This May 3, 2017 file photo shows director Rachel Chavkin at the 2017 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press day in New York. ( Charles Sykes / Charles Sykes/Invision/AP )“It’s pretty shocking,” Chavkin recently told The Associated Press at the Hadestown press day. That was the case for Chavkin as it led to her Broadway debut a few years ago and her return this season. Then there’s the financial component: Broadway shows have a much higher capitalization, so more is at stake. Isaacs doesn’t see the lack of women directing on Broadway as intentional, rather as a by-product of a male-dominated industry.

Source: thestar April 19, 2019 21:00 UTC