But one Harlem theatre is fighting back. “Not only will the show go on, but it must go on,” Ty Jones, the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s artistic director, told The Recount’s John Friia.

Ty Jones: Getting the $60,000 pulled from us a month before rehearsals would force me to go to different divisions within Classical Theatre of Harlem. And then, of course, there's a cascading effect.