{"id":2355098,"date":"2026-04-02T04:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2355098"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:21:33","slug":"an-unbelievable-mess-artists-are-stymied-by-trump-travel-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/an-unbelievable-mess-artists-are-stymied-by-trump-travel-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An Unbelievable Mess\u2019: Artists Are Stymied by Trump Travel Bans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But for foreign artists and the American producers who are looking to work with them, these changes are beginning to wreak havoc. Last week, the Under the Radar theater festival in New York announced<\/a> it had canceled an event, just days before its intended presentation, that was expected to be one of its highlights this year: \u201c12 Last Songs,\u201d an immersive performance by the British troupe Quarantine, which the festival was presenting in cooperation with La MaMa and the Working Theater.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s visas have not been approved. Tommy Kriegsmann, the festival\u2019s co-producer, said in an interview that no explanation had been given, but the festival\u2019s lawyer believed it was because two crew members \u2014 both British citizens and passport holders, Kriegsmann said \u2014 were born in Nigeria. That could have triggered the agency pause, since Nigeria is one of the countries with partial restrictions by the administration.<\/p>\n

Under the Radar spent a year planning Quarantine\u2019s performance, and its cancellation will cost the festival $150,000 to $200,000, which it cannot recover, Kriegsmann said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable mess,\u201d he added, \u201cand no one can provide an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Problems like these were the talk of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference in New York last week. Each January, thousands of agents and presenters gather there to book their annual calendars and share intelligence about the climate, which has been shaky for years but is now, many said, in a state of crisis.<\/p>\n

Matthew Covey<\/a>, a lawyer who specializes in immigration applications for performing artists, told attendees in a speech that he expects a 30 percent decline this year of international performers coming to the United States, compared to 2024.<\/p>\n

In a subsequent interview, Covey called that figure a rough estimate based on information from his firm, CoveyLaw. For many of the artists he represents, he said, touring in the United States has long been expensive and cumbersome, but in the last nine months or so, he said, there has been \u201ca collapse of the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nytimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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