Anonymous
01/21/2026 09:59
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Martha Graham Dance company and Doug Varone and the Dancers have pulled out of the Kennedy Center. I mean who will be left to perform at the KC. Yikes.
Anonymous
01/17/2026 11:32
Subject: Re:And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:
We will have to start a thread when it comes out. I won’t go and see it, but others might.
The only people who will waste their money on a movie about melania are hard core trumpers. But I suspect the right wing nut jobs and oligarchs will spend millions buying tickets to this crap movie in order to claim it's "selling out" or some such nonsense. Jeff Bezos already is spending $40 million to produce it, so they have to pretend it's a success! I hope the legitimate film reviewers refuse to review it. Fox, Breitbart, all the right wing will praise it of course. The rest of us should just ignore it.
Anonymous
01/17/2026 11:27
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center. They did not mention Trump but said they were losing money by staying at the Kennedy Center and had a fiduciary duty to move to better, reliable, and profitable venue. The Opera has been at the Kennedy since, well forever.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-national-opera-bows-out-of-kennedy-center/ar-AA1TUL1l?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Good news! The Washington National Opera has found a new venue and donations to the WNO are up!
Breaking from WP:
Washington National Opera announces new venues after split with Kennedy Center
The company has lined up Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University for two upcoming operas, and has also seen a spike in donations since it announced last week that it was leaving the Kennedy Center, which has been transformed under President Donald Trump.
That's nice. I pray the Kennedy Center will be able to recover after this intentional destruction by the MAGA crowd. I am glad for all the former performers who have been able to secure other venues. The question is will any of them choose to return after DT and his cult is kicked out and the place exorcised. Probably not. The KC's loss has been a gain for most of the local venues who were never given a second look by these performers before.
Anonymous
01/16/2026 11:58
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center. They did not mention Trump but said they were losing money by staying at the Kennedy Center and had a fiduciary duty to move to better, reliable, and profitable venue. The Opera has been at the Kennedy since, well forever.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-national-opera-bows-out-of-kennedy-center/ar-AA1TUL1l?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Good news! The Washington National Opera has found a new venue and donations to the WNO are up!
Breaking from WP:
Washington National Opera announces new venues after split with Kennedy Center
The company has lined up Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University for two upcoming operas, and has also seen a spike in donations since it announced last week that it was leaving the Kennedy Center, which has been transformed under President Donald Trump.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 09:45
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center. They did not mention Trump but said they were losing money by staying at the Kennedy Center and had a fiduciary duty to move to better, reliable, and profitable venue. The Opera has been at the Kennedy since, well forever.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-national-opera-bows-out-of-kennedy-center/ar-AA1TUL1l?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-national-opera-bows-out-of-kennedy-center/ar-AA1TUL1l?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Anonymous
01/10/2026 09:08
Subject: Re:And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
We will have to start a thread when it comes out. I won’t go and see it, but others might.
There’s a thread about it already here https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1275805.page
I love that they released it in theaters so there will be reliable numbers on how few people go to see it.
Me too. You know how obsessed Trump is with "ratings."
Back to the movie, you'd think Melania was Evita or someone of similar stature worthy of a movie about her life. While they both shared a background that included consorting with wealthy men (including exchanging personal favors for money and more) and they both married a guy who later became leader of his country, Evita was actually loved by many in the working class due to her attention to their plight and her championing of workers' and women's rights. Melania, not so much.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 09:01
Subject: Re:And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
We will have to start a thread when it comes out. I won’t go and see it, but others might.
There’s a thread about it already here https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1275805.page
I love that they released it in theaters so there will be reliable numbers on how few people go to see it.
Bezos doesn’t care how many people see it. He never expected the film to make money the traditional way. The point was to funnel money to the trump family, and they did that.
Theatrical release is necessary to qualify for an academy award. They will try to get nominated for the sake of the relationship with Trump. They will call it rigged and pick a fight with the Academy if it isn’t nominated or doesn’t win.
It’s all so uninteresting and gross.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 08:57
Subject: Re:And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:
We will have to start a thread when it comes out. I won’t go and see it, but others might.
There’s a thread about it already here https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1275805.page
I love that they released it in theaters so there will be reliable numbers on how few people go to see it.
Anonymous
01/10/2026 08:52
Subject: Re:And now the Kennedy Center
We will have to start a thread when it comes out. I won’t go and see it, but others might.
Anonymous
Anonymous
01/09/2026 22:13
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Apparently nothing is sacred with Donald. The NYT is reporting that Senate Democrats are looking into POTUS using the Kennedy Center as his personal venue and allowing his allies to use it rent free. I’m sure he gets nothing in return.
Why would anyone go to Kennedy center now??
We could never afford the show. Tickets given to rich benefactors instead
Now the liberal rich , 90% of rich in DC, will not go either.
This is incredibly false. They had the Millennial stage which was free. The shows were fantastic. They had lots of cultural events to choose from.
This is so sad. I LOVED going to the NSO Christmas show. Sad that I will never step foot in there until Trump is dead.
Can you imagine what the show will be like once the country had been cured of Trump?
The website will crash with all the people re-joining. Getting tickets to Hamilton will be a bloodbath. Streets around the Kennedy Center will be mobbed with spectators trying to get snaps of Trump's name getting torn off the wall.
They will carry off pieces as souvenirs.
Ew no, burn them in a bonfire
Anonymous
01/09/2026 19:51
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:The National Theatre's schedule has a great lineup with Stomp, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Beauty and the Beast, The Notebook, The Wiz, Simon & Garfunkel Story, BeetleJuice, and more. It seems like some of these shows would have been at the Kennedy Center. The Book of Mormon have previously played at the Kennedy Center.
Warner Theatre was able to pick up the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre when they decided to not perform at the Kennedy Center after Trump took over.
Currently, along with their regular programs such as Shear Madness, on the Kennedy Center schedule is Crucible, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Chicago. The question is whether such shows will cancel due to poor ticket sales.
I have loved live performances since for decades. I have been to most of the venues in the city, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, National, Warner, Ford and Studio Theatre and others. I will not step inside or give another dollar to the Kennedy Center under the current conditions. I know others who share the same sentiment. With what is on the current schedule, I doubt I am missing anything.
Thank you for this, I’m going to get tickets for National.
Anonymous
Anonymous
01/03/2026 17:49
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Interesting to see if Martha Graham company follows through. Graham turned down a chance for her company to perform at the 1936 Olympic Games.
https://marthagraham.org/portfolio-items/chronicle-1936/
https://marthagraham.org/portfolio-items/chronicle-1936/
Anonymous
01/03/2026 14:24
Subject: And now the Kennedy Center
Anonymous wrote:The National Theatre's schedule has a great lineup with Stomp, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Beauty and the Beast, The Notebook, The Wiz, Simon & Garfunkel Story, BeetleJuice, and more. It seems like some of these shows would have been at the Kennedy Center. The Book of Mormon have previously played at the Kennedy Center.
Warner Theatre was able to pick up the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre when they decided to not perform at the Kennedy Center after Trump took over.
Currently, along with their regular programs such as Shear Madness, on the Kennedy Center schedule is Crucible, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Chicago. The question is whether such shows will cancel due to poor ticket sales.
I have loved live performances since for decades. I have been to most of the venues in the city, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, National, Warner, Ford and Studio Theatre and others. I will not step inside or give another dollar to the Kennedy Center under the current conditions. I know others who share the same sentiment. With what is on the current schedule, I doubt I am missing anything.
Don’t forget Capital One Hall! They have Kinky Boots, Tina (musical), and The Music Man.