Kennedy Center director Ric Grenell blasts Hamilton producers for canceling plans to perform at venue

Kennedy Center Interim Director Ric Grenell accused “Hamilton” producers of staging a “publicity stunt” and being “intolerant” of Republicans after they canceled plans to perform at the iconic Washington, DC, venue. The hit Broadway musical’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the decision to pull the plug on an upcoming run of shows at the Kennedy Center was because of President Trump’s recent move to replace several board members at the performing arts institution, including its former chairman.  “Let’s be clear on the facts.Seller and [Miranda] first went to the New York Times before they came to the Kennedy Center with their announcement that they can’t be in the same room with Republicans,” Grenell, who also serves as Trump’s envoy for special missions, wrote on X. “This is a publicity stunt that will backfire,” the Trump administration official added. Grenell charged that the decision makes it clear that the “Hamilton” bigs “don’t want Republicans” at any of their shows. “The Arts are for everyone – not just for the people who Lin likes and agrees with,” Grenell said.  “The American people need to know that [Miranda]is intolerant of people who don’t agree with him politically,” he continued.

“It’s clear he and Sellers [sic] don’t want Republicans going to their shows.” “Americans see you, Lin.” Miranda did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.The Tony-award winning musical, which chronicles the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton, was set for a third run at the Kennedy Center that would’ve kicked off in March of 2026. “[I]t’s not the Kennedy Center as we knew it,” Miranda told the New York Times Wednesday. “The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” he added.

“We’re just not going to be part of it.”Seller, in...