Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, was fired soon after the board shakeup. Trump ...

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

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

President Dwight Eisenhower initiated the ... including Sesame Street and the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Trump last week fired Kennedy Center chair David Rubinstein, the co-founder of ...

Proponents of President Donald Trump's changes to the arts institution argued that it was already in financial turmoil and fundraising would not be a problem for the president.

President Donald Trump ended the third week of his second term by firing the board of the Kennedy Center. He has since named ...

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 ...

Donald Trump is not only upending American governance; he also intends to wield cultural influence. So he is taking on an ...

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 ...