Alex Edelman Calls Kennedy Center a Loss for Comics — SkimNews
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- Alex Edelman won an Emmy for his 2024 HBO/Max special Just For Us.
- Alex Edelman also won a special Tony for the original Broadway staging of Just For Us.
- Edelman characterized the newly politicized Kennedy Center as effectively a loss for comics.
- Edelman and the performers he knows said it does not make sense to play at the newly politicized Kennedy Center.
- NYT Arts reported that a court filing cites internal pressure to close the Kennedy Center.
Why it matters: For Edelman and the performers he knows, the Kennedy Center’s politicization translates into a concrete artistic loss: they do not think it makes sense to play there. The comedian’s 2024 Emmy for *Just For Us* establishes his standing, while the court-filing report adds a separate institutional-pressure dimension.
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