Donald Trump’s Maga’s makeover of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts does not work as he hoped, if ticket sales and attendance are something.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that in March and April, sales of unique tickets for Kennedy Center events had dropped by 50% compared to the same period in 2024. The center also underwent a deep touch to one of its most important sources of money, because the subscriptions to total membership have decreased from 36% of year, according to the Washington Post.
In addition, subscriptions to the National Symphony Orchestra fell 25% by 28% and subscriptions to Washington National Opera. Subsequently, theatrical income decreased by an astonishing 86% and dance income by 57%; The center now projects a turnover of $ 2.7 million, compared to $ 4.4 million last year.
According to the post and the NYT, these figures were confirmed by several nameless employees of the Kennedy Center.
For its part, the leadership of the center has minimized the importance of these figures, saying that in a press release provided by Vice-President Director of Marketing Kim Cooper, “our renewal campaign is simply launched and our brochures of the copy season have not yet struck at home. Our customers are waiting for our new season and renewal campaigns to take action. ”
Reports on the crateration of attendance and income provides the first real image of how things have been going on since February 7, when Trump dismissed several members of the board of directors, declared himself president of the organization and imposed a hard right political program.
During the months that followed, the eminent members of the board of directors left, and high -level emissions have either withdrawn, as a planned series of “Hamilton”, or canceled on what seems to be purely ideological terrains, such as planned LGBTQ events.
