As Trump Tightens Hold on Kennedy Center, Top Theater Producer Resigns

Jeffrey Finn, a Broadway producer who has overseen theater programming at the Washington venue since 2016, will leave next month.

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At the Kennedy Center, Trump Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display

President Trump held forth about the nature of show business and his own tortured relationship with celebrity.

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Trump Picks Stallone and Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors

The actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, the singers George Strait and Gloria Gaynor and the rock band Kiss will be honored later this year.

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Trump Will Visit Kennedy Center to Announce New Honorees

The president has taken a strong interest in the Kennedy Center’s affairs ever since naming himself chairman in February, when he restocked its traditionally bipartisan board with loyalists.

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Trump Reimagines the Kennedy Center: Elvis, ‘Cats’ and Babe Ruth

A recording of President Trump’s private remarks at a Kennedy Center board meeting shows that he mused about bestowing honors on dead celebrities and people from outside the arts.

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Trump Visits Kennedy Center for First Time Since Taking It Over

The president had harsh words for “Hamilton,” which canceled a planned tour there after his takeover, but seemed excited about a long-planned “Les Misérables.”

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Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees

The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.

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At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

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Trump’s Revenge Now Includes His Takeover of the Kennedy Center

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

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Kennedy Center’s Leader to Step Down, Adding to Uncertainty

The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for a new board chair while navigating a second Trump term.

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