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Halle Berry Leaves Broadway For Custody Battle

Halle Berry fans may have to wait a while before seeing her on Broadway. Formerly cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson in "The Mountaintop", the talented actress has dropped out the play because of her child custody battle over 3-year-daughter Nahla...
Halle Berry Leaves Broadway For Custody Battle
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By Lyndra Vassar · Updated October 28, 2020

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Halle Berry fans may have to wait a while before seeing her on Broadway. Formerly cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson in “The Mountaintop”, the talented actress has dropped out the play because of her child custody battle over 3-year-daughter Nahla…

The drama-award winning play takes place the night before Dr. Martin Luther King’s assisination. Berry would have played  a maid at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, where King and his colleagues prepared a presentation the before he was shot.

Despite cast changes due to Berry’s “custody issues,” the New York Times reports Jackson is still on board for the play.
 
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