{"id":9677,"date":"2025-05-29T15:26:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9677"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T19:38:33","slug":"broadway-legend-patti-lupone-declares-trumps-kennedy-center-should-get-blown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/broadway-legend-patti-lupone-declares-trumps-kennedy-center-should-get-blown-up\/njackson\/2025\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Declares Trump\u2019s Kennedy Center \u2018Should Get Blown Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Broadway star\u00a0Patti LuPone\u00a0declared multiple times that the Kennedy Center under President\u00a0Donald Trump should be blown to smithereens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a wide-ranging&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2025\/06\/02\/patti-lupone-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<em>New Yorker<\/em>, published on Monday, it was noted that LuPone mentioned \u201cmore than once\u201d that she wanted to see the \u201cTrumpified\u201d Kennedy Center \u201cblown up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the&nbsp;<em>New Yorker<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>She\u2019s even angrier at the rest of the country. She told me, more than once, that the Trumpified Kennedy Center \u201cshould get blown up.\u201d In the S.U.V., apropos the current Administration, she pronounced, \u201cLeave. New York. Alone. Make it its own country. I mean, is there any other city in America that\u2019s as diverse, as in-your-face? It\u2019s a live-or-die city, it really is. Stick it out or leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump named himself the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-appoints-himself-chairman-of-the-kennedy-center-after-firing-board-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chair<\/a>&nbsp;of the Kennedy Center in February. Trump had previously shaken things up and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-appoints-himself-chairman-of-the-kennedy-center-after-firing-board-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replaced<\/a>&nbsp;all members of the board. Numerous artists departed their roles with the Kennedy Center in the wake of Trump\u2019s changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Truth Social post announcing the board changes, Trump took issue with \u201cdrag shows\u201d allegedly targeted toward young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth \u2014 THIS WILL STOP,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-appoints-himself-chairman-of-the-kennedy-center-after-firing-board-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;at the time. \u201cThe 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!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her\u00a0<em>New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0interview, LuPone did offer praise to a close collaborator who has become a rather outspoken conservative in recent years:\u00a0David Mamet. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/david-mamet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playwright<\/a>\u00a0and filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/david-mamet-why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0in 2008 that he was no longer a \u201cbrain-dead liberal.\u201d The<em>\u00a0New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0described Mamet as going \u201cfull MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe writing, once I understood the rhythm, became the easiest thing to speak,\u201d LuPone said. \u201cI learned more about acting from David Mamet than I learned in four years at Juilliard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway star\u00a0Patti LuPone\u00a0declared multiple times that the Kennedy Center under President\u00a0Donald Trump should be blown to smithereens. In a wide-ranging&nbsp;interview&nbsp;with the&nbsp;New Yorker, published on Monday, it was noted that LuPone mentioned \u201cmore than once\u201d that she wanted to see the \u201cTrumpified\u201d Kennedy Center \u201cblown up.\u201d From the&nbsp;New Yorker: She\u2019s even angrier at the rest of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[70,169,1756,669],"class_list":["post-9677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-crime","tag-law-enforcement","tag-patti-lupone","tag-political-violence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Declares Trump\u2019s Kennedy Center \u2018Should Get Blown Up\u2019 - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/broadway-legend-patti-lupone-declares-trumps-kennedy-center-should-get-blown-up\/njackson\/2025\/05\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Broadway Legend Patti LuPone Declares Trump\u2019s Kennedy Center \u2018Should Get Blown Up\u2019 - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Broadway star\u00a0Patti LuPone\u00a0declared multiple times that the Kennedy Center under President\u00a0Donald Trump should be blown to smithereens. 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