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@Broadway/Theatre Fans here’s a resource roundup of Black Lives Matter and Anti-Racism Posts in the context of the Theatre Community

Note: I am not Black, I’m Asian. This post is non-comprehensive. Check out the tags/reblogs/comments for ad ons. This post is also focused on the theatre community, but please research and support other Black Lives Matter organizations, news, and petitions. 

Did you know that the 2015/2016 season had the highest rate of Black actors in New York theatres, making up a low 23% of the actors seen on stage? When it comes to playwrights that number becomes 7.8%, directors 6.1% (in 2016-2017 season)   Now that number is going to be even lower because so many Black actors/creatives are afraid that they won’t get casted / supported after speaking out for Black Lives Matter and against racism in the theatre industry. Here are some Black artists that I’ve been following that have been posting about Black Lives Matter and racism on bway. Now’s the time to get to know them and support them!

Jelani Aladdin (Frozen)

Christiani Pitts (King Kong)

Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud)

Billy Porter (Kinky Boots)

Khalia Wilcoxon (Hadestown)

Antoine L Smith (Ragtime)

Warren Egypt Franklin (Hamilton)

Ari Groover (Tina Turner Musical)

Angela Birchett (The Color Purple)

Doulas Lyons (Beautiful, writer Polka Dots The Cool Kids Musical, Beau), 

Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, Smokey Joe’s Cafe)

DeMarius Copes (Mean Girls)

Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde, Dreamgirls)

Brittney Mack (Six)

Michael Demby Cain (Beauty and the Beast)

Sasha Hutchings (Oklahoma!)

Laquet Sharnell (Memphis, The Lion King)

Destan Owens (Rent)

Joy Woods (Little Shop of Horrors)

Imari Hardon (Avenue Q)

Jenny Laroche (Donna Summer musical)

Black Lives Matter/Anti-Racism in Theatre Links to Check Out:

To Read: 

Opinion: I’m tired of being the token Black friend | Broadway News by Asmeret Ghebremichael

Broadway Stars and More Call Out Racism in Theater Industry and Offer Suggestions for Change by TheatreMania

A look at the diversity of creative teams during the 2019-2020 theatre season (by @/wssprotest)

Jenny Laroche‘s list of microagressions towards Black actors in theatre

AAPC’s report on the 2016/2017 New York theatre season. (Although this is an Asian theatre company, they highlight data on every ethnicity seen on Bway, as well as gender. They have data for many years but this is the most recent.) White theatre worker privilege (compiled by a White person, this info can also be seen in Broadway Session’s video and Jenny Laroche’s post)

To Watch:

Broadway Session’s Black Lives Matter fundraiser concert 

Lion King’s Black Lives Matter tribute from 2014! This was 6 years ago and we still haven’t changed. 

Broadway for Black Lives Matter / Broadway Advocacy Coalition is hosting a 3 day forum. (Register here.)

Colman Domingo on How Theaters Can Live Up to Their Black Lives Matter Statements (video interview)

List of theatre shows written by Black playwrights. These links lead to places where you can buy it to read, but watch these shows if they’re on BroadwayHD, Netflix, and in real life theaters once they open. 

The cast of Ain’t Too Proud’s tribute to BLM

List of Musicals/Plays written by Black artists

To follow

all the actors/creatives mentioned above and anyone in the tags or comments of this post

Playbill’s List of Queer Black Playwrights

@/broadwayblack (instagram)

@/broadwayforracialjustice (instagram)

Playbill’s running list of articles/stories around Broadway for BLM

To Donate To/Sign:

List of Black Theaters to donate to/support with ticket sales

Petition: Require a Private HR Company Present in Every Production featuring Actors Equity Members

Other:

List of theaters in New York that are opening their lobbies for protestors

List of theaters that have released BLM statements. Hold them accountable! Ask them what their plans are, use data from the AAPC document above to call them out on their history, support Black writers/actors/creatives who have shows at these theatres and show them with your ticket buying and soundtrack streaming that we want Black stories to be told! 

[sofhtie]

answer me is the quarantine anthem no one knew we needed

[sofhtie]

maybe it’s just all of bands visit actually bc like waiting. what’s new here. I’m waiting. your waiting. cause that’s what we do here same as we do here same everyday. for something I don’t to happen you know just something different to happen just waiting for something to change

[christinedwyer]

BRITTNEY JOHNSON as GLINDA

“ getting your dreams, it’s strange, but it seems, a little - well - complicated. ”

[fiddleonthewall]

So hey, I was messing around and I made GhostQuartetBot (@GQBot): https://twitter.com/GQBot?s=09

It's a bot that tweets a random Ghost Quartet lyric every hour! Give it a follow if that's your thing!!

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y’all know that lalala musical? with the flower? it kinda slap 😳

[jesterlesbian]

it’s ghost quartet season! 👻📷🚊🥃🌟🌹

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god i’m so sorry. i really am. i promise.

[ratcarney]

HE CAN’T HEAR US HE’S YEARNING

[fullofsummertime]

DEAFENED BY A RIVER OF LOVE IN HIS BIG ASS HEART!!!!

[ratcarney]

LIVING IN AN OBLIVION

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pretty fighty gal and lanky cartoon man

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perfect

[firewalkwithmedvd]

with hadestown now officially being on bway, I’ve gotta say something important. as white fans, we need to be incredibly careful in the ways in which we involve ourselves in fan spaces–I was here to see what happened with h*milton, and I can see the beginnings of that same thing occurring. this is a show heavily influenced by the art of poc and showcasing the talent of poc; it is beyond important that we make sure we are not pushing poc out of fan spaces. this means, yes, making sure you’re not whitewashing in your art and gifs (which @lightsoverastoria has made a fantastic post on) but also? i know people love Reeve Carney and Damon Daunno, but fixating on the one (1) white dude in the cast to the exclusion of the rest of the cast–who are largely poc–is, to be quite frank, fucking racist. Give some love to the rest of the cast; they deserve it, and poc deserve to have a show that they can enjoy without white fans stepping on their toes.

[oldsongbird-deactivated20200819]

pagepatrick @theshogan we really play. She says she usually wins. I say I do. 😂

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Hadestown Appreciation Week: Day 1 (Favorite Song)

this was really hard to choose bc my favorite song changes all the time and literally every song is too good to have a favorite!! but i decided to do our lady of the underground bc amber gray slays it every time and i just jgjkjhjk love her sm

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Cerberus but it’s Georgie Page

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Hound of the Lord of the Dead…fierce guard of the underworld…

[nytwhadestown]

How is this man the villain of broadway. I….

Wholsome

[cutegirloftheday]

Cute girl of the day is Hailey Kilgore!

[whizzer-wins]

Chip Zien plays in both Falsettos and Into the Woods, both musicals in which his wife has bigger dick energy than him 🤔🤔🤔