Broadway's 'Lion King' interpreter fired for being white settles case after backlash - New York Post

Keith Wann and the Theatre Development Fund — a nonprofit that provides ASL interpreters at Broadway shows — resolved the dispute outside of court just two weeks after Wann filed his lawsuit and The Post published a front-page report.

“Keith Wann, though an amazing ASL performer, is not a black person and therefore should not be representing Lion King,” Shelly Guy, the director of ASL for “The Lion King,” told Lisa Carling, the director of the Theatre Development Fund’s accessibility programs, in an email.

In a viral TikTok video, deaf performer Raven Sutton blasted Wann for his decision to sue the theatre group.

Many Post readers and others in the deaf community came out in force to support Wann and condemn the outrage he faced.