An unholy mess

A Tony-nominated Broadway star is suing the hit musical “Come From Away,” alleging that he was fired for his Christian beliefs. Chad Kimball claims in a new lawsuit exclusively obtained by Page Six that the musical’s production company “unlawfully terminated [him] wholly or partly because [his] religious beliefs simply made them uncomfortable.” The suit also alleges that the “failure to re-hire” Kimball after he appeared in 1,100 performances “was based wholly or partly upon [his] religious faith.” Kimball describes himself in the court documents as “a devout and practicing Christian” who began starring in “Come From Away” in 2016. (The show debuted on Broadway in 2017.) In November 2020 — while Broadway was shut during the pandemic and Kimball was in Seattle — he made headlines for tweeting that he’d “respectfully disobey” Washington state COVID-19 guidelines that limited religious singing services. But in the lawsuit filed against Kiss the Cod Broadway Limited Partnership in New York State Supreme Court by attorney Lawrence Spasojevich, Kimball alleges that the November tweet led in part to his termination from the show. The show reopened on Broadway last month after being dark since March 2020. Kimball’s lawyer says in the suit, “As a result of his termination as a result of faith, [he] felt extremely humiliated, degraded, victimized, embarrassed, emotionally distressed, extremely distraught and intimidated.” A rep for the show told us, “The producers declined to comment.”