Overview
- In a Threads reply, Riley said she will only work on Broadway when the culture changes.
- She argued that eight shows a week at top vocal range without enough support or fair pay is not sustainable.
- She warned that even trained singers risk injury under that load and said ENT doctors would confirm it.
- She said theater performers deserve stronger protections and better pay, writing that Broadway performers should be “making BANK.”
- Reports note she has not performed on Broadway but won an Olivier Award for Dreamgirls in London, and no formal industry response has been reported.