“Todrick Hall is ‘grateful’ for the conversations his controversial off-Broadway show ‘Midnight’ is sparking”

Key points

• Todrick Hall’s off-Broadway musical Midnight is drawing controversy.
• The show features an enslaved man Rail who falls for a white planter.
• Critics accuse revisionist history and exploitation of black trauma for art.
• Hall says the conversations are meaningful and he’s grateful for them.
• He emphasizes starting the story at the beginning and defending his art on social media.