The hit musical theatre composer behind ‘Wicked’ has banned productions of his shows in the U.S. State.

In a powerful email to American theatre writers and producers, musical theatre composer and lyricist, Stephen Schwartz, has indicated that he will ban the licencing and performance of any of his catalogue of shows, which includes global smash-hits Godspell and Wicked, in the U.S. State of North Carolina. This is in response to the State’s recently passed “reprehensible and discriminatory laws” that actively victimise people from the LGBT community.

North Carolina lawmakers allegedly met for a special session as a response to the nondiscrimination laws that protect the LGBT community, pushing through the new policies in less than a day. Now all North Carolinan restrooms will be single-sex based on “biological sex” only, as “stated on a person’s birth certificate”. Individuals will also be unable to “bring any civil action” based on any existing employment nondiscrimination protections, as well as other new judgments allowing for the discrimination of people within the LGBT community that the State claims are “common-sense”. 

Several cities and other States have already banned government funded travel to and from North Carolina, and national companies in America have begun speaking out...