News about Keith Wann

Keith Wann, 53, said that the company's staff ASL interpreters for the non-profit Theatre Development Fund were refused from the Broadway Lion King show (inset) because they were white representing black characters. Wann filed a lawsuit two weeks ago against the group and Lisa Carling, the organization's accessibility coordinator, who claimed she was ordered to dismiss Wann on behalf of ASL director Shelly Guy (right). Following backlash against the deaf community's lawsuit, the interpreter has since announced that the lawsuit has been settled. The matter between myself and TDF has been sorted out, and both sides are content with the talks that followed,' Wann wrote in a social media post announcing the settlement.

Keith Wann, 53, reported that the company that hired interpreters for the Great White Way, the non-profit Theatre Development Fund, had taken him and another performer off the show. After over a decade of performing elsewhere on Broadway, the interpreter was only hired to work on the show in March. In addition, the performance costs $1,000 a show. Wann is bringing a lawsuit against the Theatre Development Fund and Lisa Carling, the non-profit's accessibility services' director.