A mass exodus from the totalitarian playhouse on the Potomac

As I tally the growing list of artists who have scraped Donald Trump off their shoes by exiting the MAGA Kennedy Center – the latest refugees are Nashville banjoist Bela Fleck and the entire Washington National Opera – I can’t help but recall so many entertainers took the opposite tack when the Nazis goose-stepped into Paris early in World War II.

It may seem obvious to us artists should be among the first to condemn fascism by word or deed, and rest assured that those who’ve canceled on the Kennedy Center have no regrets.