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Music Education Has A Race Problem And Universities Must Address It

Since the start of the pandemic, people have been turning to music to process the anxiety of living in the shadow of death. In global Black Lives Matter protests, music […]

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– […]