But the play he lied about sounds potentially amazing: “Mr. Scahill, the documents say, falsely claimed to have obtained the rights to the life story of the opera singer Kathleen Battle, aiming to produce a one-woman show, starring Ms. Nyong'o, about the day in 1994 when Ms. Battle was fired by the Metropolitan Opera.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PM on August 21, 2016