A woman has claimed that she was barred from attending a performance at New York City’s Lincoln Center because she refused to remove an anti-Trump sign affixed to the back of her jacket.
Jenny Heinz, a longtime Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic subscriber, said it happened this month at David Geffen Hall when she went to see the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
The 8-by-11-inch sign read ‘No! In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America.’
She said she had been wearing it ever since she attended a protest outside the Trump Tower in November.
“At what point does one draw the line?” Heinz, 72, said. “We are talking about freedom of expression.”
{{/usCountry}}“At what point does one draw the line?” Heinz, 72, said. “We are talking about freedom of expression.”
{{/usCountry}}Lincoln Center officials refunded Heinz’s ticket, though they declined to discuss the incident with the Times.
Heinz said the centre’s vice president for concert halls and operations told her during a meeting with her lawyer that signs were not allowed inside the performance halls or on the plaza.