Rosamund Pike handled a texting audience member with grace. We would have handled it with… slightly less grace.

Community theatre survives because people show up. But when the same people hold power for too long, stewardship can start looking a lot like ownership.

The Kennedy Center is not a vanity plaque, a political souvenir, or another surface waiting for someone’s name. It is a national performing arts institution. And this ruling is a needed reminder of that.