ShowCo, located in Pottsfield, produces shows for theater ow…
ShowCo, located in Pottsfield, produces shows for theater owners. StageCo, located in Cincotti, owns and operates a theater. On July 1, 2019, ShowCo and StageCo form a contract including these terms: Whereas StageCo plans to sell seats in its theater for $100 each on such dates and for such performances as are described below, and whereas Morton Green is a world-renowned baritone revered, moreover, for his portrayal of the part of Ko-Ko in the opera hereinafter mentioned, the parties do agree that: ShowCo will produce, at StageCo’s facility, on the dates October 1 to October 15, 2019, inclusive, the comic opera Mikado, for which ShowCo will hire, furnish, and pay the entire cast and orchestra, the leading baritone role of Ko-Ko to be played by the celebrity Morton Green; and StageCo will, on November 1, pay ShowCo $500,000 for such service. Which of the following facts, if proven, would most likely discharge ShowCo’s duty to perform on the theory of impracticability?