Posted: 3/7/25 at 6:44am
Stephen Colbert's take on new productions coming to the Kennedy Center...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtdJKR7qUw
Posted: 3/7/25 at 7:09am
I have tickets to Parade at KC (bought them ages ago before any of this happened) and if they do go forward I'll have a bit of a dilemma.
Posted: 3/7/25 at 10:05am
Matt Rogers said: "Calm down queen. You posted what you posted how you posted it."
"It's your fault I was wrong!"
Posted: 3/7/25 at 11:59am
Rich Grenell complaining about programming not making money like that’s how non-profits are supposed to work. You offset the costs with donations and funding from outside sources.
Posted: 3/7/25 at 12:16pm
This morning the Kennedy Center's Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment (f/k/a the Goebbels position) put out a "complete" list of shows and events that were cancelled --- but somehow they conveniently left off FINN?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kennedy-Center-Posts-Statement-On-Program-Cancellations-Amid-Misinformation-Concerns-20250307
Posted: 3/7/25 at 12:31pm
Responding to Call_me_jorge.... I hope so, re: the National. It is so much better for Broadway shows than the Kennedy Center.
Whether people who don't go up to NYC realize that, I don't know. But it's cringeworthy for me. So much so that I once wrote to the WaPo's former theater critic and was thrilled to find that he was in complete agreement with my assessment. I haven't been back to the KC since then.
I'm bitterly unhappy, you might say enraged, by the Dictator 101 move to control the arts. And while I wish it weren't the reason, I'd love to see more Broadway road shows and preview runs in the downtown theaters.
Updated On: 3/7/25 at 12:31 PM
Posted: 3/7/25 at 4:24pm
Honey, do you even know how to read?? It is a quote from Richard Grenell. NOT what I said. Now delete your bs statement and apologize. You are one of the people who make it miserable here and why I don’t comment often and following this post will not be compelled to comment again.
Bentley, please don't stop posting here. Anyone with two connected brain cells understands exactly what you meant and appreciates your contribution. The only things that user does here is harass people with different opinions and ask if there's an intermission to everything. And if there's not an intermission he probably screams at the box office employee and cancels the tickets and comes back here to tell us he canceled his tickets. He is the worst of us. Only truly miserable and insecure people can't simply admit they're wrong and move on.
Keep posting, you are actually valued here ❤️
Updated On: 3/7/25 at 04:24 PM
Posted: 3/8/25 at 8:14am
Fox News Personalities Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo Appointed to Kennedy Center Board
Posted: 3/8/25 at 1:03pm
ACL2006 said: "Fox News Personalities Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo Appointed to Kennedy Center Board"
We are living in some insane times and this is going to be a long 4 years.
Posted: 3/9/25 at 8:08pm
SingingEachtoEach said: "I have tickets to Parade at KC (bought them ages ago before any of this happened) and if they do go forward I'll have a bit of a dilemma."
IMO, going to the KC at this point says you either condone or don’t care about the fascist seizure. No performance is worth that. I used to go 3 to 4 times a month and simply stopped cold turkey.
Posted: 3/9/25 at 8:16pm
DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ACL2006 said: "Fox News Personalities Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo Appointed to Kennedy Center Board"
We are living in some insane times and this is going to be a long 4 years."
I wish I had the hope that it would only last four years.
Posted: 3/10/25 at 1:08am
broadwayboy223 said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "ACL2006 said: "Fox News Personalities Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo Appointed to Kennedy Center Board"
We are living in some insane times and this is going to be a long 4 years."
I wish I had the hope that it would only last four years."
4 years? more like 4years +++++++++++++
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Posted: 3/10/25 at 7:02pm
This is insane….
“We can have a fashion show with Valentino, the top designer in the world, in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy. That would be very glamorous. You can seat a couple thousand people for a gala, who pay $200 a ticket, and people will go, and the center will make money.
“We can franchise the Kennedy Center’s name in Europe and Asia and the Middle East, like the Louvre does in Abu Dhabi. That would be lucrative.
“You can build a marina. I’m convinced it would be terrific. The Kennedy Center is very difficult to access. You put in a little marina, and on the weekend you go there — the yachts park there. You go to a beautiful restaurant. It will be a beautiful experience.” – Kennedy Center board member Paolo Zampolli, speaking to the New York Times
Posted: 3/11/25 at 2:14am
Is it too late at this point for any current Broadway tour slated to play The Kennedy Center this season to back out of their engagement? I mean, I know Hamilton did. But, they weren’t scheduled to play there till next season.
Posted: 3/13/25 at 5:09pm
Trump's Kennedy Center Takeover Opens New Front in Culture War
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-kennedy-center-takeover-opens-new-front-in-culture-war
Posted: 3/13/25 at 5:26pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/IATSE-President-Meets-With-Kennedy-Center-Workers-Amid-Cancellation-Concerns-20250313
IATSE leans VERY far to the right, and they gave #47 a lot of votes. Actions have consequences. Sending thoughts and prayers for their lost jobs.
Posted: 3/13/25 at 9:23pm
Man, sometimes I swear I’m living in the middle of “Cabaret”.
Posted: 3/13/25 at 9:46pm
JD Vance just entered the Kennedy Center for a concert. Thunderous booing ensued.
Posted: 3/13/25 at 11:35pm
I am a member of IATSE in California and while we have our share of MAGAts, our particular union would definitely be more left. The communication from IATSE is also very left during election season.
I’m saying you’re wrong, but it’s a bummer that people who can use the security that their union provides to make a very well paid living also back a party movement that is anti-union.
Posted: 3/14/25 at 12:11pm
Posted: 3/14/25 at 2:51pm
Le Miz and Sheer Madness still keeping their engagements?
Posted: 3/14/25 at 3:48pm
DAME said: "Le Miz and Sheer Madness still keeping their engagements?"
Sheer Madness has been cancelled for “low ticket sales.” Riiiiigggght.
Posted: 3/14/25 at 8:22pm
"IATSE leans VERY far to the right, and they gave #47 a lot of votes. Actions have consequences. Sending thoughts and prayers for their lost jobs."
Oh, they do, do they, JSquared2? In BOLD CAPS, no less. Got anything to back that up, other than maybe some anecdotal evidence? Don't even bother to respond unless you have something solid
Here's what the leadership of IATSE said to its members in all 50 states:
IATSE General Executive Board Endorses Kamala Harris for President of the United States
"I am a member of IATSE in California and while we have our share of MAGAts, our particular union would definitely be more left. The communication from IATSE is also very left during election season."
Even the MAGAts within IATSE are Union first, Copeman63. They might be crazy, but they are not stupid enough to vote against their own best interests. Whatever else they might agree with #47 on, they'll never forget that he crossed an IATSE picket line in 2004,
Posted: 3/14/25 at 10:28pm
"Is it too late at this point for any current Broadway tour slated to play The Kennedy Center this season to back out of their engagement? I mean, I know Hamilton did. But, they weren’t scheduled to play there till next season."
The Kennedy Center is millions in debt and now an excellent box office attraction has cancelled costing them a bunch of money. "Hamilton" scheduled performances were going to be from Mar 3-Apr 26, 2026. Sure, the Kennedy Center gets funded other ways also but a big show like "Hamilton" sure helps the budget. It is going to be a long 4 years at the Kennedy Center if other shows do the same thing.
VP Vance and his wife were booed tonight when they entered the Kennedy Center. News flash to the liberals attending the event, Vance does not care and knows you hate him. All the booing is doing is adding "fodder" for FOX News and other conservative outlets showing how intolerant they believe the crowd attending the performance tonight was to the VP and his wife.
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