Category: The Lion King

The Great White Way

The Theatre Development Fund, at the direction of Broadway’s The Lion King, removed two white sign language interpreters because they were white and interpreting words from black (and white) characters in the show. This has opened up a federal discrimination lawsuit and left a big stain on New York’s esteemed theatre community in an era…


Samuel E. Wright, Who Voiced Sebastian the Crab in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ Dies at 74

By Noah Feit From The State (Columbia, S.C.) Samuel E. Wright, a Camden, South Carolina, native turned actor on stage and screen, has died. The 74-year-old from the Midlands, who might be best know for his role as Sebastian the Crab in the 1989 Disney hit “The Little Mermaid,” died on Sunday in Montgomery, New York….