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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Team Commits $100G To Fight Racism In Theater, Help Fund Broadway Advocacy Coalition 2021 Forum
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe producer and creators of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen has donated $100,000 to organizations fighting racism in the theater industry, including $50,000 to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition to sponsor a 2021 continuation of the virtual forums conducted this week.In a statement released on social media, the Hansen team – producer Stacey Mindich, director Michael Greif, book writer Steven Levenson and composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – wrote, in part, “We have spent the last several days listening to the Black members of our companies, our community, our country, and the world, as they share with us their pain, their suffering, and their heartbreak….Like so many companies and organizations large
