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Kennedy Center Audience BOO Don Trump After ALL The Changes He Made
TRUMP Has DESTROYED The Kennedy Center...
Les Miserables Audience BOO Don Trump After He Angers Kennedy Center Regulars
Trump attended the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for the first time since he fired staff and announced huge plans to change the venues programming including a ban on drag acts
MailOnline 12 JUN 2025
Grainy footage captures theatregoers boo and heckle Donald Trump as the President takes his seat for the opening night of Les Mis?rables.
Some cast members pulled out of Wednesday nights gig at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC because they were aware the President was coming.
He angered performers and patrons at the venue when he announced huge changes to its programming earlier this year having controvesially elected HIMSELF chairman. These plans included a cut on what he called productions, such as drag acts.
And the fury could be felt in the auditorium as Mr Trump and wife Melania took their seats ahead of Les Mis. It was his first time at the venue, the national cultural centre of the US, since becoming President again and since the massive overhaul of its output.
There were also empty seats in the balconies and even in the orchestra section, with talk ahead of the gig that patrons intended to boycott the performance.
It is understood understudies filled in for main performers, who also had decided to boycott the night due to Mr Trumps presence.
Sales of subscription packages are said to have declined since Trumps takeover, and several touring productions, including Hamilton, have cancelled planned runs at the centre. Actor Issa Rae and musician Rhiannon Giddens scrapped scheduled appearances, and Kennedy Center consultants, including musician Ben Folds and singer Ren?e Fleming, resigned.
Yet, Mr Trump remained proud as, clad in a tuxedo, he sat for the performance on Wednesday. The politician has a particular affection for Les Mis?rables, the sprawling musical set in 19th-century France, and has occasionally played its songs at his events.
One of them, Do You Hear the People Sing?, is a revolutionary rallying cry inspired by the 1832 rebellion against the French king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2yG2bU-J1M
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