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”?
Deaf Advocacy Group Opposes Casting Choice
Abigail Breslin to play Helen Keller in upcoming Broadway revival of “Miracle Worker.”