John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [Washington]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center
Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Escénicas
theatre building in Washington, USA
bouwwerk in Washington D.C.
Built 1964-1967 for the federal government as national center for the performing arts. Officiall opened 8 Sep 1971 as John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Named after President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963). In 2025 destroyed as an respectable arts center by a coup of President Donald Trump who was made president of the center's Board of Trustees, resulting in censorship of its programmes. - The complex contains three main theatres and several other halls: Opera House. Opened 5 Sep 1971 with Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Ca. 2200 seats. Concert Hall. Opened 9 Sep 1971 with a concert of the National Symphony Orchestra. 2442 seats. Eisenhower Theater. Opened 18 Oct 1971 with Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. 1163 seats. Terrace Theater. Built in the late 1970s by Philip Johnson. 513 seats. Family Theater. Built 2005, replacing the American Film Institute Theater. Opened 9 Dec 2005. 324 seats. Theater Lab. 399 seats. Millennium Stage.