Overview

• Wu said she and Feldman had a detailed phone conversation and exchanged messages, then wrote that a subsequent voice memo left her "so disappointed" and urged him to act, adding "Silence is a choice."
• Feldman is in a nine-week limited engagement as Oliver, temporarily replacing Tony winner Darren Criss, who is of Filipino descent.
• An open letter and petition organized by B.D. Wong has drawn more than 2,400 signatures, including Conrad Ricamora, Anthony Rapp and Joaquina Kalukango.
• The production and creators have defended the casting by describing the leads as allegorical robots not tied to a specific race, while outlets report Feldman has not issued a public response.
• Deadline reports the show grossed $1,216,108 for the week ending Sept. 14 and has topped $1 million weekly since Feldman began, and the production has scheduled Criss to return Nov. 5.