Trump's public arts takeover echoes beyond the Kennedy Center stage

"Les Miserables" Touring Cast in Press Blackout as Wednesday Kennedy Center Opening with Trump Looms - Showbiz411

In two days, the touring cast of “Les Miserables” has a crushing decision. Will all or some of them perform in the musical’s opening night at the Kennedy Center? That’s the night Donald Trump is hosting his $2 million a ticket fundraiser. It’s still unclear who gets the money — the theater or Trump himself? […] The post “Les Miserables” Touring Cast in Press Blackout as Wednesday Kennedy Center Opening with Trump Looms appeared first on Showbiz4…

Culture War: Kennedy Center rolls out new art policy — ‘Common sense’ over ideology

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2025 Real World News In February, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at eliminating “divisive” and “anti-American” content from the Smithsonian Institution, which includes the Kennedy Center, which Trump named himself chairman of. Saturday was opening night for the new Kennedy Center which the Trump Administration says puts […]

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Trump's public arts takeover echoes beyond the Kennedy Center stage

While President Donald Trump‘s controversial takeover of the Kennedy Center grabbed headlines in Washington, his administration has taken an ax to arts funding far beyond the capital city. Trump’s funding cuts have affected programs across the country after his administration began canceling National Endowment for the Arts grants last month. Cuts have hit the Berkeley Repertory Theater in California, Central Park Summer Stage in New York, and th…