The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her ...

It also voted to terminate Deborah Rutter as president and made former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell interim president, according to multiple people with knowledge of ...

Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Rutter was fired from ahead of her previously-announced exit following President Trump's election as chair.

RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS!" Two days later, the Kennedy Center confirmed in a press release that President Deborah Rutter had been terminated, and that Grenell was taking her place.

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. This year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of former President John F. Kennedy’s birth ...

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The move came after sitting president Deborah F. Rutter was fired from her post. Trump’s election also led to further shakeup on the center’s leadership ...

Trump proceeded with an overhaul of the center on Wednesday after criticizing its former leadership, becoming chairman of the organization, and firing its president, Deborah Rutter. The Kennedy ...

Rubenstein and longtime President Deborah F. Rutter. High-profile artists associated with the center or scheduled to perform there have stepped down or canceled appearances, including TV producer ...