Whoopi Goldberg targets ignorant financiers for her Broadway delay
Whoopi Goldberg has blasted ignorant financiers for delaying the opening of her Broadway revival For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf.
The show, featuring singer India.Arie in her Broadway bow, was scheduled to open later this month but the production has suffered a setback after donors pulled out over concerns about the title of Nitozake Shange’s play.
Goldberg, who is among the producers of the show, says, “We had a couple of major donors who didn’t look at the title.”
“They said, ‘We can’t say for colored girls or suicide – we certainly can’t say them in the same sentence.’ I was like, ‘Did you not know this play?’ But more money is coming in.”
Producers have not yet announced when the play will be rescheduled.
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