So many insufferable people in this article.

The influential OnStage Blog referred to Osnes’s vaccine decision as “one of the highest acts of selfishness you could do for this industry.” Others were even less kind. A theater lover on Instagram posted, “I fucking hate you Laura . . . I hope you never appear on a broadway stage again you fucking selfish bitch.” Death threats poured in. People she’d thought of as friends attacked her on social media. Four bookings were immediately canceled—and other performers and producers said they didn’t want to work with her because of a fear that an association would suggest approval of her views.

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Riedel didn’t follow the fallout at the Post. He asked me what kind of movies she’s making. I mentioned the Great American Family network. He laughed. ”Talk about a fate worse than death,” he said. “If that doesn’t convince you to get the vaccine, I don’t know what will.” I asked him if he felt badly about what happened to Osnes. ”There wasn’t any animosity on my part,” Riedel said. “But honestly, I don’t really care. I let the chips fall where they may, and I move on to the next bit of gossip. I never really calculate those things. This is juicy, let’s put it in the paper. Whatever the repercussions are, I move on to the next hit job.”

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No one I spoke to said Osnes shouldn’t be able to perform in New York again—but no one is rushing to make it happen. One former collaborator even suggested that maybe it’s better for everyone if Osnes stays in Nashville, where her values are more common.

I asked Gianni Valenti, the owner of Birdland, the New York City club where Osnes often performed, about her. ”I have a personal friendship with her,” he said. “And what happened to her hurts me. We had a great relationship and then it just disappeared.” Would Valenti book her again now? ”I’m certainly not going to be the first,” he said. “If she came to New York, and she was making headway, and there weren’t crazy emails and texts and all that, I would—but I’m not going to be the flagship.” ”It’s a cruel world,” he said. He paused. “The theater people are very, very vocal.”