The album is scheduled to be released in 2021 and the deadline for submissions is March 31, 2021. Black Writers Amplified will feature an estimated 24 songs and will include work from both established and up-and-coming artists.

Now hear this, write it down, take a screenshot: The production of the album will offer opportunities for Black engineers, arrangers, orchestrators, musical directors, copyists, musical contractors, and musicians.

As you can see, the purpose of this project is to show that we are gifted, capable, and talented on and off stage. Black Writers Amplified is designed to immediately take steps towards increasing representation of Black writers in musical theatre and hold the American Theatre accountable through the creation of a resource for artistic directors, producers, and other theatre creators to find and support new voices and emerging Black talent.

Black Writers Amplified will be produced by Broadway Records and Black Theatre Coalition in association with Jacquelyn Bell (Emojiland) and Jarrett Murray.

BTC’s mission is to remove the “illusion of inclusion” in the American Theatre, by building a sustainable ethical roadmap that will increase employment opportunities for Black theatre professionals.

Broadway Records is a Grammy® Award-winning record label and its mission is to preserve musical theatre and theatre vocalists. Some of their recent releases include The Color Purple (2015 revival) and NBC’s television event, “The Wiz Live!”

Established and emerging Black musical theatre writers are encouraged to submit their new work for consideration. For more information and to upload materials, visit their website.

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Reid’s hit revue, which premiered in 2012, makes its Birdland debut on Feb. 8 to take the audience on a sensational musical ride through 1934 Harlem.

According to press notes, Drop Me Off in Harlem,

 is an evening of club-hopping to the music of Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington and Andy Razaf…through the elegant nightclubs and working class speakeasies that made uptown gay and delightful, however dull and depressing downtown Manhattan could be. In 1934, on a Saturday night in New York City, if you were boozin’ and jazzin’, you were doing it in Harlem.  In this club-hopping journey, Reid propels us into a night of uptown enchantment using his unique arsenal of talents.

Reid, a stunning vocalist and accomplished dancer, was most recently seen in After Midnight and has also appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins, The Wedding Singer, La Cage aux Folles, Never Gonna Dance, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Follies and Kiss Me, Kate.

Hughes is currently gearing up for the City Center Encores! production of Cabin in the Sky which opens on Feb. 10 with a limited five-night engagement through Feb. 14.  Additional Broadway credits include Beautiful, Ghost the Musical, Book of Mormon, Ragtime, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Chicago. 

Broadway at Birdland presents Drop Me Off in Harlem Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.  All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum.

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