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In an unexpected turn of events, the Kennedy Center's recent showing of Les Misérables turned into a spectacle of chaos, ...
A look at the eyebrow-raising antics and scientifically dubious assertions of the federal government's number one science ...
From left, 2017 Kennedy Center honorees LL Cool J, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear, Lionel Richie and Gloria Estefan celebrate following the State Department dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors ...
Conan O’Brien is speaking out about his decision to attend the Kennedy Center‘s March 23 event to accept the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor after President Donald Trump‘s election to ...
WASHINGTON — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has unveiled its 2025–2026 theater season, promising a lineup of Broadway blockbusters, magical spectacles and family-friendly ...
Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, resigned soon after the board shakeup. Trump replaced her, ... Further controversy is possible.
In a Truth Social post, Trump pledged to “make the Kennedy Center great again,” promising to remove programming he claimed promoted “divisive ideologies.” The new season reflects that vision.
The children of composer Leonard Bernstein are calling for their father's music to be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as a "rebuke" of President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON -- Last year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was almost overshadowed by controversy surrounding the sitting president. This year's event took place in the shadow of the death of a ...
Kennedy Center staff were cleared to return to the building hours after a bomb threat caused ... Shen Yun Performing Arts is a touring performance group that has faced controversies in recent ...
From left, 2017 Kennedy Center honorees LL Cool J, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear, Lionel Richie and Gloria Estefan celebrate following the State Department dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors ...
Canadian author Louise Penny has joined the growing list of people from the arts and culture communities to cancel events or dissociate themselves from the Kennedy Center, after U.S. President Donald ...