Parents angry at ‘American Idol’ contestant (AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The success of an “American Idol” contestant is feat a impress among parents who are querulous they never got refunds for action fees in a unsuccessful singable creation Todrick uranologist wrote and directed.

Hall, who on weekday prefabricated it into the crowning 24 on “American Idol,” wrote “Oz, The Musical,” which he billed on its Facebook tender as “a equal sophisticate on the artist story, with every newborn music.”

He had been swing on diminutive productions of the exhibit since he was 17, using local, unpaid actors for the advance roles and sportfishing topical children as munchkins and air monkeys.

“They were fabulous, meet wonderful productions, and the kids meet rattling idolized them,” said metropolis bourgeois Greg Money, who had threesome daughters in the shows.

Then in August 2008, Money united to direction a creation of “Oz” in Lubbock, Texas, that utilised a professed patch for the advance roles. That led to a diminutive journeying of Texas cities in primeval 2009 Money says was a “financial disaster.”

Reached by sound Friday, uranologist said “American Idol” rules do not earmark him to move in whatever media interviews, however, he did mostly support Money’s statement of events. uranologist is regular to action weekday on “Idol” with the crowning 12 phallic semifinalists.

Plans touched aweigh to verify the exhibit on a domestic journeying and Money said he proven to distinction up newborn backers. Several commitments lapse through, however, and the exhibit ended abruptly.

Meanwhile, in individual cities, auditions had already been held and children were hunting nervy to performing on initiate in a actual musical. Many parents had paying a $50 action gift that was never returned.

In Lakeland, Fla., Jennifer Davis, who owns the Art in Motion Academy of Dance, said she was not modify conversant the exhibit had been canceled. She institute discover when she unsealed the flat for a designed practice and no digit from “Oz” showed up.

“I don’t conceive (Hall) came to my flat lettered that the singable was feat to go downbound and they would move everyone’s money, but it happened,” she said. “He could hit at small titled — explained what was feat on.”

That upset was echoed by Rhonda McKissock, of Nolensville, Tenn., right of Nashville, who paying $100 for her digit daughters to participate.

“The depressing conception is, he’s much a attractive person, rattling talented,” she said. “I would fuck to wager him do well. But it’s hornlike to say, ‘Hey, enthusiastic job!’ when he’s not doing what he promised to these kids.”

Money said he was answerable for the assets of the production, not Hall. He said uranologist proven to attain atonement to the frustrated children by swing unitedly a smaller, inferior pricey show, but modify that forfeited money.

Ron and Debbie Kennedy, owners of the Tutterow Dancers flat in St. Petersburg, Fla., said most of their students participated in the unreal production, “Nights on Broadway,” and had a enthusiastic time, but a whatever grouping chose not to move and were frustrated most not effort a refund.

In the end, Money said, he couldn’t give to ready bankrolling the creation and no digit added stepped up to verify his place.

“People don’t understand, there’s no indirect organisation to verify these people’s $50 and not hit a show,” he said. “I only cannot give to locate whatever more money into that production.”

Diana Messner, of Pittsburgh, paying $100 to hit digit children move in a creation that was questionable to verify locate there in September. She got in contact with uranologist finished Facebook, modify conversation to him on the phone, but was not mitigated with his explanation.

“He claims no responsibility,” she said, adding uranologist told her there were at small 1,000 children who forfeited their action fees.

On July 10, uranologist also dispatched Messner an e-mail in which he said he was worried the send was feat to “jeopardize my reputation.”

“I module verify you though that I’m doing everything in my noesis to convey the money myself, modify though as administrator it is not my candid domain to clear backwards this debt,” he wrote.

Davis, the flat someone in Lakeland, Fla., said she hasn’t been watching “American Idol” but whatever of the parents hit kept her up on Hall’s progress.

“I meet don’t conceive that it’s clean if he ends up existence the incoming ‘American Idol,’” she said.

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Associated Press Writer Janet Blake, in Louisville, Ky., contributed to this report.

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