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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Show Won't Go On

Recently, the Trump administration faced a similar situation. After Donald Trump purported to rename the Kennedy Center after himself, the jazz musician Chuck Redd withdrew from a planned Christmas Eve concert. The administration's response was somehow both more authoritarian and comic than the one in the movie. The Kennedy Center's president, Richard Grenell, announced that the Center intends to sue Redd for his impudence. Grennell's letter threatening legal action depicts Redd as a sad loser suffering "dismal ticket sales and lack of donor support" and "lagging" attendance whose withdrawal, paradoxically, is "very costly to a non-profit Arts institution."
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fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago
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Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change

Kennedy Center plans a $1 million lawsuit against Chuck Redd after he canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance when President Trump's name appeared.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
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Drummer cancels Christmas Eve 'Jazz Jams' at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition | Fortune

A Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled after the center's name was changed to include Donald J. Trump despite questions about legality.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
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Drummer cancels Christmas Eve 'Jazz Jams' at Kennedy Center after name change, ending 20-year tradition | Fortune

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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Kennedy Center president demands $1 million from musician who canceled a Christmas Eve concert in protest of the center's renaming for Donald Trump.
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