In American Theater, a Radical Accounting of Race and Privilege
In tandem with the rise of protests in the streets about systemic racism, Black and other minority artists take the cause to the stage.
The necessary changes are so big, Broadway’s leaders are having trouble putting words to them.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer of Hamilton, did not return calls for comment for this story. Jordan Roth, the president of Jujamcyn theaters, did not return calls for comment. Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater, declined comment. Jeremy O. Harris, the playwright behind Slave Play who tweeted that megaproducer Scott Rudin “loves to be loudly racist,” declined comment.