Black Plays Are Knocking on Broadway's Door. Will It Open?
Calls for diversity grow louder, and there are shows in the pipeline. But many are being shepherded by newcomers, not the powerful industry regulars.
Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Willemijn Verkaik Rajiv Joseph Danny Burstein Jonathan Brody Laurie Metcalf Simon Williams Joan van Ark David Green Herbert Lamont Dozier Erich Segal Eileen Atkins Robert Gist Marshall Jamison George Beban, Jr. Ilona Massey Jack Albertson Ona Munson Leslie Denison Helen Traubel Arthur Pierson Elaine Hammerstein Lew Pollack Stan Laurel Bobby Clark Tom Howard Vera Michelena William J. Kelly Sydney De Grey Tupac Shakur Sidney Salkow Diana DeGarmo Tom Lenk Jason Howland Phil Mickelson Valerie Mahaffey Herbert Greene Paul Reed