Marc Shaiman, the Tony Award-winning composer (“Hairspray”), called Mr. Eckern last week and said that he would not let his work be performed in the theater. “I was uncomfortable with money made off my work being used to put discrimination in the Constitution,” Mr. Shaiman said. He added, however, that the entire episode left him “deeply troubled” because of the potential for backlash against gays who protested Mr. Eckern’s donation.
“It will not help our cause because we will be branded exactly as what we were trying to fight,” said Mr. Shaiman, who is gay. “But I do believe there comes a time when you cannot sit back and accept what I think is the most dangerous form of bigotry.”
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Scott Eckern of California Musical Theater Resigns Amid Gay-Rights Ire Over Proposition 8 in California - NYTimes.com
Scott Eckern of California Musical Theater Resigns Amid Gay-Rights Ire Over Proposition 8 in California - NYTimes.com
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