There are many exclamations on how black people are taking over Broadway. This to me was very exciting news seeing that I would love to one day be a part of Broadway. After attending Phantom of the Opera and Grease I noticed that besides my sister and I there weren't any other blacks there. Being the black dot in the audience inspired this:
Porgy and Bess, Fela!, The Wiz, Fences, The Color Purple, Rent, In The Heights...All have stunned both critics as well as audiences, but that’s not where the similarities end. Each of these productions show a special interest in African American talent and several have been up for Tony Awards. As a race, African American writers as well as actors have infiltrated both Broadway as well as Off Broadway. So why is it that blacks are not being attracted to either?
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