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Casting and Advertisement for The Mikado in NYC Stirs Controversy Amongst Asian Community by Michael Gioia

When a flyer advertising The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' December production of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado — featuring four Caucasian actors portraying Japanese characters in the classic Gilbert and Sullivan opera — was sent out to theatregoers, members of the Asian community took offense.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PM on September 16, 2015

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