Deborah F. Rutter will step down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the end of 2025 after steering the arts institution for 11 years, through three presidents ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

UPDATE (Feb. 12): Deborah F. Rutter, the third president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, exited that position today, months ahead of schedule, after she was fired following ...

Deborah Rutter Speaks Out Following Kennedy Center Firing Rutter was the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for 10 years. By: Sidney Paterra Feb. 16, 2025 ...

The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was fired. By Javier C. Hernández and Robin Pogrebin President Trump was ...

WASHINGTON − The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been America's premiere stage for decades. But more recently, the cultural center has been in the headlines not for art but ...

Deborah F. Rutter, who led the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for more than a decade before President Donald Trump fired her in February, will address some of the challenges faced ...

Deborah F. Rutter will step down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the end of 2025 after ...

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

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.