Actor Geno Segers will no longer appear in Hadestown, just days after he was announced as the Broadway musical’s new Hades and his casting sparked backlash over past social media posts.
Earlier this week, the long-running production revealed a new principal cast, with Segers set to join the show at Manhattan's Walter Kerr Theater from September 1. But the announcement quickly drew criticism after social media users resurfaced videos in which the 49-year-old appeared to make anti-transgender remarks and criticized the use of pronouns.
