[bert]

Hmmm..... when was the last time you went to DC and enjoyed a performance at the Kennedy Center?

Perhaps rather than foolishly dis the Kennedy’s who actually have nothing to do with the center you should visit DC and enjoy a performance there.

[jmacusa]

Listen pal, I'v been a musician myself. I've enjoyed Broadway musicals, seen a number of them and they didn't need bailouts. I've been to DC plenty of times, to the galleries, museums and monuments. Hell Bell's, I lived and worked in DC during the summer of Nixon's impeachment. The place bears the Kenndey's name, let them pick up the tab. And maybe you ought to shut up before you going making judgements about me.

[PUGACHEV]

I used to have seasons tickets to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, but I dropped them because I got tired of paying Lincoln Center prices for second rate performances. The problem with the Kennedy Center is that it can surf along on its name, and bring in tons of money from tourists, secure that no matter what mediocre product it sells Uncle Sam will keep it afloat. There is no incentive to compete. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which receives little public support, is driven to be so much better that it makes the NSO sound like a high school marching band. The only time I visit the Kennedy Center these days is when they have some visiting company or performer there.