Arizona Broadway Theatre's Anti-Bullying Impact Project Is Important Part Of Theatre’s Vision

from our friends at Arizona Broadway Theatre:

Beginning with Season 15, Arizona Broadway Theatre launched a new program to create community-related IMPACT PROJECTS to accompany each Season 15 production. These projects are designed to provide ABT the opportunity to expand its community engagement in meaningful, measurable and memorable ways that extend beyond the productions on stage. Art, as they say, imitates life, and with each production come real-life show specific themes that correlate and relate to topics and issues of the day. With this in mind, ABT will run a teen-youth anti-bullying community IMPACT PROJECT entitled, “I Am What I Am” in conjunction with the run of the La Cage at both locations.

Opening on Broadway in 1983, La Cage broke barriers for gay representation by becoming one of the first hit Broadway musicals centered around a same-sex relationship. The show’s now-infamous torch-song “I Am What I Am” has become an anthem for inclusion and acceptance within the greater LGBTQ+ community worldwide.

“While the central theme of La Cage focuses on issues of inclusion and acceptance related to the LGBTQ+ community,” says Brad York, ABT Director of Marketing & Development, “our intent with the ‘I Am What I Am!’ teen-youth anti-bullying IMPACT PROJECT is to broaden the focus of inclusion and acceptance among all people, regardless of one’s sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious or socioeconomic background, especially teen-youth who confront the demands and pressures inflicted by today’s modern, fast-paced social atmosphere.”

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