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She said withdrawing from the production was ‘upsetting’

The singer, 40, had played the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown.

From Moore v. Hadestown Broadway Ltd. Liab. Co., decided Thursday by Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Kim Moore is a black woman who works as an actress. Defendant is a company that produces and stages "Hadestown," a musical that runs on Broadway …. On or about January 30, 2020, Defendant…

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

Ani DiFranco, Grammy winner, takes on Broadway as Persephone in Hadestown, embracing new challenges and experiences.

The singer-songwriter never set out to make a Broadway hit, but it's funny how things turn out

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“The ‘villain’ of this tale is systemic ableism in society,” said one theatre goer over their experience at “Hadestown”