Renowned composer Stephen Schwartz is the latest high-profile figure to back out of scheduled performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was renamed controversially to include the name of President Donald Trump. But the issue surrounding the center has only grown worse.
Broadway star Schwartz, whose credits include Godspell and Wicked, announced that he would be stepping down as presenter of the Washington National Opera (WNO) gala at the facility in May, citing objection to the renaming as his reason.
