Posted on 04/03/2016 2:56:25 PM PDT by Samwell Tarly
Broadway composer denies NC companies right to produce shows
Tony Award-winning composer asks other Broadway artists to act as well
Schwartz’s work includes ‘Pippin,’ ‘Godspell,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘The Magic Show’
Schwartz: Action against apartheid ‘eventually proved to be very effective’
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The reaction against North Carolina’s law rolling back LGBT protections continues to spread beyond the business world, where corporations have called for its repeal. Now Broadway’s musical world is flexing its muscle.
This email by Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz began circulating Friday, according to the online theater publication BroadwayWorld.com:
“To my fellow theatre writers and producers: As you no doubt know, the state of North Carolina has recently passed a reprehensible and discriminatory law. I feel that it is very important that any state that passes such a law suffer economic and cultural consequences, partly because it is deserved and partly to discourage other states from following suit.
“Therefore, I and my collaborators are acting to deny the right to any theatre or organization based in North Carolina to produce any of our shows. We have informed our licensing organizations and touring producers of this, and I'm happy to say have met with compliance and approval from them.
(Excerpt) Read more at charlotteobserver.com ...
The ordinance that was pushed by the lesbian mayor of Charlotte addressed transgenders, not gays and lesbians. It permitted them to utilize the public restroom of the gender with which they identify, not the gender they were "assigned" at birth. Most North Carolinians would agree with the repeal of such an ordinance. The mistake the legislature made was to address more than that in the bill, for example, the ability of a city to increase the minimum wage beyond what is set by the state.
I was volunteering today at the local classical music station for their spring pledge drive. We had a shrew call in from out of state and say that she listened online but would not donate because of HB2. I think that it is 50-50 or better that she would never donate anyway and probably doesn’t care about classical music. I will be curious to see if we get more of this in the coming days. The opposition to this is extremely well organized and was underway before the ink dried.
Dang.
You went Logical.
Schwartz is probably doing NC a favor- less left-wing propaganda disseminated through theater.
Sure lucky he doesn’t have to bake cakes for a living.
F’em
New York Queers are the bane of America
Thanks God we still live in a country where people aren’t forced to do business with those whose morals they find objectionable.
““Therefore, I and my collaborators are acting to deny the right to any theatre or organization based in North Carolina to produce any of our shows. We have informed our licensing organizations and touring producers of this, and I’m happy to say have met with compliance and approval from them.”
Ooooooo! Steven! The “pain” you’ve inflicted on the good Christian people of North Carolina wlll be felt by them, not at all!
Oddly enough, and despite the visage he presents in his press photos, Mr. Schwartz is married to a female. These days, however, that could mean any number of things.
LOL!!
Right, that was my point.
There’s a musical called “Children of Eden”?
I had no idea. I really never saw the attraction of stage musicals.
How is this not discrimination against Christians?
Based on the first nine chapters of the Book of Genesis.
It's actually quite respectful of the Bible. It takes a few liberties, but there are no gay characters or anything like that.
Big deal.
It’s a “gay” musical anyway. I fell asleep during a performance I was forced to attend by an employer.
NO gay musicals ! I do decla-uh. Pass me another mint julep and cue the wrestling (just kidding, I detest wrestling as much as gay musicals)
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