President Trump announced Sunday that he would shut down the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which has been battered by cancellations and boycotts, for two years starting this summer.

President Donald Trump ’s plan to shutter the Trump-rebranded Kennedy Center for two years isn’t sitting well with the family members of former President John F. Kennedy, for whom the Washington, D.C....

Leading performing arts groups have pulled out of appearances, most recently, composer Philip Glass, who announced his decision to withdraw his Symphony No. 15 “Lincoln” because he said the values of ...