A complaint about the casting of a teenager in a sex-related scene has prompted a Brattleboro area community theater group to pull the plug on its rendition of the musical “The Lift.”
In the scene, lead character Felix, has a sexual encounter with Helene, a wealthy, older woman. It takes place in the dark and contains no nudity.
Director Bob Kramsky canceled this weekend’s Vermont Theatre Company performances after an audience member who saw it last weekend complained.
Kramsky has taught theater at the high school for 34 years says it would have been wiser to cast someone older.
The musical by playwright Zeke Hecker is based on a scene in Thomas Mann’s novel, “The Confessions of Felix Krull.”