Scott Rudin is planning to return to Broadway next season.

The film and theater producer, who left the Broadway industry in 2021 after an article in The Hollywood Reporter detailed numerous claims of Rudin bullying assistants, now says he plans to stage three Broadway productions next season, with two starring Laurie Metcalf and directed by Joe Mantello, according to The New York Times.

As he prepares his return, Actors Equity says it will safeguard against any bullying, harassment and discrimination for stage managers or actors on productions he would be involved in. If Rudin is producing on Equity agreements, we will enforce them. They include strong protections against bullying, harassment and discrimination stronger now even than when he last used them in 2021. Anyone who experiences or witnesses bullying, harassment, discrimination, etc in a workplace where Equity contracts are in use, whether or not they themselves are an Equity member themselves, can file a report through our Lighthouse reporting hotline, a spokesperson for Actors Equity said.

After the THR article was published, hundreds of members of the Broadway community marched on the streets of New York to call for Rudins removal from The Broadway League, the trade organization for Broadway producers. At the time, Rudin said he would step back from active participation in Broadway producing, and he resigned from The Broadway League.

Much has been written about my history of troubling interactions with colleagues, and I am profoundly sorry for the pain my behavior caused to individuals, directly and indirectly, Rudin told The Washington Post at the time. After a period of reflection, Ive made the decision to step back from active participation on our Broadway productions, effective immediately. My roles will be filled by others from the Broadway community and in a number of cases, from the roster of participants already in place on those shows.

The Broadway League did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Rudins return. Rudin also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

When he stepped away, Rudin was one of the biggest producers on Broadway, with the long-running hit The Book of Mormon, high-profile shows such as Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler and To Kill A Mockingbird, and a history of producing celebrity-driven plays, including the 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh, starring Denzel Washington and Austin Butler.

His last production before the closure of all Broadway theaters was Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring Metcalf and directed by Mantello, which never made it to opening night due to the shutdown. The Music Man, which was in the works before the shutdown with stars Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman, opened after the pandemic, with a new lead producer attached.

According to the Times, Rudin plans to produce Little Bear Ridge Road, a play by Samuel D. Hunter, on Broadway this fall, with Metcalf starring and Mantello directing. The play was staged at Chicagos Steppenwolf Theater Company with Metcalf and Manetello last year. He also plans to bring a Broadway production of Cottonfield, a play by Bruce Norris, directed by Robert OHara.

In spring 2026, Rudin plans to stage Montauk, a play byDavid Hare, which would also star Metcalf and directed by Mantello. In 2027, Rudin plans to produce a Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, in a production with Metcalf and Nathan Lane, who starred in a prior Rudin production, directed by Mantello.