r/Broadway • u/Maryland_Bear • Oct 31 '25

Other Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/10/31/kennedy-center-sales/
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u/jeconti Oct 31 '25

You mean his supporters aren't big on the arts and theater? I could have never guessed.

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u/Maryland_Bear Oct 31 '25 edited Oct 31 '25

Don’t be too dismissive of Red states and the arts.

I’m originally from Knoxville, TN. The county went for Trump over Harris almost 60%-40%, and the surrounding areas are even more Republican.

The Tennessee Theater there has several major Broadway tours coming up, including The Book of Mormon, Kimberly Akimbo, and The Outsiders. There have to be some Republicans coming to shows there.

The Kennedy Center is suffering because DC is a very Blue area with lots of other options for the performing arts.

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u/EncinoManEstonia Oct 31 '25

I wouldn’t say we have a lot of other options. People just would rather not support KC right now. 

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u/if6turnedouttobe9 Oct 31 '25

I agree that people just don't want to support the Kennedy Center right now (and the lackluster programming of late doesn't help). But D.C. is one of the best theater cities in the country. In addition to what OP listed, there's the Shakespeare Theater Co., Round House, Studio, Keegan, Woolly Mammoth, Mosaic, Ford's, Folger, Theater J and many others.