Kennedy Center

The audience at the Kennedy Center’s opening-night performance of “Les Misérables” greeted President Donald Trump’s arrival with a mix of cheers and boos. Trump’s appearance Wednesday marks the Republican’s first time attending a performance there as president. Trump avoided the center in his first term following entertainment industry pushback over his policies. Since returning to office, Trump has replaced the...

What sparked the Kennedy Center clash? News4’s Ted Oberg breaks down the politics, fallout, and facts behind D.C.’s biggest arts controversy.

The Kennedy Center has been getting extra attention this year, but not because of performances on its stage. Now, its former president is speaking about the changes made to the D.C. cultural institution she once led — and accusations that she mismanaged that institution. In February, the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, made up of members appointed by President...

President Trump, current chair of the Kennedy Center’s board, criticized the former leadership and accused it of mismanaging funds. News4’s Tommy McFly spoke with Deborah Rutter, the former Kennedy Center president, in her first interview since those remarks.

“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” is an opera that explores the life of Apple creator Steve Jobs and includes electronica in the production. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to the two leads about what it’s like to tell the tech mogul’s story in this way. 

Organizers said they are moving a week’s worth of events for World Pride DC away from the Kennedy Center.

Organizers said they are moving a week’s worth of events for World Pride DC away from the Kennedy Center, saying they didn’t have another choice as they try to protect the LGBTQ+ community. News4’s Walter Morris explains.

Lights outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will permanently display the colors red, white and blue every night to commemorate the United States, the arts institute announced Tuesday. Usually, the lights are plain white, but the Kennedy Center sometimes changes them for special events and holidays. Rainbow lights shine during the week leading up to the…

The planet famous for its rovers went roving itself, departing the Kennedy Center’s REACH plaza and rolling east onto the roadway.

A planet blew away from the Kennedy Center’s new “Celestial Bodies” exhibit and rolled towards a highway in Northwest D.C. on Thursday. 

Comedian Conan O’Brien was honored with the Mark Twain Prize Sunday evening at the Kennedy Center. News4’s Tommy McFly reports from the red carpet.

On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ended on a high note.

A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. “I may be out of a job, but I’m not out of hope,” Tavish Forsythe said. Forsythe is artistic director of Bird City Improv, which teaches improvisation for social change. Until Thursday, he was also a program director — a contract employee...

A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to them.

“When trans rights are under attack what do we do?” said an activist to a crowd of protestors. “Stand up, fight back”. The March for Drag began in Washington Circle and came together about a month after President Donald Trump posted on truth social, “No more drag shows or anti-American propaganda,” saying it was time for a “golden age of…

The LGBTQ+ community rallied in responded to changes at the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump took over. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.’s arts center have been cancelled.

The megahit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is pulling out of plans to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., next year. Organizers cited President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the institution’s leadership as their reason for canceling.

Extra security will be on hand for upcoming performances by the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Kennedy Center after a bomb threat against the group. A threatening email claimed a bomb had been placed in the theater and would be detonated should Shen Yun be allowed to perform, according to the group’s spokesperson. Nothing was found. Thursday’s...

Extra security will be on hand for upcoming performances of the Shen Yun Performing Arts Company at the Kennedy Center after a bomb threat against the group.