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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Jeffrey Seller

 Producer of the "Hamilton" musical

Jeffrey Seller

announced Wed. March 5, 2025 that the

production would NOT return

to the Kennedy Center, D.C.

for a March 3 - April 26, 2026

third run.  "The actions of the

new Chairman of the Board of

the Kennedy Center (I.e. Donald J.

Trump) demonstrate that contracts

and previous agreements simply 

cannot be trusted." -- further details

variety.com/2025/music/news/hamilton-

cancels-kennedy-center-run-trump-takeover-

1236328684/

In early February, POTUS announced firings

and named himself the new Director of the

Kennedy Center for the Arts, District of

Columbia.  Trump's nominated "President"

of the Kennedy Center is former ambassador

to Germany Richard Grenell.  On "X"/Twitter

social media he called the production's

cancellation a "publicity stunt" -- NPR coverage

today 6 March 2025.

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