The Kennedy Center has fallen on hard times, however, with a fiscal drop that has reportedly only increased since Trump's takeover in February. In early June, ticket sales alone were down by about ...

JFK’s niece Maria Shriver has blasted the intensifying MAGA makeover of the Kennedy Center. Last week, Republicans on a House panel voted to rename the center’s opera house after first lady Melania ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to view opening night of "Les Miserables," at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) AP ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to view opening night of "Les Miserables" at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington.© Alex Brandon ...

President Donald Trump was both cheered and booed June 11 as he attended a performance of "Les Misérables" at the Kennedy Center, the performing arts facility he has subjected to a conservative ...

President Donald Trump attends a board meeting at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Pool via AP) President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy ...

Trump plans to attend a performance of the musical at the Kennedy Center next month and host a private fundraising reception beforehand, marking the first performance he will attend at the center ...

President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, are scheduled to attend the opening night performance of “Les Misérables” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump used his visit on Monday to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to criticize the venue of which he’s now the chairman, claiming that it’s ripe for an ...

President Trump on Monday delivered remarks to members of the Kennedy Center board of trustees, which Trump drastically overhauled earlier this year as he sought to put his stamp on the performing ...

President Trump said he was "disappointed" at the state of the Kennedy Center during his first tour on Monday since appointing himself board chairman of the Washington, DC, events center.

Trump ousted the chairman of the esteemed institution, named himself the new leader and then put a bunch of loyalists — including second lady Usha Vance and singer Lee Greenwood — on the board.