Actors and critics may decry it as an unconscionable way to cast major stage productions, but Patrick Pacheco says that using reality TV as a way to drum up interest in costly Broadway shows won’t be going away anytime soon. “In some ways, these shows are merely a new wrinkle on stunt casting that has been around at least since impresario David Merrick began tapping performers with little or no stage experience, such as Betty Grable, to keep Hello, Dolly! humming along.”