Faculty News: Ryan Donovan discusses casting practices

The "Broadway Bodies" Conversation Moves to Center Stage

WNYC

A short sentence in a recent New York Times article about Broadway actors returning to stages this fall has ignited a conversation about body expectations, fat phobia, and race in the professional acting world.

Ryan Donovan joined WNYC host Michael Hill for a conversation. "The theater industry is really unique in that the way that you look can determine whether you are even considered for being hired right when you walk in the door," Donovan said. "And this has been going on for over a century." Hear more.