President Trump reportedly plans to attend Wednesday night time’s Kennedy Heart efficiency of “Les Misérables.”
The president’s go to to the 54-year-old cultural establishment will probably be his first because the nation’s commander-in-chief. He’s anticipated to be joined by First Girl Melania Trump.
He vowed to form the efficiency corridor into “a very special and exciting place” on the time and took a tour of the ability in March, when he additionally attended a board assembly. Trump hosted board members on the White Home final month, the place he complained that authorities funds allotted to the venue weren’t used on “wallpaper, carpet or painting.”
The president and his supporters have regularly railed towards the progressive and “woke” ideology related to the humanities.
His involvement with the Kennedy Heart brought on a number of performers to cancel appearances on the Washington, D.C. academy. Broadway smash hit “Hamilton” nixed its April 2026 run reasonably than performing for Trump.
What sort of reception the president will obtain when he arrives on the Opera Home theater is anybody’s guess. Vice President JD Vance was booed in March when he and his spouse, Usha Vance, a Kennedy Heart board member appointed by Trump, attended a symphony efficiency on the middle.
President Donald Trump stands within the presidential field as he excursions the John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Pool by way of AP)
“Les Misérables” is predicated on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel a couple of convicted prison who finds salvation by serving to others on the outset of the French Revolution. The musical adaptation of the e book opened in Paris in 1980 earlier than coming to Broadway in 1987. It’s time there included practically 6,700 performances over a 16-year run.
His go to to the Kennedy Heart comes at a time when nationwide protests over his immigration insurance policies are going down.
