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.
UPDATE: Mid-March 2025
Trump re-imagines the "Kennedy Center
Honors" show where he could be emcee
and award GOAT status to Luciano Pavarotti
and Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth -- actually
Luciano Pavarotti already received that
honor while alive in 2001. In 2016, the
heirs of the opera singer asked the Trump-Pence
campaign to stop playing their father's recordings at
rallies and campaign events.
nytimes.com/2025/03/18/arts/music/
trump-kennedy-center.html
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