{"id":2353178,"date":"2026-03-31T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2353178"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:14:08","slug":"trump-attending-opening-night-of-chicago-the-musical-at-the-kennedy-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/trump-attending-opening-night-of-chicago-the-musical-at-the-kennedy-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump attending opening night of \u2018Chicago\u2019 the musical at the Kennedy Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump is attending Tuesday night\u2019s opening of the musical \u201cChicago\u201d at the Kennedy Center for\u2026<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/a> is attending Tuesday night\u2019s opening of the musical \u201cChicago\u201d at the Kennedy Center for what could be one of his last visits there for a show before the performing arts institution closes for renovations in July.<\/p>\n

Trump is set to attend the performance alongside his wife, first lady Melania Trump. It will be their first time together at the Kennedy Center since the premiere of the documentary \u201cMelania\u201d in January. He attended the opening night production of \u201cLes Mis\u00e9rables\u201d last summer and was booed and cheered<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Set in the 1920s, \u201cChicago\u201d is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals.<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago\u201d will run at the Kennedy Center Opera House through April 5. The center will award<\/a> the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to comedian Bill Maher on June 28, an event Trump could also attend.<\/p>\n

Since returning to office in January 2025, the Republican president has wielded tremendous influence over the venue, ousting its previous leadership<\/a> and replacing it with a handpicked board of trustees that named him chairman.<\/p>\n

The board added Trump\u2019s name<\/a> to the Kennedy Center and approved the two-year closure, which followed a wave of cancellations by leading performers, musicians and groups upset that Trump had taken over the storied institution. Both the name change and the planned closure have prompted legal proceedings<\/a> that are ongoing.<\/p>\n

Presidents are known for their ability to multitask, but Trump\u2019s attendance at Tuesday\u2019s opening night show comes after the White House suggested that the war in Iran and other major matters kept him from attending the Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> in suburban Dallas over the weekend. <\/p>\n

Trump was a fixture at past CPAC gatherings, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said he still \u201cloves\u201d the event and \u201chas a very good relationship with the great people who run it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just simply for scheduling purposes this year, with it being in Texas, it was best for the president\u2019s schedule and what he has on his plate right now not to go,\u201d she said during her briefing with reporters on Monday. <\/p>\n

Trump instead spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and went to his golf club on Saturday and Sunday. <\/p>\n

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