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For the first full season since the death of George Floyd reignited a conversation about race and representation in America, Broadway responded with one of its most diverse Tony slates yet

For the first full season since the death of George Floyd reignited a conversation about race and representation in America, Broadway responded with one of its most diverse Tony slates

Multiple Black artists were nominated in every single Tony Award performance category. But COVID-19 sickened actors and starved box offices.

At a lunch for Tony Award nominees last month, veteran theater producer Ron Simons looked around and smiled. It seemed appropriate that the gathering was held at The Rainbow Room. "I can guarantee you I have not seen this many people of color represented across all categories of the Tony Awards," he recalled. "It was…

NEW YORK (AP) — At a lunch for Tony Award nominees last month, veteran theater producer...

Broadway producer Ron Simons, whose shows have won numerous Tony awards, speaks to the Daily News about his journey from a childhood in inner-city Detroit to producing the new revival of "For Colored Girls," the joyful, sometimes gut-wrenching, portrait of Black women's lives, which opened on April 20 to critical acclaim.

The limited run was originally scheduled to close August 14.

Ntozake Shange’s iridescent choreopoem “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/...

The recent big wave of African-American productions on Broadway occurred in the midst of a pandemic that, at times, shuttered theaters.

Theater may be struggling, but Ron Simons is committed to opening his next show, “For Colored Girls,” this spring.