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GettyIn the year since calls for racial justice echoed through nearly every sector from fashion to Wall Street, New York’s theater district has remained dark. But a pointed reckoning with systemic racism and gross abuses of power in the industry has gained tremendous traction off stage.Some of it has unfolded in the public square. “We See You White American Theater,” an open letter published in June 2020 calling for anti-racist theater systems, has amassed over 100K signatures and recently reported that more than 100 theatre institutions have responded to its demands.#BwayforBLM Was a Powerful Call to Account for Anti-Black Racism in TheaterKaren Olivo shocked fans by stepping back from her lead role in Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! with a call to accountability. Adrienne Warren, star of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, said at a recent Broadway for Racial Justice March in Manhattan, “I ain’t going anywhere, but I’m not signing my name on any c
COLUMBIA - The True/False Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday after changing its venue due to the pandemic.
The festival was held at Stephens Lake Park and the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Normally, True/False is held in downtown Columbia. But, the pandemic posed new challenges for the event.
Online ticketing was a new change this year to reduce the number of touch points for True/False goers. The event, which lasted an extra day than usual, also showed fewer films. Â
The fest s theme this year was, Nature of Uncertainty. Â Here we are in a park, doing things outside, everyday is new weather and everyday is new circumstances, Interim Artistic Director David Wilson said. That felt like an appropriate parallel for life during the pandemic.
Broadway actors protest for inclusion and removal of accused producer Scott Rudin By Zoe Christen Jones
April 23, 2021 / 5:44 PM / CBS News
More than 100 Broadway and theater actors, staff and workers marched in protest Thursday, calling the full resignation of Scott Rudin and demanded additional diversity in the industry. Rudin, an award-winning film, television and theater producer, is accused of bullying and harassing employees. We want to shut Scott Rudin out of the Broadway League, Nattalyee Randall, march co-organizer, told CBS New York, referring to theater s biggest union.
Rudin stepped back from his current and upcoming Broadway and film projects, including the highly-anticipated Broadway revival of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. This comes after accusations of bullying, harassment and abuse by current and former employees that were detailed in a recent expose published in the Hollywood Reporter.