SCOOP: Kennedy Center’s Les Miserables blows away expectations with record sales

THE LOWDOWN:

• The Kennedy Center’s recent run of Les Misérables was both fully sold out and raised over $10 million, according to the famed arts center.

• Over 85,000 patrons saw the show, marking the latest success for the center under the leadership of President Donald Trump and Ambassador Richard Grenell.

• The show’s success comes at a critical juncture for the legendary center.

• Liberals have criticized Trump and Grenell for steering the center away from its DEI-oriented programming. However, Les Misérables bringing in 135 percent of planned revenue shows that the Kennedy Center continues to succeed under Grenell.

The Kennedy Center is taking a victory lap amidst withering criticism from the left following President Donald Trump’s takeover.

The Center’s recent run of Les Misérables was both fully sold out and raised over $10 million, according to the famed arts center.

Over 85,000 patrons saw the show, marking the latest success for the center under the leadership of President Donald Trump and Ambassador Richard Grenell.

“The overwhelming success of Les Mis reaffirms our commitment to bring back productions that draw large crowds of patrons which exceed both artistic and financial expectations,” Grenell told the Washington Reporter.

The show’s success comes at a critical juncture for the legendary center.

Liberals have criticized Trump and Grenell for steering the center away from its DEI-oriented programming. However, Les Misérables bringing in 135 percent of planned revenue shows that the Kennedy Center continues to succeed under Grenell.

“This is exactly the kind of programming our audiences are eager to see at the Kennedy Center — and what they can expect more of under our new leadership,” Roma Daravi, the Center’s vice president of public relations, told the Reporter.

Following Les Mis, the Kennedy Center will be hosting Parade, an acclaimed show about the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jew falsely convicted of murdering a teenage girl.

Frank was lynched in one of the worst anti-Semitic attacks of the early 20th century in America.

Other more family-friendly shows that are coming up are Sesame Street the Musical and Dungeons and Dragons: Twenty Sided Tavern — which is a unique interactive program where the audience controls the show.