Kennedy Center’s New Chief Makes Case for Two-Year Closure
A bust of John F Kennedy inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThe bust of John F. Kennedy will remain in the Grand Foyer and the opera house seats will still be red. But officials involved in plans to renovate the Kennedy Center say big changes are coming to the venue.
Matt Floca, the center’s new executive director and chief operating officer, led reporters on a tour Wednesday to highlight areas he said needed repair — defending the controversial decision to close a centerpiece of the capital’s arts scene for two years starting in July.