With The Phantom of the Opera, Chuck Schumer Pushes Tax Break for Broadway

Jill Colvin

Senator Chuck Schumer today joined a colorful cast of characters to push a proposed new tax break for Broadway productions–and revealed his recent theater recommendations to the president.

Standing beside big Broadway stars, including Neil Patrick Harris, Bryan Cranston and actors dressed as the Phantom of the Opera and Cinderella, Mr. Schumer touted the benefits of a proposed new tax incentive that would allow producers to write off millions in production costs, like TV and movie shoots.

“Now what could this uncommon cast of characters have in common? One’s from the 60s White House, one from East Berlin, one from the Paris opera house? And then there’s me: from the Alice in Wonderland world they call the senate,” he quipped, gesturing to cast members from productions including the Lyndon B. Johnson drama “All the Way.”

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