The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Interim director Ric Grenell came to be a member of “Hannity“On Thursday to view an example of efforts that he and his team make to transform the institution into a place where everyone is welcome. “
President Donald Trump, after firing and refilling members of the board of the center and announcement that he had been chosen, called Grenell as leader on 10 February. Grenell previously served as acting director of National Intelligence and is a long -term adviser for foreign policy for the president.
“Look, the reality is that the Kennedy Center is open to everyone,” Grenell said Fox News Host Sean Hannity. “We just want an art center that celebrates art – we want common sense art.”
Grenell has also addressed Rumblings shown in the center were canceled because of the Trump administration.
“The new team in the Kennedy Center has not canceled anyone,” he explains. “I know that there are some rumors that we somehow canceled shows. We didn’t cancel anyone. They took off themselves, or they were told that it was not financially good enough because of the ticket sales.”
“Hamilton” musical maker Lin-Manuel Miranda on stage during a production of the show. (Getty Images)
A popular show that was canceled plans to perform at the Kennedy Center the Broadway production “Hamilton”.
The producer of the show, Jeffrey Seller, has issued an official statement on social media on Wednesday in which the choice was explained.
“This last action by Trump means that it is not the Kennedy Center as we knew,” said the maker of the show, Lin-Manuel Miranda, in a joint interview with the seller, according to The New York Times. “The Kennedy Center is not made in this spirit and we will not be part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center. We just don’t be part of it.”
“I think that is intolerant,” said Grenell. “And that is one of the things that Donald Trump really brought back to Washington, in America, in the Kennedy Center – can be said that everyone is welcome.”
Grenell drove the opportunity to organize a show during the holidays in honor of the birth of Jesus Christ. He emphasized that the Kennedy Center under his leadership will strive for programs that will be ‘very popular’.
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“We cannot continue to have an art center that makes financial decisions that get us in the hole,” he said. “We need popular shows – we need shows where the audience is going.”
