The National Symphony Orchestra has yet to receive its budget for next season, which starts in September. That suggests the Kennedy Center is walking a tightrope of fiscal and structural uncertainty. It is not yet clear if and when the institution will shut for refurbishment.
A curator who stayed on when all others left or were fired, Josef Palermo has told NPR that ‘he believes the Trump administration has driven the center into bankruptcy.’
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