The Kennedy Center is seriously struggling to fill its seats as President Donald Trump’s rebrand of the institution falls flat with audiences in the capital.

Last week, the Trump-controlled center hired Stephen Nakagawa, who reportedly described himself as a “MAGA former dancer,” as its new director of dance programming.

Although Nakagawa, a critic of what he calls “radical leftist ideologies” in ballet, may fit into Trump’s bid to reshape the center into a “non-woke” entertainment destination, he faces an uphill battle to attract the D.C. public to a venue the president has all but branded as his own.

The center’s Opera House, which Republicans are hoping to rename after first lady Melania Trump, is expected to be just 4 to 19 percent full for the Stuttgart Ballet’s run next month, a

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