Karen Olivo, whose acting career began in Polk County, is waiting to learn if she will receive a second Tony Award.
But Olivo will not return to the cast of “Moulin Rouge!” when Broadway productions resume after a delay of more than a year. Olivo, a graduate of Harrison School for the Arts in Lakeland, stunned the theater world with the recent announcement.
Olivo’s action is a protest against what she calls the theater industry’s “silence” toward allegations of workplace harassment against producer Scott Rudin.
“I could easily go back to the show and make a lot of money, but I still wouldn’t be able to control what I was putting out into the world,” Olivo said in a video posted on Instagram. “And what I’m seeing in this space right now, with our industry, is that everybody is scared, and nobody is really doing a lot of the stuff that needs to be done. People aren’t speaking out.”
ACS, ASALH, and SBAC Announce the Winners of the 2021 Black Muse Exhibition
The winning works will be presented virtually on all three organization’s websites through March 5.by BWW News Desk
Art Center Sarasota , The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and the Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative recently announced the winners of the 2021 Black Muse exhibition. The three groups collaborated to present this year s exhibit, which solicited work from artists of African descent throughout the state of Florida. The exhibit was juried by Elizabeth Goodwill, MFA, education director for Art Center Sarasota; and artist and SBAC board member Alyssia Lazin. The winning works will be presented virtually on all three organization s websites through March 5. Visit www.suncoastblackartscollaborative.org, www.artsarasota.org and www.asalh-manasotafl.org.