Watching a Broadway musical could be an awesome expertise — to say nothing of the actors performing in it.
“Should you die onstage, or your character’s screamed at, your physique believes that’s actually taking place to you each night time,” stated Hannah Cruz, who made her Broadway debut this spring within the ladies’s suffrage musical “Suffs.”
For many years, the business fostered a “suck it up” tradition of steely toughness. However one focus of this yr’s BroadwayCon, which can draw hundreds of theater lovers to the New York Hilton Midtown from Friday by way of Sunday, is to facilitate conversations about how performers take care of psychological well being, each on and offstage.
The deliberate discussions and occasions tackle quite a lot of matters, together with the challenges of staying sober whereas working within the enterprise and growing accessibility for autistic audiences. Listed below are six occasions you’ll wish to catch.
Autism and accessibility discussions
Theatergoers who wish to share their experiences being on the autism spectrum, know somebody who’s or simply desire a secure house to study extra can participate on this occasion hosted by Skylar Reiner, a longtime Broadway fan.
“Autism and Broadway: What It Means To Be a Fan While on the Spectrum,” Friday, 10 a.m.
5 autistic performing arts professionals — together with Conor Tague, Desmond Luis Edwards and Madison Kopec, who lately made their Broadway debuts in “How to Dance in Ohio” — will focus on their private experiences with accessibility within the arts, in addition to finest practices for collaborating with autistic creators.
