Keith Wann was one of at least two people forced out after the Theatre Development Fund ruled it was “no longer appropriate to have white interpreters represent black characters.”
A white sign-language interpreter says he was booted from “The Lion King” on Broadway because of his skin color.
Carling told him and interpreter Christina Mosleh to “back out” of the show — which celebrates its 25th anniversary on Sunday — so they could be replaced by black sign-language experts, according to the suit and emails obtained by The Post. Wann, a sign language interpreter and performer who has been working in New York for more than a decade, was offered the chance in March to work on one of Broadway’s most-acclaimed and longest-running shows.
Shelly Guy, the director of ASL for “The Lion King,” called to get rid of all non-black interpreters.Carling’s decision came at the behest of Shelly Guy, the director of ASL for “The Lion King,” and called for Carling to get rid of all non-black interpreters, according to another email obtained by The Post and cited in the suit.
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