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FakeNoose

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Fri Mar 7, 2025, 03:37 PM Mar 2025

The Borowitz Report: Kennedy Center to Replace "Hamilton" with New Musical, "Burr" [View all]



Link: https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/kennedy-center-to-replace-hamilton

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Reacting to the decision by the producers of “Hamilton” to withdraw the show from the Kennedy Center, Donald J. Trump announced on Thursday that he would replace the production with a new musical, “Burr.”

The show, which will star Ted Nugent as Aaron Burr, will be produced by a new patron of the arts, The National Rifle Association.

“‘Hamilton,’ quite frankly, is no great loss,” Trump said. “It was an unsuccessful musical that no one wanted tickets for.”

“Burr is my kind of American hero,” he added. “He shot a guy.”
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