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Deadline reports:
The composer and lyricist of Fellow Travelers, an opera based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about the anti-gay lavender scare of the 1950s, have withdrawn the work from the 2025-26 season of the Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., citing concern over Donald Trump’s takeover of the institution’s leadership.
In a letter to the Washington National Opera, the opera’s composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce indicated that Trump’s takeover does not uphold Fellow Travelers‘ values of “freedom and liberty for all people.” (Mallon’s novel was also adapted for television in 2023, with Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey starring in the Showtime miniseries).
Read the full article. Yesterday producers for Legally Blonde: The Musical also canceled the show’s Kennedy Center run, citing issues they say are unrelated to the venue’s new management.
‘Fellow Travelers’ Lavender Scare Opera Withdraws From Kennedy Center In Protest Of Trump Takeover
deadline.com/2025/03/fell…— Tommy Lightfoot Garrett (@tommygarrett.bsky.social) March 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM