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#476

Re: New Hadestown Casting

SisterGeorge said: "How was Paulo Szot in the role? He just sang "His Kiss..." magnificently at 54 Below. Actually, his whole set was terrific, marred only slightly by a jittery Kate Baldwin who joined him on a couple of duets."

I adored him in the role and would welcome him back. He doesn't have the menace that some of the other Hades have, but he was so slimy that he made for a fantastic villain.

#477

Re: New Hadestown Casting

To me, this is one of those situations where a mistake was made and they corrected it quickly. Live and learn. No one besides Segers needs to get fired over it.
#478

Re: New Hadestown Casting

Hi. I’ve been away from the Broadway scene for a while (finances), but still getting email updates on this thread. I’m glad he’s gone, but wondering why there wasn’t more uproar (I know there was some, but she still did her run, I believe) about Ani’s views (which were heartbreaking for someone like me who was a fan and considered her a queer icon). Was the lesser uproar due to her past identifying as a part of the rainbow, because her comments weren’t as consistent & emphatic, because she was more famous or a little bit of all of the above?

#479

Re: New Hadestown Casting

Ani DiFranco’s statements were substantially more measured and I wouldn’t really call them explicitly transphobic, per se. She also has a pretty long history of activism.

Segers’ videos are explicitly, egregiously sexist and transphobic. Things that would anybody fired from any job that isn’t in the Trump administration,


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

Updated On: 8/2/26 at 09:25 PM

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