‘Jagged Little Pill’ Star Lauren Patten Addresses Controversy Surrounding Erasure Of Non-Binary Character

From narrative films (“Zodiac”), Tv series (“Mindhunter”) to doc series (see everything Netflix is consumed with and their Ted Bundy doc), serial killers tend to be compelling subject matter for crime thrillers. And thus, yet another new film gestating at 20th Century Studios will spotlight the notorious true-life Boston serial killer with Matt Ruskin (“Crown Heights”) writing and directing “Boston Strangler” starring Oscar-nominee Kiera Knightley, according to Deadline.

th Century Studios.Keira Knightley most recently starred in the black comedy “Silent Night” that premiered at Toronto, and she’s also the lead voice of the animated film “Charlotte.” Knightley is represented by United Agents, Range Media Partners, Narrative and attorney Jason Sloane. Ruskin is represented by United Talent Agency and Grandview. LuckyChap Entertainment is represented by Management 360, CAA, Attorney Jeff Bernstein and Narrative.Deadline first reported the news.

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios has set Keira Knightley to star in Boston Strangler, a drama written and to be directed by Matt Ruskin, best known for Crown Heights. Ridley Scott and Kevin Walsh of Scott Free will produce alongside Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap Entertainment. Pic begins shooting in December in Boston.

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On Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel touched on R. Kelly’s “very bad day,” noting that the musician was found guilty today in Brooklyn on eight counts of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical swept the 74th Tony Awards presented on Sunday to celebrate exemplary stage  performances and the return to Broadway following an 18-month Covid-induced shutdown. Lois Smith and Aaron Tveit with their awards at the 74th Tony Awards There were fewer category of nominees at the Tonys this year due to a shortened 2019-20 theatrical season after a nationwide lockdown was imposed in March 2020 to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

The cast of Jagged Little Pill performed some of Alanis Morissette‘s hit songs during the 2020 Tony Awards broadcast!

after former cast members alleged that management intimidated and forced them to delay critical surgery. Actors Nora Schell and Celia Rose Gooding have claimed that the workplace was harmful to the trans and non-binary community onstage and off.In accepting her Tony, Patten acknowledged the controversy around the show.

Lauren Patten picked up her first Tony Award amid the controversy surrounding her role in the musical Jagged Little Pill.

The cast of the Tony-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill is at the 2020 Tony Awards!

Schell, who made their debut in the 2019 show, said on social media that they were repeatedly “intimidated, coerced, and forced by multiple higher ups to put off critical and necessary surgery to remove growths from my vagina that were making me anemic.”The union today said in a statement that it has hired an independent investigator to address these claims:“We are deeply concerned about the revelations in Nora Schell’s statement released Friday.

The producers of Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill have hired an outside firm to investigate claims of an unsupportive workplace made yesterday by former cast member Nora Schell.

Actors’ Equity Association released a statement expressing deep concern over accusations made today by former Jagged Little Pill cast member Nora Schell about what the union described as “a truly painful experience that shouldn’t have happened.”

Two former cast members of Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill, including Tony-nominated featured actress Celia Rose Gooding, released statements today accusing the production of doing, as Gooding writes, “harm to the trans and non-binary community both onstage and off.”

I’m glad I took notes. Looking at the roster of nominees for this year’s too-long-delayed Tony Awards is all the reminder anyone could need of just how interminable Broadway’s Covid pandemic shutdown has seemed. Productions and performances from the 2019-20 season, many reviewed nearly two years ago, are calling out – some more forcefully than others – to be remembered and honored. As I said, I’m glad I took notes.

The new stars of the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill have been announced ahead of the show’s reopening next month!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHeidi Blickenstaff will join the cast of “Jagged Little Pill” when the acclaimed musical returns to Broadway this fall. She will play the lead role of Mary Jane Healy, stepping into the part during the maternity leave of Tony-nominated original star Elizabeth Stanley.