We're Going to Need a Bigger Table
A new wave of Black playwrights has upended the myth of the singular genius, even as tokenism and constraining expectations persist.
Today is Thursday, June 25, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Brandi Burkhardt Hunter Foster John Benjamin Hickey Lee Wilkof Carly Simon Mary Beth Peil Larry Kramer June Lockhart Sidney Lumet Casey Walters Peter Lind Hayes Roger Livesey Douglas Gilmore Marta Abba Judith Vosselli Donald Gallaher Charlotte Greenwood George Abbott Athole Stewart Franklin Ritchie Sidney Paxton Annaleigh Ashford Jon Driscoll Michel Tremblay Floyd Mutrux Barbara Montgomery Gerald Freedman Jean Dalmain Anne Revere