On Broadway, Actors Fight for Equity as Theaters Reopen

www.backstage.com: Last summer, the cast members of “Diana,” the new Broadway musical about the Princess of Wales, were quarantining together in a hotel in New Jersey. They were getting ready to film the new musical for Netflix—but first, the cast had some demands. It was after the murder of George Floyd, and every industry was being called to examine the ways in which it was upholding white supremacy, including theater. “Diana” had released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter on social media, but its actors were determined to make sure the show lived up to that promise.