There have been plenty of anti-Trump performers who have chafed at the president taking an active role at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.’s premier cultural venue, including some whose opposition resulted in the cancellation of a performance of the hit musical “Hamilton.”
But now a legendary Tony-winning Broadway actress is resorting to violent language, saying the facility now “should get blown up.”
In a recent interview, Patti LuPone, a three-time Tony winner and two-time Grammy awardee, also said New York should secede from the Union. Lupone’s remarks were reported in The New Yorker Monday.
In February, Trump took action to “dewokify” the Kennedy Center, posting to Truth Social:
“I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture. We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP! Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP. The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”
The New Yorker interviewer reported:
[Lupone is] even angrier at the rest of the country. She told me, more than once, that the Trumpified Kennedy Center “should get blown up.” In the S.U.V., apropos the current Administration, she pronounced, “Leave. New York. Alone. Make it its own country. I mean, is there any other city in America that’s as diverse, as in-your-face? It’s a live-or-die city, it really is. Stick it out or leave.” The car dropped her off at a restaurant on the Upper West Side. She asked for sherry – she’d discovered it while doing “Les Misérables” in England in the eighties – but the bartender said that they didn’t carry it, so she settled for a glass of rosé, with a side of ice cubes.
The Gateway Pundit notes that LuPone went viral in 2017 for calling Trump a “motherf–-er” on the Tony Awards red carpet.
The Trump-run Kennedy Center has noticeably turned a corner regarding its cultural offerings. It is hosting a free family screening of “The King of Kings” at the Concert Hall on June 1. The Christian film takes audiences on a “Journey through history alongside a young boy as he witnesses Jesus’ miracles, trials, and ultimate sacrifice.”
