Center Drops Wopat Name From Awards Program

Wisconsin native Tom Wopat will no longer have his name on an award program in his home area of Madison. The Overture Center for the Arts said Monday it has “severed all ties” with Wopat, who’s charged with indecently touching a woman and a girl during rehearsals for the play “42nd Street” near Boston. The “Dukes of Hazzard” actor from Lodi was scheduled to appear in court Monday in the case, but the appearance was delayed. Wopat lent his name to the “Tommy Awards,” a nationally recognized high school musical theater program in which many recipients have moved on to performing arts careers. The Overture says Wopat endorsed the program in 2009 but has not taken part either actively or financially since.