Love songs and a legacy as one of the greatest songwriters, were on display Friday 19 January, when Kenny Edmonds, better known as Babyface graced the Kennedy Center Stage as part of the NSO Pops.
Thursday, December 28th was opening Night of THE ILLUSIONISTS – LIVE FROM BROADWAY at the world-renowned John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington D.C. Optical illusions and the wonderful world of magic tricks were front & center in a night filled with comedy, breakdancing and of course magic.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that the Washington, D.C. engagement of the hit Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET!—based on the life story of seven-time Grammy®–winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time Grammy®–winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan—will star Cuban American Broadway actress Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan, and acclaimed stage and television actor Mauricio Martínez, playing Emilio Estefan.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the selection of five Honorees who will receive the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. Recipients to be honored at the 40th annual national celebration of the arts are: American dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, Cuban American singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Estefan, American Hip Hop artist and entertainment icon LL COOL J, American television writer and producer Norman Lear, and American musician and record producer Lionel Richie.
America’s favorite gossip risked a flash flood to flash her panties for DC on Saturday night, but that is Kathy Griffin for you. As the unpretentious superstar says, “Wherever people want to laugh, I’ll be there,” whether in Iraq or a stage in a small and muggy auditorium in the Deep South. However humble Maggie Griffin’s daughter is, she is now very far from the D List and is selling out shows from coast to coast for her Like a Boss tour.
Concert Revue by: Alan Duckworth
Some might call him a rebel, I think of him more as a pioneer. Cameron Carpenter has taken the organ by storm and with that, garnered a popularity and need for travel. Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center, his solo debut on their new Rubenstein Family Organ. It was a program handpicked by Cameron himself, scores he felt best fit the capabilities of this particular organ. It included the compositional works of Bach, Mozart, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.
