Let Mazz sing her song

THAT the singer Mazz Murray has been told she must not perform the number And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going from Dreamgirls on account of her ethnicity (Mail) reveals the sad ignorance of the show’s producers.

By definition, a stage show is make-believe and performers are acting characters distinct from themselves.

Sheridan Smith was praised when she performed this song on a TV special last year.

No one complained in the past when Laurence Olivier played all manner of roles. JOHN PRITCHARD, Ingatestone, Essex.