Deaf Advocacy Group Opposes Casting Choice

Deaf Advocacy Group Opposes Casting Choice

Published: October 30, 2009 @ 6:23 am
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By the New York Times

Two weeks after a group of deaf actors protested the choice of a hearing actor for a deaf role in an upcoming Off Broadway production, the issue has surfaced again: Should producers have chosen a deaf or blind child actress to play Helen Keller in this winter’s Broadway revival of “The Miracle Worker”?

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