Kennedy Center's Two-Year Shutdown Heads to Court as Officials Stage Disrepair Tours
The leadership of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is mounting a public campaign to defend its planned two-year shutdown, walking lawmakers, donors, and the press through cobwebbed pump rooms, corroded loading docks, and a rust-pocked electrical vault to demonstrate that the building has aged past the point of routine repair. The push, detailed in reporting by The New York Times and documented by Th…