Sep. 9, our free #KenCenREACH Spotlight on Theater offers acting/singing/dancing master classes, a playwrights forum, performances & readings, and more. Get your free timed-entry passes now >> bit.ly/KenCenREACH
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September 04
1 like In 2005, you celebrated Tina Turner at #KCHonors. Today, we celebrate YOU. Happy Birthday, Queen B!
Read More...Proud Mary (Tina Turner Tribute) - Beyonce | 2005 Kennedy Center Honors
September 04
113 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: The Air Force Strings Quartet performs works of Richard Strauss and Beethoven.
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September 03
104 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: The Air Force Strings Quartet performs works of Richard Strauss and Beethoven.
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2 likes Just announced: Lupe Fiasco (Nov. 14) and The Roots (Dec. 29) join our #KenCenHipHop season! Tickets on sale to the public Sept. 6.
With his distinctive blend of jazz, Hip Hop, R&B, and soul, four-time Grammy®-winning pianist and producer Robert Glasper closes out his two-week residency at the REACH with music from his award-winning, genre-defying album Black Radio. The performance features the Robert Glasper Experiment and sp...
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September 03
360 likes Oct. 3, Tony Award-winning performer Gavin Creel (Hello, Dolly!) takes the Terrace Theater stage, part of Renée Fleming VOICES. 🎶
Gavin made his Broadway debut originating the role of Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie, earning him his first Tony® nomination. He has since received a Tony Award® for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! with Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce, and sta...
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September 03
51 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: IN Series presents "Stormy Weather”, selections from a cabaret-club evening of song, word, and beat in a new imagining of Shakespeare's Tempest. #PageToStage
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September 02
43 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: IN Series presents "Stormy Weather”, selections from a cabaret-club evening of song, word, and beat in a new imagining of Shakespeare's Tempest. #PageToStage
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5 likes With all-new lighting design by Natasha Katz (Aladdin), all-new sound design by Mick Potter, and new choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), this is a production of Cats for a new generation. Sept. 17–Oct. 6 in the Opera House ➡️ http://bit.ly/CatsDC
Read More...Audiences and critics alike are rediscovering this beloved musical with breathtaking music, including one of the most treasured songs in musical theater, "Memory.”
September 02
37 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Witness a stripped-down excerpt from Metro DC's premier physical theater Synetic Theater's water-filled production of The Tempest. #PageToStage
Read More...Synetic Theater's The Tempest + Movement Storytelling Workshop
September 01
51 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Witness a stripped-down excerpt from Metro DC's premier physical theater Synetic Theater's water-filled production of The Tempest. #PageToStage
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5 likes Sep. 8, our free #KenCenREACH Spotlight on Jazz curated by Jason Moran features a John Coltrane–inspired jazz and meditation service, Emmy-nominated tap dancers Syncopated Ladies, a mainstage show from Flying Lotus, and much more. Join us! All timed-entry passes for this day have been distributed, but patrons without passes may be admitted on a space-available basis. >> bit.ly/KenCenREACH
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September 01
12 likes Kennedy Center Honoree. Mark Twain Prize recipient. A true legend. Happy Birthday to the inimitable Lily Tomlin!
Kennedy Center Honoree Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life.
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September 01
230 likes For over thirty years, Marc Maron has been writing and performing comedy for print, stage, radio, online, and television. Oct. 11, Maron takes the Concert Hall stage for one unforgettable night.
For over thirty years, Marc Maron has been writing and performing comedy for print, stage, radio, online, and television. Best known for his hit landmark podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, he has interviewed iconic personalities such as Conan O’Brien, Robin Williams, Keith Richards, Ben Stille...
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September 01
19 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Too Much Damn Theater presents Airquote Ladylike Vol. 2: A Concert of Women Musical Theater Creators, which celebrates women identifying musical theater song writers and composers. #PageToStage
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August 31
43 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Too Much Damn Theater presents Airquote Ladylike Vol. 2: A Concert of Women Musical Theater Creators. Tonight's show highlights and celebrates women identifying musical theater song writers and composers. Each creator will share songs from musicals they have written, are writing, will write, or is a mini-musical in itself.
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4 likes Join us Sep. 7 for the jam-packed Opening Day of our free REACH Opening Festival! All #KenCenREACH timed-entry passes for this day have been distributed, but patrons may still be admitted on a space-available basis. >> bit.ly/KenCenREACH
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August 31
4 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: M.A.K.U* Soundsystem, based in New York City, are the innovators of immigrant beat, a unique sound that expresses their immigrant experience.
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August 30
49 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: M.A.K.U* Soundsystem, based in New York City, are the innovators of immigrant beat, a unique sound that expresses their immigrant experience.
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4 likes "The REACH in one fell swoop enlarges the Kennedy Center to a rolling, green campus." Explore the #KenCenREACH through the eyes of Metro Weekly before our FREE Opening Festival Sept. 7–22: bit.ly/KenCenREACH
The Kennedy Center will soon raise the curtain on the first-ever expansion in its 47-year history
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August 30
233 likes “One of the world’s supreme ballet companies” —The New York Times Oct. 8–13, the legendary Mariinsky Ballet brings a 19th century treasure – Marius Petipa’s beloved Paquita – to the Kennedy Center Opera House.
Most famous for its Act III “Grand Pas” wedding scene, Paquita is a glittering showcase of classical technique, dazzling tutus, and non-stop virtuosic turns. This 19th-century treasure is rarely performed in its entirety and, after treating our audiences to the Grand Pas in 2016, the co...
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August 30
27 likes 🚨 Deadline alert! 🚨 Make a gift to the REACH by the midnight tonight to QUADRUPLE your impact. Don't miss your chance to leave an impact on this new artistic fixture in D.C. #KenCenREACH
Read More...The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is America's National Cultural Center. Located in Washington, DC, the Kennedy Center presents the latest musical and theatrical productions, jazz concerts, family performances, and a free performance every day at 6pm on the Millennium Stage.
August 29
5 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Today marks the 99th anniversary of the 1920 birth of saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker. In celebration, East River Jazz Collective – In the Spirit of Bird, performed by The Kent Miller Quartet, offers unique ensembles and interpretations of Parker’s compositions as well as original music of their own.
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August 29
83 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Today marks the 99th anniversary of the 1920 birth of saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker. In celebration, East River Jazz Collective – In the Spirit of Bird, performed by The Kent Miller Quartet, offers unique ensembles and interpretations of Parker’s compositions as well as original music of their own.
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5 likes
We’re over halfway through our return to Washington, D.C. and so far, it’s been pretty monumental.
Read More...We’re over halfway through our return to Washington, D.C. and so far, it’s been pretty monumental.
August 29
19 likes Don’t miss your chance to QUADRUPLE your impact when you donate to the REACH before midnight tonight! #KenCenREACH Help us unveil this innovative performing arts campus designed for the 21st century: bit.ly/REACHx4
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August 29
7 likes ✨ Only a few chances remain to make your wishes come true! ✨ Catch Disney's Aladdin in its final shows in D.C. now through Sept. 7: bit.ly/AladdinKenCen
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August 29
129 likes Metro Weekly spotlights several LGBTQ+ works & themes at this weekend's FREE Page-to-Stage New Play Festival. Join us Aug. 31–Sep. 1 to enjoy exciting new work from over 60 local theater companies: bit.ly/PTSKenCen
Alan Sharpe's LGBTQ+ plays add diversity to an already diverse lineup at Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival
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August 29
5 likes For today only your gift to the REACH will be triple matched for QUADRUPLE the impact!
Read More...The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is America's National Cultural Center. Located in Washington, DC, the Kennedy Center presents the latest musical and theatrical productions, jazz concerts, family performances, and a free performance every day at 6pm on the Millennium Stage.
August 29
6 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Oh He Dead is an indie/soul band from Washington, D.C. that combines groovy vibes with deliciously addictive songwriting. Oh He Dead aims to move your feet and your soul.
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August 28
84 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Oh He Dead is an indie/soul band from Washington, D.C. that combines groovy vibes with deliciously addictive songwriting. Oh He Dead aims to move your feet and your soul.
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4 likes “How can I make a song so that every kid, when they sing this song, all they can think about is the letter A?” 2019 Honoree Sesame Street redefined how to teach children through television. #KCHonors
Fifty years ago, the television show united children’s education, puppetry and songs. Pop stars have been singing the Muppets’ tunes (and vice versa) ever since.
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August 28
29 likes Our 18th annual Page-to-Stage festival is just days away! This weekend, join more than 60 D.C.-area theater companies at the Kennedy Center for a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays: bit.ly/PTSKenCen
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August 28
23 likes "Do you believe in life after love?" Look back on Adam Lambert's stunning performance of “Believe” in honor of Cher at last year's #KCHonors.
Read More...Adam Lambert Performs "Believe" at the 41st Kennedy Center Honors
August 28
358 likes Enjoy an up-to-date glimpse into the REACH courtesy of our friends at WJLA-TV (ABC) Good Morning Washington. Free passes still remain for the #KenCenREACH Opening Festival—check daytime & weekday periods for best availability: bit.ly/KenCenREACH
If you drive along I-66 on to the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge you see it, and many of us have wondered what is it? It's called The REACH, a $250 million expansion of the Kennedy Center, and it is years in the making. The REACH will feature three pavilions with floor-to-ceiling windows, a pedestrian bridg...
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August 28
30 likes “What happens when jazz moves from nightclub to front and center at a major art institution?” Vogue goes deep with our Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran and his artistic partner & wife Alicia Hall Moran.
An obsession with unsung histories unites jazz pianist Jason Moran—whose solo show opens at the Whitney this month—and his wife, opera singer Alicia Hall Moran.
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August 27
19 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Anita Aysola is a deft musical mixologist who seamlessly infuses jazz and blues with classic rock and traditional Indian influences.
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August 27
67 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Anita Aysola is a deft musical mixologist who seamlessly infuses jazz and blues with classic rock and traditional Indian influences.
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6 likes Dancing through the week like... 🕺 Recently installed at the #KenCenREACH, Joel Shapiro's Blue (2019) explodes with the exuberance of youth. The simple rectangles of Shapiro's sculptures are assembled like stick figures that magically come alive. Blue is poised in mid-kick, turning the surrounding landscape into a giant stage as it prepares to pirouette across the grass.
Read More...Photos from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts's post
August 27
54 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Spoken-word poet, writer, and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi breaks open our understanding of mental health by giving us intimate access to her own in her debut collection of essays, I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying.
Read More...Bassey Ikpi & Marc Bamuthi Joseph - Millennium Stage (August 26, 2019)
August 26
41 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Spoken-word poet, writer, and mental health advocate Bassey Ikpi breaks open our understanding of mental health by giving us intimate access to her own in her debut collection of essays, I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying.
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4 likes Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Cats tells the story of one magical night when an extraordinary tribe of cats gathers for its annual ball to rejoice and decide which cat will be reborn. Sept. 17–Oct. 6, relive the magic at the Kennedy Center.
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August 26
27 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Experience the premiere of five new saxophone chamber music works by five incredible composers: Robert Hasegawa, Robert Morris, Jeffrey Mumford, Osnat Netzer, and Baljinder Sekhon. Local saxophone artist Doug O’Connor leads this performance of new works, presented in collaboration with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. More information at https://bit.ly/2ZsSapm
Read More...Saxophone Genesis
August 25
49 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Experience the premiere of five new saxophone chamber music works by five incredible composers: Robert Hasegawa, Robert Morris, Jeffrey Mumford, Osnat Netzer, and Baljinder Sekhon. Local saxophone artist Doug O’Connor leads this performance of new works, presented in collaboration with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
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3 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Classically trained musicians Imani Wj Wright and SwanoDown put on an engaging amalgamation of opera, jazz, and R&B.
Read More...Imani Wj Wright & SwanoDown
August 24
40 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Classically trained musicians Imani Wj Wright and SwanoDown put on an engaging amalgamation of opera, jazz, and R&B.
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3 likes Today on our Digital Stage: The National Symphony Orchestra performs Advent, a new NSO-commission by Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Star Wars: Rogue One, Up)—played to the minute Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon 50 years before. Presented as part of our #Apollo50th celebration in collaboration with NASA.
Read More...Michael Giacchino's "Advent" | NSO Pops Celebrates Apollo 11: A 50th Anniversary
August 24
51 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Victory Boyd performs her original music with her band, Infinity's Song.
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August 23
63 likes Tonight on Millennium Stage: Victory Boyd performs her original music with her band, Infinity's Song.
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1 like “Dear Evan Hansen is a musical unlike anything that had come before it—a psychological snapshot of the social media world teenagers struggle to navigate as their parents look helplessly on and the emotional fallout from the ever-increasing isolation technology engenders.”
Dear Evan Hansen is a heart-wrenching, ultimately transformative, gut-punch of a musical. The Kennedy Center’s production, directed by Michael Greif and featuring the national touring cast, including the utterly stunning Ben Levi Ross as Evan, is the most intimate, emotionally wrought performance ...
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August 23
41 likes