The Broadway Green Alliance—which began as a grassroots volunteer effort within the Broadway community, subsequently burgeoning into a national movement for sustainability in live theatre—has launched a formal Advisory Council and Board of Directors to ensure continued momentum.

The newly created Advisory Council brings together accomplished Broadway artists and producers alongside national climate leaders. Together with the newly created Board of Directors, this leadership group will enable the BGA to expand its scope and impact.

Founded in 2008 as an ad hoc committee of The Broadway League, the BGA partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council as its environmental advisor. In 2010, it became a fiscally sponsored program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Since that time, BGA members have cut more than 10,000 tons of carbon through Broadway’s energy-efficient marquees, diverted over 87,000 pounds of e-waste and textiles from landfills, offset more than 50,000 tons of carbon through the Touring Green program, and kept over 10,000 binders in circulation through its reuse library. 

Public events like the Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert have also inspired over 100,000 attendees, and membership has more than doubled in the past five years, underscoring the demand for climate leadership in the arts.

“When we first convened an industry Town Hall in June of 2008 at the Gershwin Theatre, we had no idea of what the next steps were," says BGA Advisory Council member and Wicked producer David Stone in a statement. “And, we certainly never dreamed that the theatre community would embrace so fully the task of making Broadway more, well, Green. The work of the BGA is so important and timely, and to now have a Board of Directors and an Advisory Board will only allow the organization to grow and become even more impactful.”

“Beginning in 2008, the BGA brought together unconnected work on sustainable theatre by artists and community members into a powerful movement,” adds Charles Deull, EVP, Clark Transfer and BGA Board Co-Chair. “While the results to date are substantial, this is only the beginning. With our new Advisory Council and Board, we are building a structure to multiply our impact on creating a healthier, more just, and more sustainable theatre community.”

The newly formed BGA Advisory Council follows:
LaChanze, Tony Award-winning performer and producer
Nicole Ansari-Cox, Performer
Dani Barlow, Programming Director, Producer Hub
Julie Boardman, Executive Producer and Co-Founder, Museum of Broadway
Leon Addison Brown, Performer
Kerry Butler, Tony Award-nominated performer
Kristin Caskey, Chair of the Board, The Broadway League; Executive VP, Ambassador Theatre Group
Brian Cox, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor
Charles Flateman, Executive Vice President, The Shubert Organization
Andrew Flatt, Managing Director, Disney Theatrical Group
Catherine Coleman Flowers, Activist, Author, and Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice; MacArthur Fellow
Sue Frost, Tony Award-Winning producer, Junkyard Dog Productions
Jenn Gambatese, Performer
Montego Glover, Tony Award-nominated performer
Miranda Gohh, Producer; Founder, Theatre Producers of Color
Sarah G. Harris, Broadway stage manager
Abbey Rayburn Hirons, Broadway wardrobe supervisor
Terry Kinney, Founding member, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Tom Kirdahy, Tony Award-winning producer
Senator Liz Krueger, Representing District 28, East Side of Manhattan; Chair of the New York State Senate Finance Committee
Kenny Leon, Tony Award-winning director
Juliette Maners, 2025 BGA College Green Captain Award recipient from Rider University
Dr. Michael Mann, Director of the Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, The University of Pennsylvania
Idina Menzel, Emmy and Tony Award-winning performer
Luis Salgado, Choreographer; Founder of R.Evolución Latina
Stasia Savage, Chair, IATSE Green Committee
Marc Shaiman, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist
David Stone, Tony Award-winning producer
Shaina Taub, Tony Award-winning songwriter and performer
Alexandria Villaseñor, Co-founder, U.S. Youth Climate Strike; Founder, Earth Uprising
TJ Witham, Vice President, Communications, Times Square Alliance

The BGA Board of Directors follows:
Charlie Deull, Co-Chair; Executive Vice President, Clark Transfer
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Co-Chair; Vice President for Cultural Affairs, ASU; Executive Director, ASU Gammage
David Alpert, Director and educator
Damian Bazadona, Founder and President, Situation Group
Mara Davi, Broadway performer
Tim Guinee, TV & film performer; President, Climate Action Now; New York Legislative-Action Director, The Climate Reality Project
Jim Joseph, Director of Operations, Second Stage Theatre
Anika Larsen, Tony Award-nominated performer
Lauren Reid, President, John Gore Organization; recent past Chair, The Broadway League
Susan Sampliner, Company manager
Christina Selby, Vice President - Production and Touring, Nederlander Organization

“I am deeply honored to join the BGA as Co-Chair of the Board at such a pivotal moment,” states Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Vice President for Cultural Affairs at ASU, Executive Director of ASU Gammage, and Co-Chair of the Broadway Green Alliance Board of Directors. “The BGA shows what’s possible when artists, producers, and communities unite to raise the bar for sustainability in theatre, and now our collective leadership can build the infrastructure and impact to match that vision. I’m especially committed to ensuring that Broadway on the Road and touring productions continue to carry this message nationwide and amplify creative and equitable environmental progress across every corner of our industry and country. And as a VP at Arizona State University I am especially proud of our College and University student Green Captains leading the way for today and tomorrow."

The BGA is also supported by a growing coalition of organizations across the theatre industry, including The Araca Group, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, The Broadway League, Clark Transfer, Disney, Hamilton, The John Gore Organization, The Nederlander Organization, Situation Group, The Shubert Organization, Wicked, and more.

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