Posted on 11/30/2017 7:32:55 PM PST by EdnaMode
Justin Huff, a casting director who has been involved in Broadway shows including 2013 Tony champ “Kinky Boots,” has been fired from his position at prominent casting agency Telsey + Company over internal reports of sexual misconduct.
“He was let go last week,” Bernard Telsey, the founder of Telsey + Company, told Variety. “I was given reports of inappropriate behavior which I took very seriously, and once I was able to get some information, it was very clear he had to leave this office.”
Huff, who was a senior staff member at Telsey’s company, did not respond to requests for comment. During his tenure at Telsey, he had a significant role in casting Broadway titles including “Kinky Boots,” “Newsies,” “The Color Purple,” “On Your Feet!” and “Honeymoon in Vegas.”
Although no one has yet stepped forward to speak on the record of their allegations against Huff, there had been suggestions of misconduct in the weeks leading up to his dismissal. Telsey confirmed there was sexual misconduct, but neither he nor other sources spoken to by Variety would confirm the exact nature of the inappropriate behavior.
Huff’s ouster from Telsey + Company (“Hamilton,” “Frozen,” “Rent,” “This is Us,” “One Day at a Time”) comes during a period of intense media focus on sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry, in a rolling cycle of exposes that began with Harvey Weinstein and more recently has included Matt Lauer and the playwright Israel Horovitz.
News of Huff’s exit, with no explanation of the reason behind it, was announced Nov. 30.
Wonder what Cindi Lauper thinks about that. I believe she was one of the song writers for Kinky Boots, a Broadway production which gave her career a huge reboot.
Not surprised.
Ah! So when it says, “What do you do when you’re not working,” chances are he was fibbing a bit. Altho like Matt Lauer, he make have considered sexual misconduct an on-the-job assignment.
Although no one has yet stepped forward to speak on the record of their allegations against Huff, there had been suggestions of misconduct in the weeks leading up to his dismissal. Telsey confirmed there was sexual misconduct, but neither he nor other sources spoken to by Variety would confirm the exact nature of the inappropriate behavior.
Perhaps Mr. Huff's preferences offer a clue as to why the details of "the exact nature of the inappropriate behavior" have not yet been described.
He has a husband? A real swisher sweet.
Yeah, he probably limited his expertise to tween and teen boys...
Pedophile?
When I saw Broadway I knew it would be a gay harrassment case.
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