‘Hadestown’ Parts Ways With Geno Segers After Transgender Comments Surface
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Geno Segers, originally set to join the Broadway musical "Hadestown" as Hades on September 1, will no longer be part of the production following the emergence of controversial online videos where he made comments about transgender people.
- The producers and Segers mutually agreed on his departure, though no specific reason was provided in the official statement from the show.
- The videos, which appeared to have been removed or made private after Segers was announced in July, included remarks questioning transgender rights and criticizing the practice of asking for preferred pronouns.
- "Hadestown," a Tony Award-winning musical with a seven-year run on Broadway, is known for its reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth with a New Orleans-style blues and jazz influence.
- Additional casting announcements for the role of Hades will be made in the future, as the production continues without Segers.
