

Ryan Donovan is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University. He is author of Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre.

Skillfully written in sharp, crystalline prose, the book comprises three case studies, each taking a deep dive into a musical whose casting demonstrates a particular type of body bias, then explicating that bias in a follow up chapter via other relevant shows.

• Part I: Broadway BodiesIntroduction: The Broadway Body1. "I Saw What They Were Hiring": Casting and Recasting A Chorus Line Part II: Size2. Dreamgirls, Size, and the Body Politics of Padding3. "Must Be Heavyset": Casting Fat Women in Broadway Musicals Part III: Sexuality4. La Cage aux Folles and Playing Gay5. "Keeping It Gay" on The Great White Way Part IV: Ability6. Deaf West's Awakening of Broadway 7. Musicals, Physical Difference, and Disability Epilogue: Recasting Broadway BibliographyIndex