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Just clarifying since there have been a number of posts on this:

Randy has actually not been part of the BWW team for several years now. The videos that we’ve been running recently have been part of our “Rewind” series of re-airing older video content while the industry remains shutdown. We’ve taken his videos out of that series and agree with those here that these older, offensive tweets are inappropriate (both then and now).

There have been a number of people who have reported this thread, but at this time, we do not feel it is appropriate to take it down. Discussing a public figures past comments is not an attack, and as ErmengardeStopSniveling mentioned, it is newsworthy. So, as long as posts stay on topic and do not attack people, we will allow this conversation to continue. 

However, we have removed a number of posts that violated the board's rules for the various reasons mentioned above.

Hi All

While we always encourage discussion of things in the news as they relate to theatre, we think this particular topic has run its course and there's not much more anyone can add to the conversation without speculating on someone's beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors in a way that goes beyond what is permitted in our rules.

If there's additional news or statements on this topic, we will re-open the thread. If we miss anything feel free to get in touch to conta

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Sharing public statements from those in the theatre world that have suffered from (and hopefully recovered from!) this terrible virus are fine. What to avoid is speculation on those that have not made their health situation public for one reason or another. 

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Those  are indeed programmatic ads that are targeting you around the net and clearing your cache/cookies often will help reset their targeting.

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Hi Everyone,

We know a number of you are likely facing a similar situation to the one we are at the moment - lots of uncertainty and a lot more time at home as we deal with this epidemic and limit our social contact to protect the most vulnerable and our front line healthcare workers.

With that said, we would love to do something to engage with our board community during this time.

We're thinking of maybe a Broadway Bookclub - discussion of a Broadway book on the boar

We understand the desire to speculate and discuss rumors, especially those that are salacious. However, in most situations, the more explosive of those rumors are just not true, and we do not feel it is appropriate to have that type of conjecture on the site. It is not fair to the individuals and productions involved, because while many of these types of rumors end up being completely false (either in part or whole), they live on the internet forever if they are allowed to, having far-reachin

We are locking this thread due to the unsubstantiated rumors being posted. We will unlock at a time when an official announcement is made by the production and we have further news to share. Thanks. 

Update: As promised, now that an official statement clarifying the situation has been released, we are unlocking this thread. 

He Won't Be Fired  Feb 15 2020, 09:56:36 PM
Due to posts earlier this evening that violated our policy on personal attacks, we are locking this thread over the weekend, and will we-open it during business hours when additional moderators are online to handle reported abuse. Thank you for your understanding.

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Due to posts earlier this evening that violated our policy on personal attacks, we are locking this thread for the night, and will we-open it during business hours tomorrow when additional moderators are online to handle reported abuse. Thank you for your understanding.

Hi All

We're going to lock this thread as there aren't any new developments here for the moment and we think the discussion has run its course in terms of what assessments can be made of the situation.

We'll be happy to revisit and unlock if/when further information becomes available.

-Moderator Team

There have been a number of posts removed and edited in this thread this morning that violate our rules. While we welcome the discussion of published reports and think that those conversations are important for the community, it is inappropriate to extrapolate those reports to assigning labels to individuals that were not done so by the courts. 

So please feel free to continue to discuss the merits of the situation, but please avoid doing so in ways that confuse the legal facts in