Trump’s Two-Year Kennedy Center Shutdown Sparks NSO Scheduling Crisis

President Donald Trump announced a roughly two-year closure of the Kennedy Center starting this summer for a full rebuild, catching the National Symphony Orchestra off guard as it learned the plan from a social-media post. The NSO, which performs about 150 concerts a year, faces a tough scheduling scramble while management considers options like moving performances to a larger venue such as DAR Constitution Hall, and lawmakers scrutinize how the renovation will be financed amid concerns over funding and declining audiences.