Broadway’s Six the Musical producers hit back at online bullying after influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s casting
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Producers of the Broadway musical Six are taking action after Dylan Mulvaney’s recent casting sparked online bullying. The 29-year-old performer and influencer, who is a transgender woman, announced earlier this month that she’ll be making her Broadway debut in Six, which reimagines the six wives of King Henry VII as a girl group performing at a concert. Mulvaney will be playing Anne Boleyn, Henry VII’s second wife. Mulvaney previously appeared in the national tour of The Book of Mormon. Shortly after her casting was announced, the Broadway show was hit with immense backlash online, with critics on X claiming that she wasn’t the right choice for a historical female role because of her identity. Meanwhile, other people accused these critics of being transphobic. Now, the producers of Six have responded to the backlash by limiting the public’s access to the show’s …
