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nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk"><em class="nt">Though the theaters have been shut down, talk surrounding Broadway’s systemic issues has been far from. Now it’s time to see how Broadway will follow through on its vows to change.</em></p><p id="d854" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Last spring, hundreds marched down Manhattan’s Broadway with one word in mind: change.</p><p id="a27c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Scott Rudin, the entertainment mega-producer, had unleashed the frustration, fury and focused determination of the city’s theatre industry in full force. <a class="af nu" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/everyone-just-knows-hes-an-absolute-monster-scott-rudins-ex-staffers-speak-out-on-abusive-behavior-4161883/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Rudin’s behavior</a>, documented as being both physically and psychologically damaging to his employees, unearthed a larger issue of higher-ups getting away with flagrant abuses of power. Until the pandemic, which shuttered theaters for 18 months, Rudin’s tantrums had been routinely praised as one of many examples of “tough love” rites of passage for young creatives trying to break into the industry.</p><p id="ad90" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">But at what felt like a tonal shift, artists began openly denouncing the gauntlet of racism, ableism, dangerous overwork and other violations they said were inherent to Broadway. The March on Broadway caused Rudin to resign from the Broadway League, the association in charge of running the industry — a milestone for the movement to make the entertainment industry more inclusive and safe.</p><p id="1f47" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">After the march, Broadway seemingly effected change quite quickly. Two weeks after the march, the Broadway League hired Gennean Scott as their Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion — a step advocates had been pushing for, for years. Pledges for diversity ensued.</p><p id="2a63" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">But now, six months later, Broadway’s reopened, and there have already been several controversies. Jagged Little Pill has endured some <a class="af nu" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/09/27/scandal-plagued-jagged-little-pill-alanis-morissettes-tony-winning-musical-sees-performers-quit-over-trans-controversy/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">negative incidents</a> — the production coerced a trans actor to postpone an important surgery fearing it would interfere with a successful opening night and has made troubling decisions regarding its character, Jo’s gender identity. Similarly, <a class="af nu" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/10/13/hamilton-transgender-actor-accuses-management-of-discrimination-in-federal-complaint/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Hamilton</a>, Broadway’s emblem of diversity, faced criticism in early October for refusing a trans actor a gender-neutral dressing room. With these stories painting a rather bleak public picture for Broadway’s return, the question lies: where is the change?</p><p id="e398" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Natalie Randall has spent the past 18 months ruthlessly campaigning for it on social media, in private meetings with industry leaders and out on the streets. According to her, things seem to be looking up.</p><p id="da3d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">A Black actress who co-organized the March on Broadway, Randall says change is surprisingly still happening, though it’s not abundantly apparent: “I’m upset about the injustices still happening just like everyone else, but … people are still doing the work,” she explained. “Every new play opening on Broadway this fall is by a Black playwright. That’s crazy.”</p><p id="7f70" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Seven new plays this fall, all by Black writers, starkly contrast the <a class="af nu" href="https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/2019-2020-season-creative-teams-of-color_91046.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">4 out of 37</a> new shows planned for the incomplete 2019–20 Broadway season that were POC-written. “This is something that I once thought: that’s never going to happen,” says Randall — a promising sign for Broadway’s pledge to diversify its voices.</p><p id="6e47" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Randall adds that diversity has progressed onstage as well. “Sis was cast in a traditionally cis role in the Oklahoma tour (referring to Black trans actress, <a class="af nu" href="http://www.playbill.com/article/sasha-hutchings-sean-grandillo-sis-more-to-star-in-oklahoma-national-tour" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Sis</a>, who organized the Trans March on Broadway),” she added. “Never would that have happened before the pandemic.”</p><p id="f11f" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">“Before the pandemic” seems like a recurring theme. As quarantine forced the nation to confront its racial inequities, Broadway executives were finding ways to dismantle the industry’s own systemic issues.</p><p id="b47d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk"><a class="af nu" href="https://edi.roundabouttheatre.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Roundabout’s</a> current revival of <em class="nt">Caroline, or Change</em> held company workshops throughout their rehearsal process to address Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), among other industry concerns. “There wasn’t EDI training on any show I’d done before the pandemic,” reflects J. Navarro, one of <em class="nt">Caroline’s</em> music associates. “But now, if you’re a Broadway show and you don’t do an EDI workshop, then people start to question you.”</p><p id="1c2c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">The scrutiny doesn’t end there. “<em class="nt">Caroline</em> had a lot of people looking at it because the story is centered around a Black woman and our director is a White man,” said Navarro. “People were wondering, and I think rightly, how <em class="nt">he </em>could tell this story.”</p><p id="9221" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">The director, Michael Longhurst, transferred with this production of <em class="nt">Caroline, or Change</em> from London’s West End, which was mounted pre-pandemic. “Since coming back, Michael has been clear in his ‘I am not this’ mentality. He’s very aware and respectful,” explained Navarro. “It’s about trust. Even though Michael’s White, he’s surrounded himself with people who <em class="nt">know</em> the story. They fill in gaps he can’t.”</p><p id="2133" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">That being said, diversity on stage and in the rehearsal room isn’t where Broadway’s fight ends. This year’s Tony Awards, which aired in September, attempted to start Broadway’s return with a bang. But it received backlash because of its exclusive streaming on Paramount+. Audiences who were used to the awards being broadcast on TV complained the exclusivity made the show <a class="af nu" href="https://twitter.com/kellylinhayes/status/1442287529684779009?s=20" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“inaccessible”</a> and <a class="af nu" href="https://twitter.com/HeidiHanson/status/1442273958116478980?s=20" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">irritating</a>.</p><p id="9ed7" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">“To put the Tonys behind a paywall, it made me furious,” expressed Jen Sandler, an upcoming New York theatre producer. “We’ve been having so much conversation, and honestly making so much progress in regards to diversity, then this happens. That’s very scary.”</p><p id="5c80" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">As a producer, Sandler is worried about what message this sends to potential theatergoers. “Especially after the pandemic, we shouldn’t be pushing audiences away. Putting the Tonys on Paramount+, I don’t know, just feels very supremacist. It tells people who might be struggling financially that ‘theatre isn’t for you.’” She tags on, “ticket prices reflect that. Why are prices just as expensive post-pandemic?”</p><p id="973f" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">For Sandler, Broadway’s next step is to extend the change that’s being enacted behind closed doors out to the public: “That starts with audiences. We need butts in seats more than ever, and that doesn’t just mean rich white butts.” But she adds, “money talks.”</p><p id="c770" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Navarro, who is also a theatre composer, asserts: “There is a shift with people telling more diverse stories, but ticket-buyers don’t reflect them yet; maybe do some outreach programs, or do more streaming. Try it out, see what sticks.”</p><p id="a34e" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Trying appears to be the new name of the game on Broadway. “Jagged Little Pill showed that we’re still fucked up,” Randall laughs. “Representation needs to become a norm. We shouldn’t have to celebrate a trans woman getting cast, but for now we do. It’s part of a process. People are going to mess up, people are going to do the wrong thing; that’s okay, as long as we keep trying.”</p><p id="bfe9" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk"><strong class="mx gv">SOURCE LIST</strong></p><p id="4e81" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Natalie Randall, Actor/Activist, @nattalyee on Instagram</p><p id="209f" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">J Oconer Navarro, Musician/Music Director, <a class="af nu" href="mailto:joconernavarro@nyu.edu" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">joconernavarro@nyu.edu</a></p><p id="aa0d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mv mw gu mx b my mz na nb nc nd ne nf ng nh ni nj nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns gn bk">Jen Sandler, Producer/Associate Artistic Director of NY Theater Barn, <a class="af nu" 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