Something "Wicked" this way GOES...Composer Stephen Schwartz says "NO WAY" to Grampy 'n' Kennedy Center gig
One of the most iconic living composers of Broadway musicals is now no longer hosting a gala to support the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — and he's pinning the blame squarely on President Donald Trump.
The New York Times reported Friday that Stephen Schwartz, who is the composer for the Broadway musical and hit film Wicked, has now backed out of hosting the gala in response to Trump adding his name to the vaunted institution. Schwartz said he has long been a supporter of and collaborator with the Kennedy Center as it "was founded to be an apolitical home for free artistic expression for artists of all nationalities and ideologies."
"It is no longer apolitical and appearing there has now become an ideological statement," Schwartz told the Times. "As long as that remains the case, I will not appear there."
"There’s no way I would set foot in it now," he added in a separate statement to Newsday.
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