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
