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[quote=Anonymous]Trump admin trying to lie and say that Stephen Schwartz the famous composer of Wicked, Pippin etc didn’t bow out but he was on their promotional materials and has said he’s not setting foot in the Trump Kennedy center

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/arts/stephen-schwartz-kennedy-center-opera-gala.html

Stephen Schwartz, the composer of “Wicked,” announced on Friday that he would no longer host a gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, becoming one of the most high-profile artists to criticize changes at the arts center under the Trump administration.

“It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,” Mr. Schwartz said of the Kennedy Center in an email sent by his assistant to Newsday. “There’s no way I would set foot in it now.”

The Kennedy Center had promoted Mr. Schwartz’s involvement in the gala on its website since last spring, but his name was no longer included on Friday evening. A brochure advertising Washington National Opera events for the 2025-26 season said Mr. Schwartz would curate and host the gala
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