Comedians gathered Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the annual Mark Twain Prize for American ...

The starry Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony was the most high-profile event held at the venue since the president ...

The president's hostile takeover of the Washington, D.C. cultural institution will probably chase away the very people who ...

After Donald Trump announced the appointment of a new chair—himself—at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ...

Ahead of the organization’s big Mark Twain Prize ceremony, A-listers and working artists are struggling to make the right ...

At this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien, a tribute to comedy may compete with the ...

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 ...

In February, Mr. Trump dissolved the Kennedy Center's board of directors and named himself chairman. The new board includes ...

The vice president's arrival at the center Thursday comes one month after Trump launched a major, controversial overhaul.

Film and Broadway veteran Harvey Fierstein alleged that his shows have been "banned" from the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump's "takeover" of the storied performing arts venue.