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At least a half-dozen workers were dismissed as the Trump administration strengthens its control of the cultural institution.
Review: COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET at The Kennedy Center Opera House The Complexions's three-day engagement at the Opera House took place March 20th through 22nd. By: Audrey Cahak Mar. 24, 2025 ...
But one opera was withdrawn from the lineup by the artists who created it, who objected to the president’s takeover. By Javier C. Hernández The Kennedy Center’s flagship opera company and ...
Visit the embattled Kennedy Center post-Trump purge, and the place can feel abandoned. Leave it to dance provocateur Mark ...
For a moment, I thought I might hear them speak out against the current presidential administration that is working to influence the art shown at the Kennedy Center while trying to silence critics ...
The Kennedy Center laid off the bulk of its social impact team, which sought to make art more accessible to those not in the ...
The opera’s composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce stood by their decision to pull it from the Kennedy Center ... if it doesn’t sell enough tickets, then we’d better have ...
The average red-hat-wearing tourist who might buy tickets for “Cats” has ... stood in the Kennedy Center’s Opera House presidential box, arms outstretched as if there were hundreds of ...
Fellow Travelers will be replaced on the Kennedy Center line-up with a new production of Robert Ward's opera The Crucible ... question during Tuesday's White House press briefing whether or ...
The producers of an opera version of Fellow Travelers have decided to pull a forthcoming run of shows scheduled at the Kennedy Center in Washington ... t sell enough tickets, then we’d better ...
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The crowd was telling the Second Couple: You don’t belong on our turf. Ah, but there’s a new sheriff at the opera ... and White House Deputy Chief ...
Isn’t the beauty of culture choice? Not when Donald Trump is calling the artistic shots, Mary C. Curtis writes.