You know why most companies now have free-trade coffee, organic oat milk, and cruelty-free makeup?

Not because THEY care, but because WE care, because if we care it sells. (2/9)
Theater doesn& #39;t have certification, in theater we put our values on stage and that& #39;s it. Remember #Askifitsequity?

Guess what? Audiences don& #39;t care about union relations, if it looks like the show we know and love, and everyone onstage is smiling, what& #39;s the harm? (3/9)
There is a reason that Broadway was built on the back of minstrels shows (because they were popular) and you don& #39;t see them now (because they& #39;re not) The commercial theater cares about what sells, Broadway cares about what sells. (4/9)
Do you care that the producer& #39;s husband is friends with the last president and is a massive real estate developer responsible for gentrifying NY? Of course not, you just want to be in a theater even if literally no live actors are being employed, but yay theater! (5/9)
And who wants to rain on their friend& #39;s parade when they& #39;ve finally got a job that might give them health insurance orr make their rent payment for the month. I know I don& #39;t. (6/9)
Our industry cannot change until the world around it changes, until we have universal healthcare, and universal basic income, until the cost of living in NYC isn& #39;t outrageous, until you don& #39;t need an endless line of rich investors to capitalize shows, until, until, until. (7/9)
And until then just admit you& #39;re not going to boycott Broadway because what& #39;s ON STAGE is free trade, organic, and cruelty free. (8/9)
If someone is going to produce To Kill a Mockingbird one day and throw a baked potato at someone& #39;s head the next, well then let& #39;s just all agree we can see the man behind the curtain and we& #39;re choosing to look away. (9/9)
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