The producers of “Hadestown” on Broadway rescinded the casting of Geno Segers as Hades, after OnStageBlog reposted Segers’ (now deleted) videos on social media that belittled transgender people. This is in the same week that Boy George withdrew as King Herod from the West End production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” because of online reaction against the song he released on his social media “We Will Dance Again“, in defense of Israel. (“You say genocide, I say war/When you’re attacked, that’s what the army’s for.”)
Politicians are routinely accused of performing “theater,” meant pejoratively as empty gestures. (A recent example the Dr. Fauci hearing.) This week, it’s
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