With a musical in the works, how will Broadway react to allegations of racism and homophobia against ‘The Notebook’ author Nicolas Sparks?
Vanessa Hudgens is set to appear in a staged workshop reading of 'The Notebook' musical, adapted from Nicolas Sparks' popular book.This week, the Daily Beast reported that Nicholas Sparks, author of the hugely popular romance novelsban LGBT clubs and student protests at the Epiphany School,
a Christian academy Sparks founded that is located in New Bern, North Carolina. Saul Benjamin, a former headmaster at the Epiphany School, is suing Sparks, claiming that he and other school board members “unapologetically marginalized, bullied, and harassed members of the School community whose religious views and/or identities did not conform to their religiously driven, bigoted preconceptions.”
Emails obtained by the Daily Beast seemed to confirm this to some degree, showing that Sparks attempted to ban student protest at the school, berated Benjamin for attempting to foster an environment of diversity and tolerance, and accused him of having “an agenda that strives to make homosexuality open and accepted.” Benjamin has also accused Sparks of racism, claiming that Sparks told him the school had few African-American students because they are “too poor and can’t do the academic work.
But they come as a tremendous blow to the reputation of the wildly successful romance author, whose books have sold more than 100 million copies, many of which have been adapted into equally popular films. To make the timing even worse, the latest adaptation of Sparks’ work,
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