Donald Trump’s takeover of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington has generated outcry from performers and members, with several stars pulling out of engagements or associations.
Stacked with Trump loyalists, the new board terminated the center’s president, Deborah Rutter, and installed Trump as chair.
The creator of Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes, also resigned from her position as treasurer while the singer-songwriter Ben Folds revealed that he would also be stepping down as artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra.
Issa Rae, creator and star of Insecure, announced on her Instagram story on Thursday that she was cancelling her upcoming one-night-only show at the Kennedy Center.
“Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO,” he wrote in an Instagram statement.
