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Stephen Schwartz, composer of the hit musical “Wicked,” is no longer hosting a gala at the Kennedy Center this year following the Trump administration’s takeover of the performing arts venue. Schwartz ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

More artists are pulling out of performing at the Kennedy Center after the prestigious cultural arts hub was renamed to honor President Donald Trump. “This decision has come together very quickly, and ...

The Kennedy Center already saw a Christmas concert canceled in protest of its recent name change. Now, a pair of shows scheduled to take place at the once-prestigious Washington, DC, venue on New Year ...

Chuck Redd, who has hosted the annual Jazz Jam for nearly 20 years, pulled out in the wake of the president's controversial move Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The Kennedy Center says it plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against jazz artist Chuck Redd, after the musician canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance. The Associated Press first reported that ...

WASHINGTON — The head of the Kennedy Center sent a scathing letter this week to the musician who canceled a Christmas Eve concert at the performing arts venue after President Donald Trump’s name was ...

Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, said the organization will seek $1 million in damages from noted jazz musician Chuck Redd after Redd abruptly canceled ...

The president of the Kennedy Center on Friday sharply criticized longtime jazz musician Chuck Redd for canceling his Christmas Eve performance days after the White House announced that President ...