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Highland Guy said: "So "mortified and humiliated" that she has taken to social media to talk about it? So "mortified and humiliated" that she traveled cross-country to talk about it at a Forum?"

Waterbury should be allowed to tell her story and express the pain she felt from what happened to her. Let's not make silence be the standard for who was and wasn't humiliated in this situation.

LuPita2 said: "In the articles I read in the New York Times, all the women refused to dance with him at NYCB, which is part of the reason he was fired. There were concerns when he came back, as well. And if you are referring to Sara, they broke up."

From NYT (link):

"The company said in a statement on Saturday that after hearing the concerns of dancers, staff members and others in the City Ballet community, it had decided to fire Mr. Ramasar and Mr. Catazaro. (The statement also said the company had already made the decision to fire Mr. Finlay when he resigned.) "

People in the company voiced their concerns which is different from all women in the company refusing to dance with him. In fact, you'll find multiple women in the company who have expressed messages of support for him on social media. I don't intend for this to mean that he is therefore absolutely blameless. I'm just trying to straighten out the facts for those who might be misinformed.

I'm referring to Alexa Maxwell. Sara and Amar had broken up long before the scandal broke. They continued to dance after their breakup, and she was his first partner back upon his reinstatement. The NYT review of that performance was quite disappointed with her for appearing to tacitly approve of his return for appearing happy during the curtain call.

The reporting on this issue is a little confusing. For those who are unclear on what happened. This is the link to Waterbury's amended complaint (link). I will focus primarily on Ramasar's involvement.

You will find the parts relevant to Ramasar in paragraphs 90-98. These are the facts according to Waterbury's complaint.

When Finlay asked Ramasar for pictures, he sent topless photos of his girlfriend (link to Ramasar's claim that she consented). Finlay asked for more, and Ramasar sent more nude photographs of the same woman. There's no indication in the lawsuit that Ramasar sent Finlay of other women in the company (paragraph 91).

Ramasar likewise solicited photos, to which Finlay obliged and sent him nude photos of Waterbury (paragraph 95).

Waterbury disputes Ramasar's claim that his girlfriend consented because Ramasar texted Finlay that his girlfriend might get mad (paragraphs 97-98).

Note that the only cause of action against Ramasar is for negligence (starting on paragraph 159). There are multiple causes of action against Finlay, NYCB, and SAB (including assault, battery, harassment, etc.). The basis for the claim against Ramasar was that he had a duty to prevent Finlay from doing what he did.

Ramasar's motion to dismiss (link) rejects Waterbury's claims because he had (a) no duty to Waterbury, (b) no control over Finlay's action, and (c) did not cause the damages to Waterbury. The reasons for (a) and (b) are kind of easy to figure out, so I won't go into it. The reasons for (c) is largely due to the fact that Waterbury's photos had been shared on multiple occasions before they were shared with Ramasar. Quoting from the motion to dismiss: "Indeed, the Complaint alleges that Finlay texted explicit images of Waterbury to third parties – without any involvement by Ramasar whatsoever – on five separate occasions(twice in 2017) before the May 21, 2018 text interaction between Finlay and Ramasar, and one time after that... Finlay obviously did not need any encouragement from or involvement by Ramasar to cause him to text pictures of Waterbury to others... Because Finlay’s sending of Waterbury’s photos to others would have occurred – and did occur – without any involvement by Ramasar, his actions werenot the cause-in-fact of Waterbury’s injury..."

I would go into what the other parties involved did, but that doesn't seem relevant to this particular forum. The other parties have also submitted counter evidence to contradict Waterbury's claims. I didn't look too closely, but I don't believe Ramasar submitted any additional counter-evidence in defense of his actions.

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My thoughts: The fact that Ramasar received photos of Waterbury doesn't rise to the level of "sex offender" in my book. Ramasar doesn't deny those texts happened, but the responsibility to not disseminate Waterbury's photos fall squarely on Finlay's shoulders. Furthermore, even Waterbury's own lawsuit doesn't make any claims against Ramasar other than negligence.

Lauren Worsham for Eliza.

I'm really looking forward to this! I've never seen a production of Fiddler before.

Brick said: "

And so Lin's choice to empower Eliza with the decision not allow her reaction to be known strikes me as indeed quite clever, as well as making the women of the piece more active than they're often credited to be in history, while noting perhaps that's also by choice here.
 

Amen. I loved that whole song, but the bit about the historians was the only thing that stood out to me.

 

Santino Fontana

Alex Sharp

Jonathan Groff

Robert Fairchild

Brian d'Arcy James

Colin Donnell

Ramin Karimloo

I hope Chris Wheeldon's choreography of American in Paris becomes famous many years from now.

Does Lin-Manuel Miranda count? He can sing, but it's not his strongest suit.

I would also love to see Annaleigh Ashford do this role. She would get the comedy down.

She's not Jewish, but I think she does have a unique look.

The Tonys pass the Bechdel test.

Anna Kendrick will probably be Eliza. She's probably gonna belt that last note of "I Could Have Danced All Night", too.