TheaterMania: A couple of weeks ago, the Hollywood Reporter published a story about theater and film giant Scott Rudin and the decades of alleged mistreatment that employees suffered at his hands. This past weekend, the Washington Post broke the news that Rudin, in a moment of contrition, is planning to "step back" (whatever that means) from his role as lead producer on shows like The Music Man and To Kill a Mockingbird, so as not to disrupt Broadway's long-awaited return.
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I think this article brings up a very important distinction. The theatre world is far from lacking visionary and powerful leaders. At CMU I see the future all the time and they are doing fantastic and breath taking things. However I also see Broadway and more generally regional and summer stock theatre’s not letting these people into their worlds. We have a system in theatre that keeps the old guard and the “proven”, white old men, in the theatre as long possible. We try and encourage people to be the change that they want to see and speak out when they see something they want to be changed. However the same people telling us we have to change the theatrical world are keeping the door shut when we get up the courage to knock it down. People are scared of the change and scared of what might happen if they open up to new ideas and new leaders. Most of the time its because they don’t look or sound like the ones they feel comfortable with it. Its beyond a crying shame and its a massive disservice to everyone in the theatrical world.
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