SCOTT RUDIN'S COMEBACK: SOME CONTEXT

In a new puff piece for the New York Times, Scott Rudin declines to dive deep into his misdeeds, saying “I’m not attempting to create a menu of miscreant behavior.” Enter Stage Left Report.

In the latest so-predictable-it’s-shocking turn in industry reporting, we have a comeback story from Scott Rudin, interviewed adoringly by Michael Paulson in the New York Times. The piece indulges in long quotes about Scott Rudin’s therapy journey but largely ignores the culture of fear he cultivated in the theatre industry.

I witnessed that culture shif…