Trump to attend 'Les Miserables' at revamped Kennedy Center, where sales have fallen

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-attend-les-miserables-revamped-kennedy-center-where-sales-have-fallen-2025-06-11/]

One supposes he doesn't have a clue what it's about. One wonders if the "short fingered vulgarian" is trying to buff up his image. He always got shunned by the social circles in NYC that got all the cool glam reporting. The kid just couldn't get into the 'in' crowd.

Months after orchestrating a conservative takeover of the Kennedy Center's leadership, President Donald Trump will attend "Les Miserables" on Wednesday, his first show at the performing arts facility that has become a symbol of U.S. cultural and political divides.

Trump did not attend events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during his first term but has taken a keen interest in it during his second. Deriding it on social media for putting on "Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth," he pushed out its former chairman, fired its longtime president and pledged to overhaul an institution he described as being in tremendous disrepair.

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The fallout has been swift. The musical "Hamilton" canceled plans to appear there, staff left and sales of subscriptions and individual tickets for Kennedy Center shows have dropped, according to two people briefed on the data.
Overall year-on-year subscription revenue was down 36% to $2.8 million as of early June for next season, which begins in the autumn, according to one source. Theater subscriptions, normally a major revenue driver for the center, were down 82%.

Gotta check my popcorn stash. Him fiddling and watching Les Mis while US society burns might be maddeningly amusing.