2019-2020 INCLUSION

[troynow]

Posted: 6/10/19 at 4:18pm

With Rachel Chavkins' comments on the Tony Awards about inclusion on BROADWAY. Do we think there are people available and will it matter to the producers and theatre owners next season? 

 

https://variety.com/2019/legit/news/tony-awards-hadestown-rachel-chavkin-representation-broadway-1203237530/

Also, noting there is only one woman of color announced to direct. Did I miss some?

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:03pm

2019-20 is already a few steps ahead of this past season. It's not perfect, but it's a start....

- Sea Wall/A Life –– directed by Carrie Cracknell

- Grand Horizons –– written by Bess Wohl, directed by Leigh Silverman

- Jagged Little Pill –– co-written by Alanis Morrissette & Diablo Cody, directed by Diane Paulus

- My Name Is Lucy Barton –– written by Elizabeth Strout, adapted by Rona Munro

- Moulin Rouge! –– Choreographed by Sonya Tayeh, cast = 60% people of color

- Tina –– co-written by Katori Hall, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, London cast = 75% people of color

- The Inheritance –– written by Matthew Lopez

 

Of the rumored/no-theatre-announced productions (some of which could fall apart), we have the following.....

- Company –– directed by Marianne Elliott, gender-reversed lead role

- West Side Story –– choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, presumably featuring a 50% Latinx cast

- Slave Play –– written by Jeremy O. Harris, directed by Robert O'Hara

- Six –– co-written and co-directed by Lucy Moss, all-female cast

- Secret Life of Bees –– lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, book by Lynn Nottage

- Glen Garry Glen Ross –– directed by Amy Morton, gender-reversed cast

- Blue –– directed by Phylicia Rashad

- Once Upon A One More Time –– directed by Kristin Hangii

- Fairview –– written by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson, choroegraphy by Raja Feather Kelly

edit: I'm just gonna keep adding titles as I think of them. 

To really drive home the point to producers and theatre owners, the shows by and about women/people of color/trans people have to be profitable. And because those artists have to be given an opportunity in the first place, it's sort of a vicious cycle. Acclaimed off-Broadway work is also an important first stepping stone (i.e. What the Constitution). But I hope the theatre world is moving towards a more diverse range of work.

Updated On: 6/10/19 at 05:03 PM

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:47pm

And let's not forget about the inclusion of illegal immigrants too.

After that shout out by a Tony winner last night, we can open that door too.