The musical Hamilton has canceled its plans to perform at the Kennedy Center following President Donald Trump‘s taking over the cultural center’s leadership, and the new leadership is calling out this “publicity stunt” as an “intolerant” political move.
The musical was on the schedule to perform in March 2026 but the lead producer, Jeffrey Seller, said in a statement on Wednesday that he could not “in good conscience, participate and be a part of this new culture.”
A statement from Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller. pic.twitter.com/yTLlrzFAHW
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) March 5, 2025
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“In recent weeks we have sadly seen decades of Kennedy Center neutrality be destroyed. The recent purge by the Trump Administration of both professional staff and performing arts events at or originally produced by the Kennedy
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