The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for a new board chair while navigating a second Trump term.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. Officials have not provided a death toll but said all passengers and crew on both flights were feared dead.

Deborah F. Rutter will leave her role as president of the Kennedy Center at the end of the year after a decade of leadership marked by expansion, innovation, and pandemic recovery.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts celebrated five "honorees" at its 37th annual ceremony last night: singer Al Green actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks, ballerina Patricia McBride ...

David Rubenstein will continue to serve as chairman while the nonprofit seeks her successor. Deborah Rutter is stepping down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ...

Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the world ...

Deborah Rutter led the Kennedy Center through a dramatic growth spurt and a global pandemic. Board chairman David M. Rubenstein will help seek her successor.

Deborah F. Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has announced that she will step down from her position at the end of 2025. A replacement for Rutter, whose tenure began in 2014, has not been named.