The Kennedy Center, named after slain former President John F. Kennedy, was the brain-child of Kennedy's predecessor, Dwight Eisenhower, according to the center's website. Eisenhower established a ...

This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization ...

Congress and former President Dwight Eisenhower approved the project, with federal funding, in 1958, and it opened to the public in 1971. More than 2 million people visit the Kennedy Center each ...

The fallout from President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center’s board and purge ... for stately classical performances, opera and theater. Its presidential appointees tend not ...

The Kennedy Center's board voted unanimously to elect ... one source said. And the lineup — theater, music, singing, dance — will continue. But Mr. Trump wants the performances to appeal ...

“Insecure” star Issa Rae has canceled a previously scheduled event set to be held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following news that President Donald Trump was elected the ...

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which was named for her slain husband. President Dwight Eisenhower first envisioned the cultural center, which sits on the east bank of the Potomac River ...

President Trump’s ascension to chair of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday led to multiple departures from the Washington, D.C., institution. Trump last week announced he was replacing several ...

a musical for young audiences that just concluded an acclaimed run at the theatre,” said Actors’ Equity in a statement. “Since its founding, the Kennedy Center has represented the full ...