Artistic director caught in ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ storm at Boston Children’s Theatre
A brief nude scene during a Boston Children’s Theatre production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’’ has landed the company’s executive artistic director in professional limbo after what he calls an attempt at censorship by two “overreactionary ninnies’’ on the theater’s board of directors.
Burgess Clark, who has tried to broaden the definition of children’s theater with bold programming choices during his nine-year stewardship, told the Globe Friday that he has been laid off from his post, though that may be only temporary — one twist in a convoluted and disputed sequence of events.
There was additional fallout from the imbroglio Friday night, as staff members at the Children’s Theatre sent a letter to the board’s executive committee and to executive director Toby Schine announcing that they had begun a work stoppage.
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