Where are Kennedy Center audiences going?

By Elizabeth Blair

Published October 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM HST

Most of us have a venue we love — a theater or concert space — where we really feel at home. But what do you do if that place goes through radical changes?

Elizabeth Blair

Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.

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