Eight plays written by black playwrights are scheduled to open on Broadway this fall. That's twice the number of all the shows by black playwrights that opened on the too-aptly named Great White Way in the five seasons before the pandemic shutdown. So this is a good development, particularly because we're talking about straight plays and not musicals where black creators have traditionally been given a little more le…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 03:36PM on October 23, 2021