Workforce numbers for productions in New York City’s Broadway industry are appalling: 80% of show writers, 85.5% of directors and over 61% of all roles cast go to white people. But the recently approved “New Deal for Broadway” is hoping to change all of that, bringing increased representation into all parts of NYC’s theater industry.
Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press reported that “a wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have hammered out a series of reforms and commitments for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.”
Known as the New Deal for Broadway, the new commitment outlines a number of short-term changes to be enacted this fall, plus longer-term implementation over the next few years — all to help make Broadway and the people it employs much more diverse and inclusive.
