Shuffle Along’ and Insurer Drop Pregnancy-Prompted Lawsuit

Shuffle Along’ and Insurer Drop Pregnancy-Prompted Lawsuit

Scott Rudin, the lead producer, and Lloyd's of London settled a lawsuit that arose from the production's decision to shut down a Broadway musical when its star became pregnant.Audra McDonald, center, as Lottie Gee in the musical “Shuffle Along,” in 2016.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesBy Michael PaulsonA prominent Broadway producer and Lloyd's of London have fought in court for four years over whether Audra McDonald's 2015 pregnancy, which was cited as the cause for closing the musical she was starring in, qualified as an “accident” or “illness” for insurance purposes.In a filing last week, the parties agreed to drop the case.The production, “Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed,” and Lloyd's, the insurance company, filed a one-paragraph stipulation in New York State