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It’s not the Great White Way ... including black actors, without issue. Carling’s decision came at the behest of Shelly Guy, the director of ASL for “The Lion King,” and called for ...
She tops off her look with black and white bantu ... s Mufasa: The Lion King was everything. Her gown included virbant red, blue and yellow colors in a structured silhouette.
"The Lion King" touring company's cast members ... Darian Sanders (Simba) and Khalifa White (Nala), during their stop in Costa Mesa. For Black History Month, Sanders, White and their co-star ...
The white sign-language interpreter ... “Keith Wann, though an amazing ASL performer, is not a black person and therefore should not be representing Lion King,” Shelly Guy, the director ...
A white sign-language interpreter who sued the Broadway production of The Lion King after he was fired and replaced with a black staffer has settled his lawsuit. Keith Wann, 53, said that he and ...
As spectacular as it is, it features a mostly white ... cast of Black actors, some of whom are returning from the 2019 movie. Before you once again immerse yourself in “The Lion King” universe ...
Wann was told over email that it was “no longer appropriate to have white interpreters represent Black characters for ASL Broadway shows”. Since it first opened, The Lion King has featured a ...