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Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#150
Posted: 2/13/25 at 7:41pm
I have tickets for ABT's Crime and Punishment (ironically) tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center and I'm truly torn as to what to do. Attending a performance there just 48 hours after the seizure seems at best like not caring about what happened and at worst like condoning it. On the other hand staying home seems like abandoning one of America's great ballet companies which I have loved and supported for decades, not to mention all the employees at the Center, some of whom I know personally as I worked there throughout the 80s and 90s.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#151
Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:19pm
SisterGeorge said: "I have tickets for ABT's Crime and Punishment (ironically) tomorrow night at the Kennedy Center and I'm truly torn as to what to do. Attending a performance therejust 48 hours after the seizure seems at best like not caring about what happened and at worst like condoning it. On the other hand staying home seems like abandoning one of America's great ballet companies which I have loved and supported for decades, not to mention all the employees at the Center, some of whom I know personally as I worked there throughout the 80s and 90s."
the performers are probably all basket cases at this point ... go and support them!
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#152
Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:30pm
Tour of Helen Hayes-nominated children's show FINN THE MUSICAL cancelled
A "purely financial decision" (yeah, right).
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#153
Posted: 2/13/25 at 8:41pm
it's not even a month in and he's destroying this country. unless, of course, you're white, straight-Christian American. Otherwise, there's no need to worry.
Understudy Joined: 12/6/24
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#154
Posted: 2/13/25 at 10:03pm
ACL2006 said: "it's not even a month in and he's destroying this country. unless, of course, you're white, straight-Christian American. Otherwise, there's no need to worry."
I mean my white, straight, Presbyterian sister was riffed today. So add scientists, researchers, feds, and anyone with a brain to those that need to worry.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#155
Posted: 2/13/25 at 10:30pm
Has Jeffrey Finn (the Broadway producer who runs theatre programming) been fired or quit…?
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#156
Posted: 2/14/25 at 7:24am
Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar
Comedian, actress and Hollywood creator Issa Rae said on Instagram that she was pulling her sold-out show, “An Evening With Issa Rae,” from the slate of programming, becoming the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the Kennedy Center.
https://wapo.st/40Qnnk4
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#157
Posted: 2/14/25 at 11:16am
ACL2006 said: "The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did they remove the word "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+"."
As of right now, it actually uses "LGB," which is an even more in-your-face label embraced online by the worst kind of transphobe.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#158
Posted: 2/14/25 at 11:38am
Eureka Day is scheduled to open in three weeks and there's still no cast listed on the KC website.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#159
Posted: 2/14/25 at 3:16pm
Breaks my heart seeing a long running, relatively well regarded art institution, crumbling before our eyes. All because of one ridiculous, petty, small, vindictive, horrible man.
Kennedy Center Honors will have no meaning now. The institutions reputation now damaged, potentially beyond repair. A sad day.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#160
Posted: 2/14/25 at 3:56pm
How did Trump so easily take over the Kennedy Center? Ask Sean Spicer.
In September 2021, Sean Spicer — the former Trump administration press secretary and peripatetic cable news opinionator — received a politely threatening email from President Joe Biden’s White House.
The note offered him a choice: “please” resign from a Naval Academy advisory board that President Donald Trump had appointed him to before leaving office, or Biden would fire him — that very evening.
The tersely worded, four-line missive set in motion a series of events that would, in ways both sinuous and counterintuitive, make it easier for Trump to abruptly purge the Kennedy Center board of Biden loyalists last week, install himself as chairman and give himself an unprecedented role in shaping American arts. It was as Trump himself has crowed, “a takeover.”
https://wapo.st/41eDCZG
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#161
Posted: 2/14/25 at 4:14pm
MezzA101 said: "How did Trump so easily take over the Kennedy Center? Ask Sean Spicer.
In September 2021, Sean Spicer — the former Trump administration press secretary and peripatetic cable news opinionator — received a politely threatening email from President Joe Biden’s White House.
The note offered him a choice: “please” resign from a Naval Academy advisory board that President Donald Trump had appointed him to before leaving office, or Biden would fire him — that very evening.
The tersely worded, four-line missive set in motion a series of events that would, in ways both sinuous and counterintuitive, make it easier for Trump to abruptly purge the Kennedy Center board of Biden loyalists last week, install himself as chairman and give himself an unprecedented role in shaping American arts. It was as Trump himself has crowed, “a takeover.”
Sorry, but your post is one of the biggest crock of shi*s I've ever read in my life.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#162
Posted: 2/14/25 at 4:19pm
MezzA101 said: "Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar
Comedian, actress and Hollywood creator Issa Rae said on Instagram that she was pulling her sold-out show, “An Evening With Issa Rae,” from the slate of programming, becoming the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the Kennedy Center.
Personally, I hope a lot more people do that, and that the subscription base dries up. I would love to see the Kennedy Center experience serious issues in the next year or two.
I imagine the Kennedy Center honors will be infected seriously.
https://wapo.st/40Qnnk4"
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#163
Posted: 2/14/25 at 7:47pm
A Night at the Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/arts/music/kennedy-center-donald-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.IQwr.SoYRkXGZgEOc&smid=url-share
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#164
Posted: 2/14/25 at 9:40pm
Unfortunately, I don't agree with the last claim that the arts will always be here. This administration will fight to destroy them.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#165
Posted: 2/14/25 at 9:54pm
Why Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center Will Reverberate in Hollywood and Beyond
A premier cultural institution may soon only draw artists comfortable standing alongside Trump.
I’m going to be chairman of it, and we’re going to make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be ‘woke.’”
https://time.com/7221538/donald-trump-kennedy-center/
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#166
Posted: 2/14/25 at 10:45pm
wouldn't be surprised if he tries to ban Pride events. nothing shocks me anymore with this fraud & felon.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#167
Posted: 2/15/25 at 12:53am
ACL2006 said: "wouldn't be surprised if he tries to ban Pride events. nothing shocks me anymore with this fraud & felon."
In my opinion, this whole thing with DEI and the Kennedy Center is just the tip of the Iceberg.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#168
Posted: 2/15/25 at 3:21pm
Board of Trustees
https://www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/leadership/trustees/
Honorary Chairs
Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States
Dr. Jill Biden
Michelle Obama
Laura Bush
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees
Officers
President Donald J. Trump, Chair
Richard Grenell, President
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#169
Posted: 2/15/25 at 4:06pm
You’re leaving off the 33 actual board members, all appointed by Trump.
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#170
Posted: 2/15/25 at 6:00pm
Kad said: "You’re leaving off the 33 actual board members, all appointed by Trump."
I thought you would copy and past for me and you counted but here you go:
Members Appointed by the President of the United States
Brian D. Ballard
Dana Blumberg
Pamela Bondi
Mary Helen Bowers
Hannah F. Buchan
Robert Castellani
Elaine Chao
Pamella Roland DeVos
Patricia Duggan
John Falconetti
Emilia May Fanjul
Jennifer Fischer
Lynette Friess
Sergio Gor
Pamela Gross
Lee Greenwood
Kate Adamson Haselwood
Laura Ingraham
Michele Kessler
Dana Kraft
Mindy Levine
Lynda Lomangino
Allison Lutnick
Douglas Manchester
Catherine B. Reynolds
Denise Saul
Dan Scavino
Cheri Summerall
President Donald J. Trump
Usha Vance
Susie Wiles
Andrea Wynn
Paolo Zampolli
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#171
Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:45am
Trump’s attack on the Kennedy Center is petty but powerful | Commentary | phillytrib.com
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/trump-s-attack-on-the-kennedy-center-is-petty-but-powerful/article_6964f906-154b-5700-a64f-2a50a9ba3535.html
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#172
Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:47am
A list of events and shows canceled at the Kennedy Center (as of 4pm Saturday)
https://wapo.st/4hCPDxz
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#173
Posted: 2/16/25 at 11:44am
Why Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Matters
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-kennedy-center-cultural-power-grab-1235268600/
Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center#174
Posted: 2/16/25 at 5:31pm
Actors Equity Condemns Trump-Run Kennedy Center for Canceling Children’s Musical ‘Finn’: ‘Beyond Appalling’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/actors-equity-condemns-trump-run-231247916.html
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