But....
“However, we had the wrong impression of how Oak felt about the casting announcement and how it would be received by members of the theater community, which we appreciate is deeply invested in the success of actors of color as are we and to whom we are grateful for bringing this to our attention. We regret our mistake deeply, and wish to express our apologies to everyone who felt hurt and betrayed by these actions.
This is a glowing NYT review, but read the comments. Seems almost everyone who sees the show HATES it! And that was in Nov 2016, long before it lost its star...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/theater/natasha-pierre-and-the-great-comet-of-1812-review.html
Thanks for the link. Well, all I can say is good riddance to bad rubbish. Really the only people who pay to see this sort of dross are naive tourists and rich insular fruits from New York’s Central Park West.