“Stop taking all the jobs when we have black interpreters that are the better fit…,” said deaf performer Raven Sutton. Wann’s decision to take the case up in court was met with online backlash from the deaf community. “Keith Wann, though an amazing ASL performer, is not a black person and therefore should not be representing Lion King,” Shelly Guy, the director of ASL for “The Lion King,” told Lisa Carling, the director of the Theatre Development Fund’s accessibility programs, in an email. ![]() 8 after he and another interpreter, Christina Mosleh, were told to back out of the production in April so they could be replaced by black sign-language experts, according to the suit and emails obtained by The Post. “I look forward to the review of the process that will come from this to hopefully benefit the interpreting profession.” Keith Wann and the Theatre Development Fund resolved the dispute outside of court just two weeks after Wann filed his lawsuit. ![]() “The matter between myself and TDF has been resolved and both parties are satisfied with the discussions that ensued,” Wann wrote in a social media post announcing the settlement. Keith Wann and the Theatre Development Fund - a nonprofit that provides ASL interpreters at Broadway shows - resolved the dispute outside of court just two weeks after Wann filed his lawsuit and The Post published a front-page report. The white sign-language interpreter booted from Broadway’s “Lion King” for his skin color quietly settled his federal discrimination case against the theatre company that fired him, The Post has learned. Sleepy 2023 Tony Awards fail to showcase Broadway at its best ![]() Jackson’s shocking reaction after losing Tony becomes meme Tony winner ‘Leopoldstadt’ is closing on Broadway soon. ‘Shucked’ star Alex Newell steals the show at the Tony Awards - and after-party
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