Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed I would never be done on Broadway. But that was never the goal.
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My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.
By the time I started writing plays, Broadway was never an expectation, so it's never been central.
'Broadway' is one of the big American words. It's exciting to be given the chance to rattle around in one of the big words.
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental.
I wanted to write for Broadway.
I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're educated. They go in ready and they're up for it, they're up for the party. It's a whole different atmosphere.
So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck.
I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.
I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.
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