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"Lackawanna Blues" and Other Laments by Jan Simpson

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

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