“As more stories surface about the working environment at the Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, a regional Equity house founded by actor Jeff Daniels, a common thread has been the relating of incidents that appear to violate U.S. employment laws, state wage, and hour laws, and OSHA requirements.”

“Jowi Estava has been away from the Purple Rose for five years, but still stutters and stumbles when she talks about her experience there, an experience that she said gave her PTSD and almost took away her ability to perform.”

“The Purple Rose Theatre, an Equity house in Chelsea, Michigan founded and run by actor Jeff Daniels, has been accused of operating a toxic environment that is abusive to women, people of color and those identifying as LGBTQ+.”

“If THIS is the man – a known abusive tyrant, volatile felon, and remorseless manipulator who is still demonstrating dangerously unscrupulous financial, behavioral and creative practices – who is Broadway’s literal first choice to reopen the very first new work in the world’s most prominent theatre scene, we are in trouble.”

“Paradise Square is principally only seeing the light of day now because Drabinsky’s first and previous comeback attempt failed, and he remains ravenous in his quest for success. It should be noted, however, that there is more than an insignificant chance of it facing this same fate of pre-Broadway vanishment as its predecessor, Sousatzka.”

“There is not a day in my life that I don’t resent what Garth did to me.”

“Drabinsky’s imminent re-emergence on Broadway thus places him at the center of a culture in which he no longer belongs, and positions him as a direct danger to the safety of his employees if this is allowed to happen. So far nowhere else has it been fully explored why.”

“In a series of videos posted to her Instagram, actress Rebecca Caine is speaking out about the abuse she suffered during the 1989 Toronto production of Phantom of the Opera at the hands of her co-star, Colm Wilkinson. She is also calling into question why the Broadway community is welcoming back producer Garth Drabinsky (whose Paradise Square is set to open in NYC in March 22) who apparently stood idly by while she was being abused.'“

"The professor was apparently trying to demonstrate a “stage slap” and struck the student without preparing them or asking for their permission.”

“I have to admit, there was a lot more tenderness, depth, and sincerity here than I’d initially anticipated.”

“Evan makes a really bad, hurtful choice. He takes advantage of other people. Evan also was left by his father, tried to kill himself, and suffers from a mental illness that significantly impacts his life. These facts about him can all exist simultaneously – and they all elicit an emotional response within us. We are forced to live with the dichotomy of Evan’s vulnerability and his deceit.”

“After waiting for over a year for (still) unknown reasons, theatre fans finally saw the Tony Awards handed out in a split telecast between CBS and its streaming network Paramount+. There were definitely some highs and lows of the evening, some expected – others definitely not. So let’s dive in.”