J & D Talk About Queer Casting

This week on Musical Midrash, we’re doing something a little different — and a lot more fun.

Join me and my husband, J. Kyle, for the next installment of J&D Talk About Musicals, where we dive into two exciting casting announcements:

✨ Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl (with Cynthia Erivo, Adam Lambert, and more)

✨ A benefit performance of The Drowsy Chaperone featuring an all-trans and nonbinary cast (Laverne Cox, Alex Newell, Jonathan Van Ness, Betty Who, and more)

We talk queerness, theology, casting as canon-expansion, Jesus with soft eyes, and why musicals might just be the perfect place to imagine a more inclusive gospel.

Spoiler: Alex Newell can do anything.

Featuring Themes Like:

* Trans and nonbinary representation on stage

* Queering sacred roles (and sacred texts)

* The Drowsy Chaperone as queer psalm

* Jesus and Judas as queer-coded dynamics

* The aesthetics of holiness, protest, and eyeliner

🎧 Listen now — and bring your favorite cocktail and Broadway hot take.

Because the theater is a sanctuary, and every conversation can be a blessing.

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