Jussie Smollett's future career prospects could be in jeopardy despite the actor managing to avoid criminal charges for allegedly lying about a hate crime attack.

Multiple sources tell DailyMail.com that Smollett has been cut from the upcoming Broadway revival of the 2003 Tony-winning play Take Me Out.

The actor had been in New York to do a reading of that play back in January, just 12 hours before he told police that he had been punched and kicked by two men shouting homophobic and racist slurs outside his apartment.

That report, which police later determined to be false, resulted in a 16-count grand jury indictment that has since been dismissed and a $130,000 lawsuit filed against Smollett by the city of Chicago to cover overtime fees related to the investigation.

Smollett continues to now all wrongdoing, but it seems that it may be too late to save his career as his future on Empire is uncertain and his planned Broadway debut already a bust.

'Everything was set to go and the producers were planning to announce that Jussie and Zachary Quinto were starring in the play last month,' said one Broadway insider.

'Everyone was so supportive after the attack and then suddenly, everything shifted.'

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Cut: Jussie Smollett (above on Empire) was being considered for the lead role in the upcoming Broadway revival of Take Me Out

Baseball on Broadway: The original production (above on opening night in February 2003) won three Tony Awards in 2003, including Best Play and Best Featured Actor

Another source close to the production reiterated this, and said that the events of the last few months have left them in shock.

'Here is a kid who is on a hit television show, has made a name for himself, and gets the chance of a lifetime,' said that source.

'He would have come off the sixth season of Empire and kicked off the next leg of his career with a role on Broadway. And not just that, the lead role in one of the best plays of the century in his Broadway debut.'

That source then added: 'Why on earth would someone throw that all away.'

A source involved in the production would only say that no casting had been announced or confirmed at this time. That individual also confirmed that Smollett took part in a reading of the play in January.

There was also no response from Smollett's crisis manager.

This comes at a time when Smollett has no projects in the works, and could even be cut from the upcoming sixth season of Empire.

Fox has yet to officially renew the program, but it is almost guaranteed to run for at least one more season on the network.

DailyMail.com previously spoke to sources back in February when the play in the initial stages of a possible revival.

It won three Tony Awards in 2003 for Best Play, Best Director (Joe Mantello) and Best Featured Actor (Dennis O'Hare).

Two readings were done by the actors in attendance, which included Zachary Quinto, on the morning and afternoon of January 28.

Quinto would later speak out about the attack on Smollett, saying: 'I was absolutely enraged by the injustice and the senselessness of such violence. but i was also vividly reminded that we MUST continue our fight for equality and acceptance at every turn in this country and in this world.

Mug: Reps for the play and Smollett (mugshot above) did not return requests for comment

'When talented and courageous young men like Jussie are targeted and struck down in our streets - we must collectively RISE UP against such hatred and be IDENTIFIED and be PROUD and be STRONG in our convictions of truth and self-love and love for one another.'

Once that second reading of the play wrapped, Smollett headed off to LaGuardia Airport for the flight back to Chicago, where he was set to film the final episodes of Empire's fourth season.

He had been set to arrive back in the Windy City on the evening of January 28, but got held up when his flight was delayed while he and the other passengers sat on the tarmac.

That is when Smollett started to post Instagram stories, first noting that there was a delay, and then again posting when two hours after boarding the plane had still not taken off for its destination.

Another post went up when the plane finally did leave, which was followed by his final post of the night when he landed after midnight in Chicago.

A source with knowledge of the investigation told DailyMail.com that investigators believed at the time that these social media stories were all posted so Smollett could alert the men ahead of the attack.

Furthermore, they also believe that this could explain why a woman in Smollett's building said she saw two men with a rope hanging around near the residences approximately 90 minutes before the incident.

Smollett then went to Subway when he arrived home at 2am, despite the fact that it was 10 degrees in Chicago at the time.

Take Me Out will start previews on March 23, 2020 before opening one month later in April 2020.

That prime spot in the season and the attachment of Tony and Emmy-winning director Scott Ellis suggests that the producers have high hopes for the drama come awards season next year.

In addition to the critical praise that was heaped upon it following its Broadway premiere back in 2003, the play also made headlines for featuring a locker room shower scene in which every character but one is completely naked.

It is unclear if Quinto will still appear in the production, which would mark his third appearance on Broadway following parts in The Glass menagerie and last season's poorly reviewed but well-attended run of The Boys in the Band.

Protests: Smollett is now facing a lawsuit after the actor refused to pay $130,106 worth of overtime that was accrued by police investigating the January incident (police supproters calling for prosecutor Kim Foxx to resign in early April)

Foils: State Attorney Kim Foxx (right in February), whose office was in charge of the probe, has faced repeated calls to resign over her handling of the case, and endured the very public wrath of Chicago Police Department's Superintendent, Eddie Johnson (left)

The case against Smollett was suddenly and unexpectedly dropped last month by the State's Attorney's Office.

State Attorney Kim Foxx, whose office was in charge of the probe, has faced repeated calls to resign over her handling of the case, and endured the very public wrath of Chicago Police Department's Superintendent, Eddie Johnson and former mayor of the city, Rahm Emanuel.

Smollett is now facing a lawsuit after the actor refused to pay $130,106 worth of overtime that was accrued by police investigating the January incident that authorities now believe was a staged attack.

A complaint obtained by DailyMail.com reveals that the city will be seeking that overtime amount and more in damages that were caused when Smollett 'submitted a false police report claiming that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic beating by unknown attacker.'

There is one glaring inconsistency however in the complaint and the initial police report.

'[Smollet] told the CPD officers that his primary attacker (now known to be Abel) was wearing a ski mask that covered his entire face, with the exception of the area around his eyes, by which Defendant could tell the attacker was white-skinned,' reads the complaint.

'[Smollett] made this statement despite knowing that the Osundairo Brothers are not white-skinned.'

That is not what the police report that was initially filed in he case stated however, with the officer who spoke with Smollett writing: 'The primary attacker was wearing a black mask concealing any facial features.'

There is also no indication that either of the suspects was white in the report filed by the officers who first spoke with Smollett, despite police now claiming in this complaint that Smollett said this at the scene.

'By providing this false description, Defendant purposely misled the CPD officers to believe that his attackers were white, when, in fact, Defendant knew that his attackers were the Osundairo Brothers,' reads the complaint.

Smollett did state that one of the attackers was white in a subsequent interview with a detective according to police filings in the case, but never once had it been said that he relayed that claim at the scene until Thursday.