Hadestown Parts Ways With Geno Segers After Surfaced Online Remarks
TL;DR
Broadway’s Hadestown has mutually parted ways with Geno Segers, who was set to join the production as Hades, after past online comments and videos resurfaced. The producers said Segers will no longer join the show and that additional casting will be announced soon; there was no public statement from Segers. Segers’ prior credits include The Lion King and On the Town, with reports noting past anti-transgender remarks and views on pronouns and transgender athletes as the source of the controversy.
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- ‘Hadestown’ Parts Ways With Actor Geno Segers After Online Outrage The Hollywood Reporter
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- Breaking News: Geno Segers No Longer Joining HADESTOWN broadwayworld.com
- ‘Yellowjackets’ Star Jasmin Savoy Brown Reacts to Making Her Broadway Debut in ‘Hadestown’: ‘That’s the Whole Reason I Wanted to Become an Actor’ gayety.com
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