The Changing Face of Broadway: Race and Diversity in the American Musical Theater

An exploration of the challenges and rewards of nontraditional casting and the changing landscape of ethnic diversity on the Broadway stage, featuring live performances and a panel discussion.

Hosted by Christine Toy Johnson – actor, writer, and award-winning activist on issues of diversity and discrimination in the arts.

With appearances and performances by:

LaChanze (Tony Award Winner for The Color Purple; Once on This Island, If/Then, Dessa Rose)

Alvin Hough, Jr. (Pianist & current Associate Conductor of The Color Purple)

Tara Rubin (casting director, School of Rock – The Musical, Bullets Over Broadway, Les Misérables, Aladdin)

Jack Viertel (Artistic Director of Encores!, Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters)

Kat Nejat (West Side Story, Lysistrata Jones)

Raymond J. Lee (Anything Goes, Honeymoon in Vegas)