A Night Out for Trump at the Theater, With a Pocket of Dissent

Opening night of “Les Misérables” was meant to celebrate the president’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. But he also was forced to encounter his critics.President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, attending “Les Misérables” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Wednesday. Soon after taking office, the president appointed himself chairman of the center and restocked the board with loyalists.