‘Hamilton’ Producers Cancel Upcoming Kennedy Center Engagement: “Some Institutions Are Sacred And Should Be Protected From Politics”

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1. >Producers of Hamilton, the massively popular Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, have canceled a planned 2026 engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., decrying the “recent purge by the Trump Administration” of the venue’s professional staff and center-produced events.

   >“Given these recent actions, our show simply cannot, in good conscience, participate and be a part of this new culture that is being imposed on the Kennedy Center,” said producer Jeffrey Seller in a statement. “Therefore, we have cancelled the third engagement of Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, originally scheduled for March 3-April 26, 2026.”

   >“*Hamilton* was proudly performed at the Kennedy Center in 2018 during the first Trump administration,” Seller said. “We are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan policies of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover.”

2. “This is not a moment. It’s the movement.”

3. Interesting irony considering it tells one of the most profound political stories in human history.

4. Hear, hear! I hope one day that this MAGA takeover will be a distant ‘well, that was weird’.

5. If you stand for nothing, then what will you fall for?

6. Is kid rock available?

7. While a nice sentiment, I’m not sure they are taking a stance for any reason other than how it specifically affects them now

   “We are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan politics of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover.”

8. I hear that The J6 Choir will now be headlining

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