Kennedy Center Interim executive director Richard Grenell told Fox News Digital that it will usher in a “golden age of art” in Washington, D.C., as new leadership plans for Donald Trump will launch productions that will “sell tickets” and attract the public. .
“It will be a golden age of art,” Grenell’s exclusive comment on the matter said. “The Kennedy Center has zero cash on hand and zero reserves – and tens of millions of dollars in public funds were taken away. We must have Plans for selling tickets. We can’t afford to pay for content that at least doesn’t pay for now, I hope we don’t have to consider production costs, but we do that.”
“The good news is that there are a lot of shows that are very popular, so ticket sales will pay for themselves,” Grinnell added.
The John Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is the National Center for Cultural Studies, now owned by President Donald Trump As its chairman, Grenell and the board of directors.
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U.S. Special Mission Envoy Ric Grenell attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday at the Maryland National Port. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
This week, critics of the media and liberals focused on the Trump administration under censorship this week. The choir and orchestra were originally scheduled to perform a program titled “Peacock among the Doves”, which is based on children’s books themed on LGBT.
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Fox News Digital learned that the show was placed on the chopping block weeks before the center’s leadership changes and was cancelled due to a lack of tickets. Sources familiar with the Kennedy Center’s business told Fox Digital that the center’s new leadership has not cancelled any shows.
The exterior of the John Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts Building is lit in various colors in Washington, D.C.
“The artist who pulls down the show will only punish themselves and customers. This shows that the artist will not tolerate interactions with people who disagree. Republicans are customersthey should remember this too.
Grenell also served as the presidential envoy for the second Trump administration’s special mission.
“Suddenly, the gay men’s choir dropped out of school due to Trump. It’s not true.” “It’s been happening all the time other things are happening.”
The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra said earlier this week that the work of the Wizard of Oz replaced the planned performance of the “Pigeon Peacock”, saying that the planned performance has been cancelled before leadership changes and is attributed to financial problems. .
President Donald Trump serves as chairman of the Kennedy Center’s board of directors. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“Before the leadership transition at the Kennedy Center, we decided to postpone the peacock among the pigeons due to financial and scheduling factors. We chose to use the ‘oz wizard”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” Another suitable plan for pride. Executive Director Jean Davidson said in a statement earlier this week.
“Plan change is a common practice. We cannot announce alternative plans until we have obtained the right to present it, but for transparency we have removed the original plans from the website to prevent further ticketing sales. The choir should be a pigeon peacock. guest artist signed up. “Davidson added.
Grenell predicted in his speech at CPAC that the Kennedy Center will now focus on performances that “the public wants to see”, such as works centered around Christmas in December.
“We have to do The great works of the masses The public wants to see, we want to have very good programming,” he said. “So the first thing we have to do…you have to go to Kennedy Center for Christmas in December to a huge celebration of the birth of Christ. It’s crazy to think that we will celebrate Christ with large traditional works during Christmas to celebrate everything in the world during Christmas, and this is the birth of Christ. ”
Pedestrians walk up the sidewalk to the John Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC (Getty Image)
Trump fired a few Among the Center’s former board members earlier this month, they “did not share our vision for the golden age of arts and culture.” He replaced former members with 14 other members, including Second Lady Usha Vance and “God Bless America” singer Lee Greenwood.
“Under my guidance, we will once again establish the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and culture,” Trump posted to Truth Social on February 7.
Trump said the motivation for firing former board members was due to the Kennedy Center’s drag show, which targeted the Biden administration of children.
“JFK just last year, the Kennedy Center drag show was specifically aimed at our young people – and that would stop. The Kennedy Center is American jewelry and must reflect the brightest stars on the stage around the country. For the Kennedy Center, it’s best not to come yet. ! ” Trump said in “Sociality of Truth” earlier this month.
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Former acting director of the National Intelligence Agency Rick Grenell during the closing campaign between Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan and former President Donald Trump. Ric Grenell). (Sarah Rice/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
“We will soon announce a new board with a brilliant chairman Donald J. Trump!” he added.
The new board of directors was elected Trump as chairman on February 12. Trump appointed Grenell, who became the first publicly gay cabinet member in the United States as interim executive director of the board when Trump’s first administration served as acting director of national intelligence.
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“I think President Trump’s frustration is that the Kennedy Center has no cash, no reserves, they have been paying their salaries with debt reserves, and they have taken about $40 million in public funds at the same time,” Grenell said in the CPAC. .” On Friday.
