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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Broadway embraces diversity, but have things really changed?
New Pittsburgh Courier: This season, the theater community is celebrating how Broadway has finally become the Great un-White Way.
Black actors have taken center stage in “The Color Purple,” ”The Gin Game,” ”Eclipsed” and “Shuffle Along.” A Latin cast shines in “On Your Feet!” and Asian-Americans told a bitter story from America’s past in “Allegiance.” The season’s megahit “Hamilton,” of course, has multi-racial leads in its DNA.
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