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Special Tony Awards will be presented in September to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, David Byrne's American Utopia and Freestyle Love Supreme, the awards administration committee announced today. Special Tony Awards are presented to outstanding productions, artists and organizations who do not fall into any of the…

The Broadway League, the trade group representing Broadway and regional theater owners and producers, has added producer Brian Moreland and Kendra Whitlock Ingram, president and CEO of Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center, to its Board of Governors. Both new board members are people of color, and the announcement…

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition announces the creation of the BAC Artivism Fellowship to support artist activists, providing financial support, mentorship, networking opportunities and education workshops. The inaugural class of fellows will specifically support Black, female-identifying artist activists focused on…

“There is only before this moment,” says Adrienne Warren, star of Broadway’s Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, “and after this moment.” In a remarkable series of big, first steps into this new era of protest and pandemic, black theater artists in recent weeks have taken hold of a historic moment to demand a reckoning…

The producer and creators of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen has donated $100,000 to organizations fighting racism in the theater industry, including $50,000 to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition to sponsor a 2021 continuation of the virtual forums conducted this week. In a statement released on social media, the Hansen team…

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other anti-racism organizations. The grants include a $50,000 commitment to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition as “a launch donation” for this week's three-day forum Broadway for Black Lives…

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a group founded by theater producers and actors to promote the use of the arts for social change, will host a three-day online forum June 10-12 to examine and discuss racism within the Broadway industry. The event, titled Broadway for Black Lives Matter Again, is planned, organizers…