
SCOOP: Inside the Kennedy Center's family-friendly King of Kings showing
THE LOWDOWN:
Over the weekend, the nation’s capital hosted multiple screenings of King of Kings, a new family-friendly movie about the life of Jesus Christ, at the Kennedy Center.
The demand for the screenings was so intense that the center doubled its show offerings, as was first reported by the Washington Reporter.
In addition to the screenings themselves, the Kennedy Center hosted a “prayer wall” in partnership with the Museum of the Bible, where attendees shared their prayers for America and posted them on a completely full wall.
Curtis Houck, who attended one of the screenings, told the Reporter that “as a band and orchestra geek growing up, more and more Americans deserve to be exposed to the life-changing world of the performing arts.”
Over the weekend, the nation’s capital hosted multiple screenings of King of Kings, a new family-friendly movie about the life of Jesus Christ, at the Kennedy Center.
The demand for the screenings was so intense that the center doubled its show offerings, as was first reported by the Washington Reporter.
Families of all faiths attended the showings, with one attendee telling the Reporter that it was “so refreshing to attend an event at the Kennedy Center that proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ and celebrated the shared Judeo-Christian values that built this country and continue to make it great.”
In addition to the screenings themselves, the Kennedy Center hosted a “prayer wall” in partnership with the Museum of the Bible, where attendees shared their prayers for America and posted them on a completely full wall.
The Museum of the Bible, for its part, told the Reporter that it enjoyed the partnership. “We are happy to support an event where families can experience powerful stories from the Bible at a historic venue like the Kennedy Center, right here in our home of Washington, DC,” it said.
Curtis Houck, who attended one of the screenings, told the Reporter that “as a band and orchestra geek growing up, more and more Americans deserve to be exposed to the life-changing world of the performing arts.”
“To see so many young families and small children experiencing a big theatre for the first time was so encouraging and I hope it spawns off a life-long love of the arts,” Houck said.
“Under the leadership of Ric Grennell and President Trump, the Kennedy Center is headed in the right direction with rigorous support of the National Symphony, all the classics and new hit musicals that bring people together, and newer, outside-the-box-type events like this,” he continued.
The Kennedy Center’s Roma Daravi explained that “today, Jesus entered the halls of the Kennedy Center.”
Under the leadership of President Donald Trump and of Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center has slashed DEI programs and has worked to emerge from what Grenell described to the Reporter as the “criminal” financial mismanagement of the previous leadership.