Geno Segers Exits Broadway’s ‘hadestown’ After Backlash Over Transgender Comments

Geno Segers has departed nan Broadway philharmonic “Hadestown” aft remarks he made astir transgender group resurfaced online.

Segers, who’s acted successful “Yellowstone” and “Banshee,” was slated to subordinate nan Tony Award-winning accumulation connected Sept. 1 arsenic Hades, deity of nan underworld, arsenic portion of a caller main formed that includes Jasmin Savoy Brown arsenic Eurydice, Norbert Leo Butz arsenic Hermes, Amber Iman arsenic Persephone, and Kayko arsenic Orpheus.

In a connection connected Sunday, per the New York Times, nan show announced that “Hadestown” producers and nan character had agreed to portion ways and that “additional casting” would beryllium announced.

The departure comes aft Segers’ since-deleted societal media posts, including videos he uploaded to YouTube, resurfaced online and caused casting backlash that called for nan character to beryllium pulled from nan show. In clips featured connected OnStage Blog, nan character says, “I’m not against anyone surviving retired their lives nan measurement they want, but I americium against their authorities superseding nan authorities of different group — that’s a small spot foul.”

In nan clip, he continued to opportunity he didn’t deliberation that transgender group were oppressed and he expressed an rumor pinch identifying pronouns. OnStage Blog big Chris Peterson said that Segers had scrubbed his accounts for nan astir portion but that nan character was posting “anti-trans content” connected his X relationship and Instagram arsenic precocious arsenic October.

Iman, who will play Hades’ wife, Persephone, successful nan production, addressed nan news that Segers had been nixed successful a since-expired Instagram communicative connected Sunday.

“I wasn’t posting, But I was not quiet,” Iman wrote. “Sometimes you gotta get disconnected societal media and request answers. Cuz I’ll beryllium damned if my ‘husband’ is simply a comedian and we’re not astatine nan circus.”

On Monday, Segers issued an apology connected societal media. “I wish to widen my astir sincere apologies to everyone impacted by my words,” he wrote. “While I ne'er intended to inflict harm, I admit that nan effect of my statements is what matters most.

“I americium afloat committed to listening, educating myself, and elevating my standards. I will activity tirelessly to gain nan opportunity to make things right.”

The character past addressed his erstwhile formed mates and nan show’s producers, asking that they judge his apology for nan accent his “actions person brought to this production.”

“I judge afloat work for my words and admit nan necessity of contiguous accountability,” he continued. “I widen my wholehearted support to nan cast, crew, and my replacement. I wish you each tremendous occurrence during your run. I person complete assurance that each of you will beryllium phenomenal.”

The post-apocalyptic, jazzy New Orleans-style “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, is simply a mythical emotion communicative that follows young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice and nan rulers of nan underworld, Hades and Persephone.

Film professional Katie Walsh wrote of nan 2026 filmed staging of nan production: “There are moments erstwhile Mitchell’s songs consciousness eerily prescient: The show’s villain, Hades (Page), rules nan underworld of Hadestown arsenic a fascistic industrialist; his Act I closing number is titled ‘Why We Build nan Wall.’ Factory workers singing backmost to him, ‘We build nan wall to support america free,’ a chorus that foretells nan Trumpian rhetoric of 2016 and a reminder that these patterns of section and otherization are nan eternal devices of nan oppressor.”