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Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is an industry-wide initiative to educate, motivate and inspire the theater community and its patrons to adopt environmentally friendlier practices in theater production and reduce our carbon footprint.
The Broadway Green Alliance (formerly known as Broadway Goes Green) is an ad hoc committee of The Broadway League. Launched in 2008 with the support of Mayor Bloomberg’s office and guidance by NRDC, a national environmental organization, the BGA brings together all segments of the theatre industry – including producers, theatres in New York and around the country, theatrical unions, and related businesses. In its first year, BGA participants have adopted numerous better practices, including helping to create a greener Tony Awards, changing the vast majority of marquee lights to energy saving bulbs, incorporating greener practices backstage in running productions, offsetting through Native Energy thousands of tons of carbon emissions from touring shows, recycling or reusing materials from closing productions and educating the community about better environmental practices.
Whether you’re involved with theatre in New York, Cleveland or Chicago, Tampa or Tempe, anyone working in theatre can be a part of the Broadway Green Alliance. We know that some theatre professionals, companies and venues are just starting out on the journey to environmental sustainability while others already have innovative efforts well underway. Regardless of your current shade of green, we invite anyone in the theatre community interested in reducing our impact to participate in our collective initiative. We recognize that organizations around the country have much to teach us, and each other, and we look forward to working together as a community to improve the impact of theatre for generations yet to come.
