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Don’t Buy Miss Saigon Coalition’s struggle is against institutional racism, not actors.

Statement from the DON’T BUY MISS SAIGON COALITION October 13, 2013 Point of clarification: there seems to be quite a few uninformed people trying to misrepresent our struggle as “activists versus actors,” going so far as to make statements such as “I stand with Orville…

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Ordway Production of “Miss Saigon” Ignites Renewed Protests Over Racist Stereotypes

by HLEE LEE & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake October 8, 2013 UpTake Video by Hlee Lee/Story for The UpTake by Sheila Regan Click here to watch Hlee Lee’s video of Don’t Buy Miss Saigon: The Unity Event. More than 200 protesters sounded off in…

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Why Asian-American Artists And Activists Are Protesting The Ordway’s Production Of Miss Saigon

by KATHRYN G. NELSON & SHEILA REGAN via The UpTake Originally published October 8, 2013 Miss Saigon: Protesters in New York City in 1991. Despite more than two decades of cultural-awareness actions, the show — and the protest — goes on. Photo by Corky Lee….

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We should all boycott the Ordway’s revival of racist musical “Miss Saigon”

by Sheila Regan via TC Daily Planet September 07, 2013 Photo courtesy Ordway Center for the Performing Arts   My fellow arts writers, theater reviewers, and bloggers, I’m writing because I think we should all agree not to review Miss Saigon when it comes to the Ordway….

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