We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot why didn't 'Ruined' go to Broadway. It was the most successful play that Manhattan Theatre Club has… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I feel like 'Sweat' arrived on Broadway at the moment that it needed to. I feel like a commercial audience was not… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I was repeatedly told that there isn't an African American woman who can open a show on Broadway. I said, 'Well, how… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Broadway's never my end goal because of the plays I write. These are tough plays. Of course there's a lot of humor,… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
I think that human beings were incredibly resilient; otherwise, we wouldn't keep going. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
We need to diversify the people who are backstage and producing and marketing these shows. It's the limitations of these people that are holding… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The essence of creativity is to look beyond where you can actually see. I don't want to dwell in same place too long. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
A play that forces us to question our moral responsibility to the victims of human rights abuse. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
