To that end, the world renowned musical Les Mis had a phenomenal five week sold out run this summer, beat projected revenues by 35%. And we've raised over $10 million in private funds from a lot of generous donors. And We closed the $26 million budget shortfall [at the Kennedy Center]. that they had for before we got here. And with the help of Congress, we secured the critical funding necessary to rebuild the building and to. (15:47–15:53)
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Asserts that a $26 million budget shortfall at the Kennedy Center was resolved.
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