Kennedy Center To Include Non-Equity Theater Productions Following Donald Trump Complaints

‘A Man of No Importance’ theater review

As the Trump regime attacks the arts and LGBTQ+ community, A Noise Within’s A Man of No Importance is a bold, of-the-moment, highly entertaining production that defends both against censorship and persecution. This musical is also au courant in that, what with the death and election of popes (call it “papal fiction”?), the Catholic religion has been much in the news lately. It is also, for some reason only leprechauns could explain, the second p…

'Who’s going to tell' him? Trump mocked as Kennedy Center lineup featuring notorious drag productions

In early February, President Donald Trump fired the board of trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and named himself chair. Then he installed former acting director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to serve as the center's executive director. By April, The New York Times was reporting at least a half-dozen government relations, marketing and social media staff members at the center were dismissed as Trump tighten…

Kennedy Center To Include Non-Equity Theater Productions Following Donald Trump Complaints

Two non-Equity theatrical tours - Mrs. Doubtfire and Chicago - are on the 2026 programming schedule of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Trump, Grenell Lead Kennedy Center's Shift Away from Woke Programming, Embrace Family-Friendly Content

The Kennedy Center is entering a new era by shifting its focus away from woke programming, thanks in large part to the leadership of President Donald Trump and the center's interim executive director, Richard Grenell. As part of a broader effort to restore the institution’s mission and broaden its…