Simply weeks after she was introduced as a particular visitor slated to play the position of Sally within the annual stay stage efficiency of Tim Burton’s Halloween traditional The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, Halsey quietly pulled out of the manufacturing.
Whereas no further data was obtainable at press time about her absence, a supply near the singer tells Billboard that they knowledgeable the manufacturing a number of weeks in the past that they had been unavailable for the performances on account of an unspecified “scheduling battle.” At press time spokespeople for Halsey and the Hollywood Bowl had not returned Billboard‘s request for added data.
Earlier this month, the Grammy-nominated singer was tapped to have fun the film’s thirtieth anniversary at exhibits slated to happen on Oct. 27, 28 and 29. Halsey was slated to look through the first two nights of the manufacturing, with Katherine O’Hara, who voiced the Sally character within the authentic movie, reprising her position on Oct. 29. Different particular friends scheduled for the anniversary performances included SNL alum Fred Armisen as Lock, Ken Web page as Oogie Boogie and Riki Lindhome.
Composer Danny Elfman was scheduled to return to the stay presentation as lead character Jack Skellington. Elfman composed the music for the 1993 stop-motion movie, which facilities round Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween City. In October, Rolling Stone reported that Elfman was sued by a lady over allegations of sexual misconduct, lower than two weeks after Halsey was introduced as a visitor star within the Nightmare present; RS earlier reported that Elfman was sued by a feminine musician who claimed sexual harassment and later sued once more of his alleged failure to completely pay an agreed-upon $830,000 settlement. A rep for Elfman denied the allegations to RS, saying, “The allegations of misconduct made in opposition to Mr. Elfman are brless and absurd. His authorized crew is assessing all choices and he’ll vigorously defend these claims in courtroom.”
The official Hollywood Bowl web page for the present that was hosted by comic Greg Proops now not lists Halsey as a member of the ensemble; ticketholders had been reportedly alerted simply days earlier than the present that Halsey wouldn’t be showing within the position that in recent times has been performed by artists together with Billie Eilish and Phoebe Bridgers.
