{"id":655866,"date":"2025-03-06T02:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T23:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hamilton-cancels-kennedy-center-run-after-trump-takeover\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T02:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T23:08:48","slug":"hamilton-cancels-kennedy-center-run-after-trump-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hamilton-cancels-kennedy-center-run-after-trump-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Hamilton\u2019 Cancels Kennedy Center Run After Trump Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tHamilton<\/em> will no longer play the Kennedy Center next season in light of President Trump\u2019s takeover of the institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe hit musical was set to perform at the Kennedy Center in March 2026, at what would have been the show\u2019s third engagement at the theater. However, lead producer Jeffrey Seller cited the firings of the Kennedy Center president and of the chairman of the board, as well as the cancellation of programming at the center as reasons not to move forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGiven the recent actions, our show simply cannot, in good conscience<\/a>, participate and be a part of this new culture that is being imposed on the Kennedy Center,\u201d Seller said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn February, Trump became chairman of the institution and ousted Democratic members of the Kennedy Center Board. The contract of Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter was terminated as was that of chairman David M. Rubenstein, after Trump had previously said he would fire him and install himself as chair.<\/p>\n

\n\tRic Grenell, who worked in the previous Trump administration, has been named interim executive director and said he plans to \u201cmake art great again\u201d and with near-term plans to do \u201ca huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSeveral notable names affiliated with the Kennedy Center resigned following the news<\/a>, including Ben Folds, Ren\u00e9e Fleming and Shonda Rhimes. Issa Rae cancelled her show at the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeller noted that the Kennedy Center had previously had bipartisan support and politics had not impacted the institution in the past. To that point, Hamilton<\/em> had previously played the Kennedy Center in 2018 during the prior Trump administration.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan policies of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover,\u201d the statement reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, the previous Trump administration did have run-in with Hamilton. <\/em>When Vice President Mike Pence attended the Broadway production he was booed by audience members and was addressed by cast members during the curtain call who remarked on the diversity in the cast and called on the administration to protect all Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSeller added that he was unsure whether the production of Hamilton at the Kennedy Center could have been abruptly cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur cancellation is also a business decision. Hamilton is a large and global production, and it would simply be financially and personally devastating to the hundreds of employees of Hamilton if the new leadership of the Kennedy Center suddenly cancelled or re-negotiated our engagement. The actions of the new Chairman of the Board in recent weeks demonstrate that contracts and previous agreements simply cannot be trusted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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