‘Broadway for Racial Justice’ sheds light on inequity in theatre industry, Broadway’s return

After a historic shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway is officially back in New York City.

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Like many institutions, however, the theatre community was faced with some serious reckonings during the summer of 2020, with many theatre artists of color marching on Broadway and demanding structural change in the massive industry. Born in 2020, Broadway for Racial Justice‘s mission is to “fight for racial justice and equity by providing immediate resources, assistance, and amplification for BIPOC in the Broadway and Theatrical community-at-large.”

TheGrio sat down with BFRJ and broke down their inception, how specifically they hope to make space for BIPOC voices in the theatre community and what the future holds for voices of color on and off-Broadway.

For Brandon Michael Nase, the executive director of Broadway for Racial Justice, he quickly realized that making true change in the theatre community had to be done “in a more organized way.”

He explained, “As I’ve had time to think through how it all started, we started in June 2020, with the idea of having a hotline for people to be able call into for moments of racial trauma in the theatrical workplace, and also a financial assistance fund that would center the BIPOC community.” Outside of these initial initiatives, however, Nase reveals that how BFRJ’s tenants and foundations are born out of simply making space for fellow people of color.

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