Overview

• In a New Yorker interview, Broadway icon Patti LuPone said the “Trumpified” Kennedy Center “should get blown up,” marking her strongest condemnation yet of Trump’s leadership at the venue.
• President Trump assumed the chairmanship of the Kennedy Center board in February, ousting Deborah Rutter and installing a wholly new board.
• Performers, including cast members from Hamilton and Les Misérables, have joined a boycott of the center in protest of its presidential takeover.
• On Truth Social, Trump pledged to halt youth-focused drag shows at the Kennedy Center and to showcase “the brightest stars” on its stage.
• Interim director Richard Grenell has accused the center of reporting “phantom revenue,” fueling ongoing debates over its financial management.