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[quote=Anonymous]The Hamilton producers cancelled because Trump ideologues purged the professional staff and cancelled several existing events with performers because they didn't fit the Trump vision of what art should be.  Lin Manuel Miranada took a stand against Trump and stuck up for the performing arts professionals, which is more than I can say about nearly everyone in Congress and all the billionaires kowtowing before Trump for fear of becoming slightly less rich.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/06/nx-s1-5319979/hamilton-kennedy-center-cancel
The hit musical Hamilton is canceling its 2026 run at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This is in response to President Trump's decision to take over the art institution last month.

According to a statement by Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller on X, "The recent purge by the Trump Administration of both professional staff and performing arts events at or originally produced by the Kennedy Center flies in the face of everything this national center represents."

The statement goes on to explain that the move to cancel was a business decision, as it would've been "financially and personally devastating to the employees of Hamilton if the new leadership of the Kennedy Center suddenly cancelled or re-negotiated our engagement."[/quote]

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