Is Theater Finally Embracing Diversity?

Historically, plays focusing on racial themes or African-American issues have been a tough sell with the largely white, largely affluent theater-going public. But the tide may be turning: “The biggest nonmusical hit of last Broadway season was the revival of the 45-year-old play A Raisin in the Sun… And it’s not the only production dealing with black themes resonating in theaters around the country.”