Hades, King Herod and the Politics of Theater. A Starry August. Stageworthy News of the Week.
The producers of “Hadestown” on Broadway rescinded the casting of Geno Segers as Hades, after OnStageBlog reposted Segers’ (now deleted) videos on social media that belittled transgender people.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...