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Rep. Joyce Beatty disputes 'unanimous' vote on Trump-Kennedy Center renaming

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5656051-joyce-beatty-disputes-kennedy-center-vote/

Following Beatty’s post, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) — all ex officio members of the Kennedy Center board of trustees — issued a statement panning the move.

“At today’s meeting, a sitting Member of Congress was muted, and participants were prevented from speaking — actions that reflect a troubling lack of transparency and respect for the rule of law. This whole process displays the corruption that permeates the entire Trump Administration, and as ex-officio members of the Kennedy Center Board, we will be unwavering in our commitment to holding this Administration accountable,” it said.

Trump and His Loyalists Move to Name the Kennedy Center for Him

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center-name.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.U4nJ.IJpDIzVU_A4f&smid=nytcore-android-share

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, asserted that the board’s vote was unanimous, but Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Democrat who is one of the lawmakers granted a spot on the board, said on social media that she “was muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition.”

It was not immediately clear what effect the vote would have, but it would not officially change the name of the center, which is by law designated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/stephen-sondheim-puzzle-maestro

Ariana Grande scheduled for Seth Meyers tonight.

Kennedy Center board votes to rename building Trump-Kennedy Center: Leavitt

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/kennedy-center-trump-name

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/how-tiktok-pirating-broadway-1236452649/

How the ‘Wicked’ Movies Turbocharged a Broadway Juggernaut

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/17/theater/wicked-movies-broadway-earnings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.CPhe.9ZZ-6NMQIgyP&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/theater/the-bfg-roald-dahl-royal-shakespeare-company.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.JozB.2ltEEgjuvAUi&smid=nytcore-android-share

Into the Woods – Bridge Theatre | Musical Theatre Review

https://musicaltheatrereview.com/into-the-woods-bridge-theatre/

He’s Only 4 Feet Tall, but Paddington Is London’s Biggest New Musical Star

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/arts/paddington-bear-musical.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.vRUS.ABqy_Id6Mzdn&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/nyregion/creative-economy-new-york-city.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.jSLz.SLCGrykZLaaY&smid=nytcore-android-share

Watching ‘Liberation’ With a Women’s Movement Pioneer, My Mom

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/theater/liberation-broadway-letty-cottin-pogrebin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.PW_g.8pAfA4fhlFGF&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/theater/a-christmas-carol-theater-to-stream.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.iEBe.YragV0FgaJZO&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/arts/breakout-stars-2025-music-tv-movies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.808.q_2s.3qCyiBjGDmA5&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/theater/theaters-gulfshore-playhouse-florida-milwaukee-rep-wisconsin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.808.I94y.o2RsTVGNE_wX&smid=nytcore-android-share

JACKPOT! All three NYC-area casino bids for Queens and Bronx approved by NYS Gaming Commission

https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-area-casino-bids-queens-bronx-approved/

Tenth longest-running show

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yRB7wf/

Michelle Williams in 'Anna Christie': Baffling Accents Ruin New Play

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/michelle-williams-in-anna-christie-baffling-accents-ruin-new-play/

Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/theater/tom-hanks-this-world-tomorrow-play.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.Y0if._9lkV69V6ltn&smid=nytcore-android-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/theater/into-the-woods-bridge-theater.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.9CzF.iHDZOQvggzUc&smid=nytcore-android-share

(What happened to the Bridge Theater's "Into The Woods" thread?)