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Moulin Rouge! actor Karen Olivo says she's not returning to the Broadway production as a form of protest against Scott Rudin, the prolific theater and film producer who former employees accused of abusive behavior in the workplace in a recent Hollywood Reporter story. Olivo, who played Satine in the Broadway production that began in 2019, announced her departure from the role in an Instagram video on Monday.

Instagram that she’s leaving the beloved musical, explaining in a lengthy and fiery video post that she will not return to the production in protest. The 44-year-old claimed that she’s exiting the Broadway show due to industry silence over the harassment and abuse allegations against famed film and theater producer Scott Rudin.“Moulin Rouge!” producers confirmed Olivo’s exit in a statement to The Post.“We can confirm that Karen Olivo will not return to the production when the show resumes

Tony winner Karen Olivo has announced that she will not be returning to the Broadway musical Moulin Rouge when performances resume and it all has to do with Scott Rudin.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBroadway star Karen Olivo says she won’t return to “Moulin Rouge” once the musical reopens in protest of the theater industry’s silence on allegations of workplace harassment and abuse leveled against the prolific theater producer Scott Rudin.“I could easily go back to the show and make a lot of money, but I still wouldn’t be able to control what I was putting out into the world,” the Tony-winning actor said Wednesday via Instagram Live.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterOn April 7, Annapurna CEO Megan Ellison made headlines as the only notable show business figure to openly criticize Scott Rudin on social media after the latest expose of the super-producer’s alleged workplace abuse and toxicity was published last week.While some activists and film enthusiasts applauded Ellison for speaking out, others found it hypocritical for someone who also has a fierce temper and has had explosive incidents of her own, according to four

Karen Olivo, the Tony-nominated star of Broadway hit musical Moulin Rouge!, will not return to the production when the industry re-opens in protest of what she says is the industry silence over the workplace harassment and abuse claims levied against film and theater producer Scott Rudin.

Five days after The Hollywood Reporter published an exposé of mega-producer Scott Rudin's alleged workplace misconduct, performers' unions SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802 have condemned illegal harassment and harassment that creates a toxic work environment for entertainment employees.

Ethan Shanfeld Leaders of SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 released a joint statement condemning workplace harassment, bullying and violent behavior in the wake of the allegations made against producer Scott Rudin.“Every worker deserves to do their job in an environment free of harassment of any kind, whether that harassment creates a toxic workplace or, certainly in the case of sexual harassment, when that behavior is also against the law,”

Leaders of SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 are condemning harassment, bullying and toxic environments and pledging “to hold accountable those who violate human and legal norms of fair, respectful and dignified conduct in the workplace.”

Another person who worked with acclaimed producer Scott Rudin is speaking out about his alleged "abusive, racist and sexist behavior." Annapurna Pictures founder Megan Ellison took to Twitter on Wednesday to boost the claims made against Rudin by former staffers, who claimed to The Hollywood Reporter that he physically and mentally abused people under his employ and wasn’t shy about maliciously targeting the careers of up-and-coming producers who crossed him.

Megan Ellison spared Scott Rudin no quarter today.

Earlier today, we touched on a new THR report that profiled the alleged years of abusive behavior that superstar producer Scott Rudin has perpetrated against colleagues and employees.

Scott Rudin is under fire.

Over the past several years, stories about how some of the behind-the-scenes moguls in Hollywood abused their power have made headlines. Obviously, everyone knows the disgusting crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein, as an example.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorIn recent weeks, New Yorkers might have stumbled upon a socially distanced pop-up performance by Jon Batiste at the Javits Center, or one by Patti Smith at the Brooklyn Museum. They were both part of NY PopsUp, the joint public-private program announced by New York Gov.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe legendary Ann Roth is looking like a frontrunner for the costume design Oscar for her costumes for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”With over 130 film and television credits, Roth is set to make Oscar history beating out the late Christopher Plummer as the oldest nominee, should she land the nomination.Roth has worked with Meryl Streep, George C. Wolfe, Scott Rudin, Sidney Lumet, Neil Simon, Mike Nichols and Todd Black.

NY PopsUp, a months-long festival starting February 20 that is billed by organizers as a model for how live performances can return amid Covid-19, has set details for its high-profile inaugural edition.

EXCLUSIVE: With his FX limited series Devs behind him, Alex Garland has sets his sights on his next feature film setting his next project, Men, with A24 and tapping Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear to star. Sources add Buckley’s deal is not closed yet but is headed in right direction. Besides directing, Garland penned the script to the untitled project. Scott Rudin, who produced his previous projects, returns as producer along with Eli Bush and DNA’s Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: A24 won a coveted novel for its TV division as it has closed a deal for Memorial, the novel by Bryan Washington. Book will be published Oct 27 by the Penguin Random House imprint Riverhead Press and is one of the buzz titles of the fall.

Also Read: 10 Best Paid Actors of 2020, From Jackie Chan to Dwayne Johnson (Photos)The role of Dionne in the reboot series has not yet been cast.From CBS Television Studios, news of the reboot first surfaced last October, but at that time it had not yet found a network.Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey will write and executive produce along with Robert Lawerence (producer of the original 1995 film), Corrinne Brinkerhoff, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Tiffany Grant.Reddout and Hickey are known for NBC’s

Also Read: Scott Rudin Offers $50 Tickets to Broadway's 'Book of Mormon,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to Lure Coronavirus-Scared TheatergoersThe work in question, SpotCo says, involves various Broadway productions, including “The Waverly Gallery,” “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “King Lear,” “Hillary and Clinton,” “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” “West Side Story,” “The Lehman Trilogy” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”“The case has no merit and the defendants intend to contest it vigorously.”

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticTwo of theater’s heavy-hitters are squaring off in a legal battle that could be Broadway’s biggest drama during the pandemic shutdown: Ad agency Spotco is suing producer Scott Rudin for $6.3 million the company says he owes.Rudin denies the claim, releasing the following statement from lawyer Jonathan Zavin: “The case has no merit and the defendants intend to contest it vigorously.”In a suit filed Wednesday by Spotco in New York State Court, the ad and

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Producer Scott Rudin will bring actor Dustin Hoffman to Broadway in a 2021 staging of Our Town, to be directed by Bartlett Sher (To Kill A Mockingbird).Hoffman will play the role of the Stage Manager in the classic Thornton Wilder play, sources close to the production say.The production will be Hoffman’s first Broadway role since his Tony Award-nominated performance of Shylock in 1989’s The Merchant of Venice.

The opening of Hugh Jackman’s Broadway production of The Music Man has been pushed back to May, 2021. The original opening date was set for 15 October, before the coronavirus shutdown forced all productions on The Great White Way to close temporarily.

If anyone can reawaken Broadway from an unprecedented shutdown that has left many insiders fearful for the theater industry's future, it's Hugh Jackman. Producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen on Wednesday confirmed that their large-scale revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, which will star Jackman alongside another returning Broadway treasure, Sutton Foster, is now scheduled to begin previews April 7, 2021, at the Winter Garden Theatre.

Come next May, audiences will applaud Hugh Jackman during one of the first long-awaited curtain calls of Broadway when the revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man opens.

Also Read: Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Sues Netflix for Copyright Infringement Over 'Enola Holmes' MovieNew York City placed a temporary moratorium on large gatherings, filming and production rehearsals because of the spreading novel coronavirus. Rehearsals for “The Music Man” were intended to begin June 29, but will now commence Feb.

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterWhen Broadway closed its doors on March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Great White Way saw closures and rescheduling that would mark the longest shutdown in history and create a monumental economic impact.Now, Hugh Jackman’s Broadway comeback of “The Music Man” has rescheduled preview performances and the opening night until April 7, 2021 and May 20, respectively, according to an announcement by producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen on

A loose adaptation of Annie Proulx’s novel, “Barkskins” is a unique beast even in the era of Peak TV. Executive Produced by film and broadway uber-producer Scott Rudin, it was created and written primarily by Elwood Reed whose previous work (“The Chi,” “The Bridge,” “Hawaii Five-O”) don’t necessarily scream 17th century period piece set in the French Canadian wilderness.

By Marc Malkin

In his new memoir, Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker, the cinematographer turned director (The Addams Family, Men in Black) traces his rise from nebbish teen (the title refers to when his mother had him paged during a concert) to the heights of Hollywood.

The COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund set up at long-running charitable organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to provide financial relief and services for entertainment professionals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and work shutdown has received a boost from some of the sector's most successful producers.

Following the announcement earlier in the day on Friday that Martin McDonagh's Hangmen had played its final Broadway performance while still in previews, a similar fate has met the eagerly anticipated revival of Edward Albee's masterwork of interdependent marital warfare, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Lead producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen confirmed late Friday night that the production, which was shut down March 12 as part of government-mandated safety measures to control

By Greg Evans

Coronavirus is driving one Broadway’s most prolific producers to drastically slash ticket prices for several big shows.

By Greg Evans