The Trump administration has turned the Kennedy Center, which serves as a living monument to former President John F. Kennedy, into a ghost town. by putting Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center.
Cancellations continued to mount after the current administration turned a nonpartisan memorial into an ego trip for the current president.
The New York Times reported:
A veteran jazz ensemble and a New York dance company have canceled events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, intensifying the impact on one of the nation’s most important arts centers after it was renamed to include President Trump.
The center had previously promoted two New Year’s Eve shows by the Cookers as “an all-star jazz septet that will ignite the Terrace Theater stage with fire and soul.” But those performances, like the annual Christmas Eve jazz concert hosted by Chuck Redd, are now canceled.
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Doug Varone and Dancers, a New York dance company, also announced Monday that it was canceling two performances in April intended to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Mr. Varone, the company’s boss, said it would lose $40,000 by withdrawing.
“It’s financially devastating but morally exhilarating,” he said in an email.
These artists who cancel their performances lose money. Depending on the schedule, it is possible that they will fill in the lost dates, but in many cases this will be unlikely.
The Trump administration responded to the cancellations with a poor approach that risks backfiring and keeping the room empty, as we will see below.