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Democratic Senators To Host Kennedy Center Pride Concert To Protest Trump Takeover

Five Democratic senators will host an invitation-only Pride concert at the Kennedy Center to protest Donald Trump's takeover of the arts institution.

Five Democratic senators will host an invitation-only Pride concert at the Kennedy Center Monday as a protest against President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. arts institution. Earlier this year, Seller and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda canceled a planned 2026 Kennedy Center engagement of that musical in protest of the Trump takeover. In response to Trump’s comments and the cancelations of Finn, a Pride concert featuring the The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. and a production of the acclaimed Broadway vaccine-themed comedy Eureka Day, a raft of artists pulled out of planned Kennedy Center engagements.

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