But another protest took place on the floor: four drag performers attended the show fully glammed out, quietly protesting Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center in February, which the president ...

The Kennedy Center board was overthrown by Trump earlier this year and replaced with conservatives. The intention was to rid the shows of "wokeness," including drag performances.

At the Kennedy Center, half the theater just started clapping when a group of drag queens showed up to find their seats at opening night of Les Miserables, which Trump, Melania, Vance and their ...

Trump pledged in February to scrap the Kennedy Center’s “woke” programming, which he characterized as consisting of drag shows and “anti-American propaganda,” claiming it was promoting a ...

Mari Con Carne applies their makeup before attending Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in drag, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also in attendance ...

Donald Trump was met with signs of protest as he arrived at New York’s Kennedy Center for a performance of Les Misérables – a musical partly about a protest against a ruling power – on ...

A group of drag performers is planning to show up in protest of President Trump and Vice President Vance's scheduled attendance of the opening performance of Les Misérables at the John F. Kennedy ...

Tara Hoot, Maria Con Carne, Ricky Rosé and Vagenesis walk to the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington to attend a performance of Les Miserables, that President Donald Trump and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mari Con Carne put on their make-up, wig and gown before attending “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center. Along with other Washington-based drag queens Tara Hoot, Ricky ...