Liza Minnelli and Harvey Fierstein will host a tribute to the Kennedy Center's founding chairman, Roger L. Stevens. Plans announced Tuesday for the May 2 gala also will include some of Broadway's biggest stars. President John F. Kennedy asked Stevens in 1961 to help establish a ...

David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, was named the sixth chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday. Rubenstein, 60, of Bethesda, Md., was elected to help oversee the center's finances and fundraising beginning in May, though he plans no major changes ...

The living memorial to President John F. Kennedy is planning a two-week series of performances early next year to honor the 35th president and mark the 50th anniversary of his inauguration. The tribute announced Tuesday, including a nod to a historic performance by cellist Pablo Casals, is ...