What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

After mostly steering clear of the national cultural center during his first term, Trump has moved quickly to take control as ...

The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was ...

Trump is now the Kennedy Center's board chairman, giving him control over a beloved arts institution that regularly interacts ...

President Trump is changing the composition of the Kennedy Center's board — and wants to change the types of performances the ...

"I don't believe that arts should be a part of a political conversation," the former 'Reading Rainbow' host told The ...

The Kennedy Center Honors, however, are a different matter ... classical musicians, singers, playwrights, composers, and choreographers. Sure, movie and TV stars were always sprinkled in, but ...

Deborah Rutter led the Kennedy Center through a dramatic growth spurt and a global pandemic. Board chairman David M.

The White House had pulled Bernstein’s FBI file—one that eventually tallied more than 800 pages and was obtained by The New Yorker’s classical music ... Center’s annual Kennedy Center ...

And the lineup — theater, music, singing, dance — will continue ... and first lady Melania Trump would not attend the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017, after some award recipients that year ...

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk run rampant over Washington, a lot of people have been fired or resigned. That number now ...

from theater to dance to contemporary music, and served as the residence for the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera. Every December, the Kennedy Center Honors are ...