Playwright Lydia R. Diamond is best known to New York theater audiences for her work Stick Fly. The play about an affluent African American family on Martha’s Vineyard was produced by sing…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:20AM13,148,730 minutes: How do you measure 25 years of impact? When Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking production Rent held its first performance at the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) on Janua…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:33AMLauren Yee was hosting the fifth Asian American night at Signature Theatre for her play Cambodian Rock Band when she learned the show’s run would need to close early as COVID-19 emerged in…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:44AMWhile Broadway remains in quarantine limbo, producers have ample time to consider what shows to resurrect when theatre re-opens. All too often, hit Broadway productions open to rave reviews,…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:07AMA global pandemic forced playwright Jocelyn Bioh to put a pause on the world premiere of her new play Nollywood Dreams in the middle of rehearsals. The subsequent rise of COVID-19 cases in N…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:32AMAhead of the tumultuous 2020 Presidential election, Broadway’s first Asian-American playwright Young Jean Lee, rallied Asian-Americans to help her with a special and most important project…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:14AMLynn Nottage is optimistic about theater and what it will look like post-pandemic. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright interviewed with me two days before the Broadway League anno…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:42AMFrom the gravity of economic injustices to the anguish of race relations, Broadway has sought to provoke important conversations. Playwrights aware of pressing current events and major socie…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:28AMIn the wake of George Floyd’s killing, theater makers are moving swiftly to address police brutality and systematic racism. Brian Moreland (Blue) and Arvind Ethan David (Jagged Little Pill…
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