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Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation
Last Edit: singleticket 07:53 pm EDT 03/20/22
Posted by: singleticket 07:52 pm EDT 03/20/22

University faculty wants the Ivy League school to ditch donations from Len Blavatnik, who has ties to Russian oligarchs.

Blavatnik is also the season supporter of The New York Shakespeare Festival where his previous donations were instrumental in bringing "Hamilton" to Broadway.
Link Yale University Defends Donations From Russia-Linked Billionaire
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re: Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation
Posted by: ryhog 10:30 pm EDT 03/20/22
In reply to: Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation - singleticket 07:52 pm EDT 03/20/22

"instrumental in bringing 'Hamilton' to Broadway"

how?
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re: Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation
Posted by: singleticket 10:57 pm EDT 03/20/22
In reply to: re: Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation - ryhog 10:30 pm EDT 03/20/22

...Hamilton's roughly 100 carefully selected backers--a group that includes billionaire Len Blavatnik and Tony Award-winning producer Kevin McCollum--who collectively came up with the $12.5 million capitalization for Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking hip-hop musical.
Link The Mighty Business Of 'Hamilton' And The Myth Of The Great Green Way
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And from the original playbill
Posted by: singleticket 11:09 pm EDT 03/20/22
In reply to: re: Yale University Defends Donations From Blavatnik Foundation - singleticket 10:57 pm EDT 03/20/22

HAMILTON is made possible with the generous support of The Blavatnik Family Foundation...
Link Hamilton playbill
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re: And from the original playbill
Posted by: ryhog 11:24 pm EDT 03/20/22
In reply to: And from the original playbill - singleticket 11:09 pm EDT 03/20/22

I was just reacting to "instrumental" because tbh Jeffrey was running people who wanted to invest off with a pitchfork. lol
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re: And from the original playbill
Last Edit: singleticket 10:13 am EDT 03/21/22
Posted by: singleticket 10:13 am EDT 03/21/22
In reply to: re: And from the original playbill - ryhog 11:24 pm EDT 03/20/22

...because tbh Jeffrey was running people who wanted to invest off with a pitchfork...

Interesting, by Jeffrey do you mean Jeffrey Seller?
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re: And from the original playbill
Posted by: ryhog 10:37 am EDT 03/21/22
In reply to: re: And from the original playbill - singleticket 10:13 am EDT 03/21/22

yes. i was just being silly
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