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Hadestown Recasts Hades After Online Controversy

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Source: Variety
Hadestown Recasts Hades After Online Controversy
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Geno Segers, announced to play Hades in Broadway's Hadestown, will no longer join the production after online posts were viewed as anti-transgender; producers say the casting change is mutual and will announce additional casting shortly. The show’s new principal cast begins Sept. 1 at the Walter Kerr Theatre, with Kayko as Orpheus, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Eurydice, Norbert Leo Butz as Hermes, and Amber Iman as Persephone. Hadestown opened on Broadway in 2019 and later on the West End.

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  1. ‘Hadestown’ Parts Ways With Hades Actor Geno Segers After Online Controversy  Variety
  2. ‘Hadestown’ Parts Ways With Actor Geno Segers After Online Outrage  The Hollywood Reporter
  3. Norbert Leo Butz, Amber Iman, and More Will Join the Cast of HADESTOWN  BroadwayWorld
  4. Geno Segers Will No Longer Join Hadestown on Broadway Following Online Outcry  Playbill
  5. Disney star ousted from ‘Hadestown’ following fan backlash to transphobic posts  ew.com

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