Anger At Black Actor Getting Booted From 'Great Comet' To Make Room For Mandy Patinkin

This week it was announced that Patinkin would make a now-rare appearance on Broadway, starring for three weeks in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. To accommodate Patinkin's schedule, the producers cut short the contract of the actor currently playing Pierre, Hamilton alumnus Okieriete Onaodowan ("Oak"). Some fellow minority actors are denouncing the cast change on social media.

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