Bringing More Color and Diversity to the Great White Way
Broadway is known as the Great White Way, and many productions tend to be about the white experience for a white audience. But there is room—and demand—for a greater variety of experiences and stories. NPR’s Michel Martin and playwrights Kristoffer Diaz and Ayad Akhtar discuss race and diversity on Broadway and look at the ways artists are changing theater.
This conversation is a preview for two events in The Greene Space at WNYC this week:
Thursday at 7 pm, Leonard sits down with playwright Ayad Akhtar and cast members Josh Radnor, Karen Pittman, and Hari Dhillon for a behind-the-scenes look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Disgraced." Find out more and buy tickets!
Friday at 7, Michel Martin's series of national conversations kicks off in in the Greene Space with “A Broader Way.” She’ll be speaking with playwrights from diverse walks of life to explore how theater artists are challenging a canon that has traditionally been about the white experience, created for white people. Find out more and buy tickets!
