On Broadway, more visibility, yes, but also an unseen threat


              FILE - Camille A. Brown participates in the 73rd annual Tony Awards "Meet the Nominees" press day in New York on May 1, 2019. Brown is nominated for two Tony Awards, one for best direction of a play, and one for best choreography her work on "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
            
              This image released by Polk & Co. shows Jaquel Spivey during a performance of "A Strange Loop" in New York. (Marc J. Franklin/Polk & Co. via AP)
            
              This combination of photos shows scenes Broadway performances from the musical "Six," top row from left, the Lynn Nottage play "Clyde's," and the musical "Paradise Square," bottom row from left, the musical "MJ," the play ""for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," and the musical "A Strange Loop." (Boneau/Brian Brown/Polk & Co., The Press Room, O & M Co./DKC, Polk & Co. and Polk & Co. via AP)
            This image released by Polk & Co. shows, from left, James Jackson, Jr., L. Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison, Jaquel Spivey, Jason Veasey and John-Michael Lyles during a performance of "A Strange Loop." (Marc J. Franklin/Polk & Co. via AP) 
              This image released by The Press Room shows, foreground from left, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Karen Burthwright and Sidney Dupont during a performance of "Paradise Square." (Alessandra Mello/The Press Room via AP)