Legal Question in Entertainment Law in Tennessee

Breach of contract

A theater hired me to sing for New Years Eve. It was a 120 seat theater and ticket prices were $50.

I was to be paid fifty percent of ticket sales.

15 days before showtime the theater cancelled the show. I had already hired backup singers, dancers, sold about 1,000 worth of tickets and had spent over $500 on pre production costs.

The theaters position on the show cancellation was that a woman we were working with cancelled the show, not them.

The woman they were referrring to was a friend of mine who volunteered to help me put the musical charts together along with arrange backup singers, dancers etc. for the show. This woman got frustrated with the theaters lack of publicity and other unprofessionalisms so she made a rash decision to cancel the show WITHOUT consulting me, the artist/performer.

Did she have a right to cancel the show without consulting me? Does the theater hold the responsibility for paying back the customers who already bought tickets and are planning to turn up at the theater on New YEars eve?

I was never a part of the discussion about cancelling this show, ever.

I do have a signed contract. There is nothing in the contract about cancellations.

Thankyou.


Asked on 12/12/07, 9:08 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Crone Crone & McEvoy, PLC

Re: Breach of contract

You should consult with an attorney. It will depend on the wording of the contract and what exactly happened, but it sounds like you might have a very good breach of contract claim.

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Answered on 12/13/07, 1:14 pm


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