The Royal Poinciana Playhouse was a major social hub, attracting celebrities, socialites, and political figures like the ...

Long before farewell tours became commonplace for music icons, one of the most legendary singers of all time played his last ever concert...and the final song he sang couldn't have been more ...

One of D.C.’s most well-known arts traditions is moving forward with a new name. Kennedy Center Interim President Richard Grenell told WTOP that the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will be ...

Palm Springs long ago secured its place in “Rat Pack” mythology. Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms estate, his standing table at Melvyn’s and a steady stream of Hollywood royalty helped transform the desert ...

There were times at the beginning when Mark Randisi felt like an impostor, and not just because he was singing Frank Sinatra. It was Andrea Bocelli who set him straight — and if you think Bocelli's ...

If you’ve never heard that the Rat Pack lived out the Swinging ’60s in Yucca Valley, well, it’s because they didn’t want you to. “At the time Yucca Valley wasn’t really populated and that, as the ...

As the Trump administration prepares to close the Kennedy Center for a two-year renovation, the head of Washington’s performing arts center has warned its staff about impending cuts that will leave ...

Kennedy Center staffers received a memo this week warning that impending job cuts will leave “skeletal teams” in place as the embattled institution prepares to close for two years of renovations. The ...

A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)(AP/Rahmat Gul) As the Trump administration prepares to ...

Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell warned of upcoming staff cuts and the reality of “skeletal teams” in a Tuesday night email to his staff that also touted a “total renovation of the building ...

Just five days after Philip Glass, one of the world’s most famous and revered living composers, canceled the world premiere of his “Lincoln” symphony at the Kennedy Center, President Trump announced ...

The Washington, D.C., theater scene is responding with shock and sadness to President Trump’s planned two-year closure of the Kennedy Center, and concerns are mounting that construction and renovation ...