{"id":2261900,"date":"2026-02-02T01:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2261900"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T01:34:30","slug":"kennedy-center-to-cease-entertainment-operations-for-two-years-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kennedy-center-to-cease-entertainment-operations-for-two-years-trump-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center to Cease Entertainment Operations for Two Years, Trump Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-in-text-target\">\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>Feb 1 (Reuters) &#8211; The \u200cJohn \u200bF. Kennedy Memorial Center \u200cfor the Performing Arts should not host \u200bany events for two years, starting on July 4, President \u200dDonald Trump posted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>&#8220;Based \u200bon these findings, and totally subject to Board \u200bapproval, \u2060I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately \u200ctwo year period of time, with a scheduled Grand \u200bReopening \u200cthat will rival and \u200dsurpass \u2060anything that has taken place with respect to such a Facility before,&#8221; Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>The arts and entertainment center, in Washington, has been marked by turmoil in recent months following Trump&#8217;s appointment as chairman, his \u200bpush to change the organization&#8217;s focus, plans for reconstruction and the board&#8217;s addition of his name to the institution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>The center historically has hosted over 2,000 events per year, according to the website, although many performers have pulled out of planned shows since Trump&#8217;s shakeup began.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>Among those who cancelled performances in recent months are a touring production of the musical \u201cHamilton,\u201d composer Philip \u200bGlass and actress Issa Rae.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>The Kennedy Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p>(Reporting by Greg Bensinger in San Francisco and Arriana McLymore \u200bin New York; Editing by Sergio Non, Chris Reese and Diane Craft)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-slyvem-0 jDbFwb\">\n<p><b data-rte2-sanitize=\"bold\">Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 1 (Reuters) &#8211; The \u200cJohn \u200bF. 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