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Black Artists on How To Change Classical Music

Nine performers describe the steps they recommend to begin transforming a white-dominated field. Interviews by Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone With their major institutions founded on white European models and […]

Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World

A playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change. What has been the impact of race, and racism, on African-Americans working […]

The Diversity Problem Is Alive And Well On Broadway

Remember when we solved racism on Broadway back in 2016? That’s when a little musical called Hamilton swept the Tony Awards. Alongside Cynthia Erivo’s stunning portrayal as Celie in The […]

The Music Department

Originally Published in THE DRAMATIST, January 2016 For many people who aren’t musicians, the fact that there is music happening during a Broadway musical feels like magic. It is mysterious– […]