By Shawn McCreesh Reporting from the Kennedy Center in Washington It was the night after President Trump ... Some artists canceled shows. “Welcome to the New Kennedy Center!” ...

Comedian, actress and Hollywood creator Issa Rae said on Instagram that she was pulling her sold-out show ... the Kennedy Center’s staff and leaders across the cultural sector.

The show has become an incubator ... appears on the “Saturday Night Live” set with producer Lorne Michaels (far right), and cast members Chevy Chase (center), Laraine Newman (background ...

FILE - White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen, left, appears on the "Saturday Night Live" set with producer Lorne Michaels, right, and cast members Chevy Chase, foreground center ... spitballs from ...

FILE - White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen, left, appears on the "Saturday Night Live" set with producer Lorne Michaels, right, and cast members Chevy Chase, foreground center, Laraine Newman ...

Advertising At its center, then and now, is the inscrutable figure of Lorne Michaels, the executive producer who was 30 during that first season and turned 80 last fall — on a show night ...

The man who made “Saturday Night Live” reflects ... America’s few remaining communal cultural events, has inspired a steady stream of tributes to the show and its creator.