Geno Segers, who was announced this week to join Broadway’s “Hadestown,” will no longer be part of the Broadway production.
“Hadestown” announced a new principal cast earlier this week, with Segers set to play Hades. His previous stage credits include “On the Town” and “The Lion King” as well as TV roles in “Banshee,” “Pair of Kings” and “Yellowstone.”
The news that Segers is no longer joining the cast comes after online comments and videos resurfaced on theater blogs this week. Segers previously posted videos that some viewed as anti-transgender and critical of pronoun usage. The actor also allegedly criticized trans athletes participating in women’s sports.
The “Hadestown” producers said in a statement Sunday: “The producers of ‘Hadestown’ and Geno Segers have mutually agreed that Mr. Segers will no longer join the Broadway production. Additional casting will be announced shortly.”
Segers has made his Instagram account private and removed videos from his YouTube channel.
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The new principal cast of “Hadestown” will begin their run Sept. 1 at Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre. The cast features pop-rock musician Kayko as Orpheus, Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Yellowjackets,” “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”) as Eurydice, Norbert Leo Butz (“Catch Me If You Can,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “Wicked”) as Hermes and Amber Iman (“Lempicka,” “Goddess”) as Persephone.
“Hadestown” was written by Anaïs Mitchell. Through folk and jazz music, the show combines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the myth of Hades and Persephone.
The show began its Broadway run in 2019 and opened on London’s West End in 2024. A live stage capture of the production, filmed with the original principal cast in London in early 2025, premiered in theaters for a limited release on July 24.