Bombay Dreams (With All-New White Tourists!): the musical did pretty well in London without the services of a white sutradhar, but apparently the Americans need a little hand-holding. Ismail Merchant is sceptical: "It's nonsense that American audiences will only like something American." Blackface became politically incorrect a while back, but (flourish of trumpets) prepare to welcome...whiteface. (The Babu suggests, on reflection, that paleface might be an even better term.) More.