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Kennedy Center to permanently illuminate exterior in red, white, and blue
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will now permanently illuminate its exterior in red, white, and blue — a ...
Post-Trump purge, can the Kennedy Center save itself? How Mark Morris showed the way
Visit the embattled Kennedy Center post-Trump purge, and the place can feel abandoned. Leave it to dance provocateur Mark Morris to show a way forward for the national arts center.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
What awards has The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts won? Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Titanic, Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The King and I, and Best Revival (Tony ...
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Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn't help
Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some ...
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The Problem With Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center Isn’t the Possibility of ‘Cats’
The president’s moves highlight fundamental questions about the role of the U.S. government in the nation’s artistic life.
D.C. musician shares ‘tense’ email exchange with Trump representative over Kennedy Center direction
Williams asked Grenell about reported walk-backs of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at the center. The Trump ...
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Amid Kennedy Center shakeup, a musician shares tense exchange with interim president
Amid an overhaul at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a musician is calling out the interim president for an "unprofessional and rude" email exchange. Guitarist and composer ...
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'Earth to Space' art festival set to launch at Kennedy Center this week
A nearly month-long space mission is ready to lift off, with final preparations being made at the Kennedy Center. To be clear, not NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but rather the John F. "Earth ...
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Trump uses Kennedy Center visit to criticize the venue and tout his efforts to remake it
President Donald Trump attends a board meeting at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, on Monday, March 17, 2025. AP Washington, DC CNN — ...
As Conan O’Brien receives Mark Twain humor prize at the Kennedy Center, the joke is on Trump
Conan O'Brien received the Mark Twain prize for humor in ceremony that drew Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert to the embattled Kennedy Center, setting the stage for ...
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An anxious musician reaches out to the Kennedy Center's interim director
Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some artists are trying to figure out how to proceed. One musician was feeling ...
Conan O'Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center
O’Brien, 61, was named the 26th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize in mid-January, about three weeks before President Donald Trump upended the Kennedy Center by ousting longtime president Deborah ...