Cody Renard Richard and Nzinga Williams are young backstage Broadway professionals who are shaking up the theatre world, both within and beyond their career paths. Broadway stage manager, producer and educator Cody Renard Richard is the founder of a scholarship program honoring, uplifting and supporting the next generation of BIPOC theatrical leadership. Nzinga Williams is the Assistant General Manager at Moulin Rouge! and the founder of NEW Black Mutual Aid Fund.
ASU Gammage Executive Director Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, one of the Touring Broadway community’s brightest stars, joins with Broadway general management associate Kevvin L. Taylor to talk about careers on Broadway and making change permanent.
Hear from producer Brian Moreland and Broadway ad exec Aaliytha Stevens about how they have crafted careers on Broadway, and what the future of Broadway holds. Brian Moreland was the lead producer of Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of a Colored Man, and is producing American Buffalo on Broadway in the Spring of 2022. Aaliytha Stevens is the Chief Operating Officer at SpotCo, and the highest-ranking advertising executive of color on Broadway.
If you are looking to break into the business of Broadway, this podcast is for you. The Black Business of Broadway is a bi-monthly podcast that highlights the stories, how to’s and successes of the Black administrators, producers, directors, managers, creatives, and legends of Broadway. Tune in as our host, Gennean Scott, The Broadway League’s Director of Equity Diversity and Inclusion, chats with these professionals and helps you find your career on Broadway.