#BroadwayBlack Artists Speak Out After Police Murder Alton Sterling

We’re tired.rnrnWe’re angry.rnrnWe’re deflated.rnrnBut we all have jobs to go to and lives to live. We now have to pick up and go into places where “performance” is necessary. We have to put away the aforementioned feelings and go out into a world that has certain expectations of us.rnrnIf you are a Black actor on Broadway, your “performance” will be doubled today. Several of our favorite Broadway Black actors have spoken out following the tragic murder of Alton Sterling, a Black man executed while pinned down by police outside of a convenient store in Baton Rouge, La. yesterday.rnrn rn

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I’m so angry!!! #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/4nowlHeQA7

rn— ChristianDanteWhite (@dantechristian) July 6, 2016

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rn#AltonSterling #SandraBland #TamirRice #MikeBrown #EricGarner…The list goes on & on like a never ending quilt of tears & rage.rnrn— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) July 6, 2016rn

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I CANT TAKE IT! My heart can’t take it. Do you know how broken our spirits become every time we witness something like this? As many heartfelt comments I see about fictional characters like Poussey we should care about the lives of real people just as much. Every person is flawed but no one deserves to have their life snatched from another that way. #AltonSterling

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A photo posted by Danielle Brooks (@daniebb3) on Jul 6, 2016 at 6:36am PDT

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rnIf you don’t make noise. They will never here you. You WILL hear me when I say #AltonSterling mattered.rnrn— Adrienne Warren (@adriennelwarren) July 6, 2016rn

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These justifications and excuses are just infuriating….. #AltonSterling

rn— Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) July 6, 2016

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rn#AltonSterling #BatonRougernrn— Anika Noni Rose (@AnikaNoniRose) July 6, 2016rn

rnrnrnrnDo you hear it? It’s faint, but persistent. It’s the collective, sustained, composed frustration and exhaustion of Black folks in America. But every wrong act carries with it an opportunity for justice. Here is your opportunity, America. Don’t let us down.