All posts tagged "kennedy center"
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NSO Pops: Happy Holidays
Marvin Hamlisch conducts the NSO Pops along with special guests, including sopranos Christiane Noll and Mikaela Schneider, cellist Kristina Winiawski, flutist Niles Watson and the...
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Pianist Louis Lortie with the NSO
Emmanuel Krivine conducts pianist Louis Lortie playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Liszt’s Les Préludes and...
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Soul Stirring
Darius Nichols as Hud, photographed by Todd Franson in the Kennedy Center's Africa Room, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 Darius Nichols almost passed on auditioning for...
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Gil Shaham this afternoon at the Kennedy Center
Xian Zhang conducts the NSO and violinist Gil Shaham, whom the New York Times calls “a highly physical player,” in a program that includes Prokofiev’s...
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Gil Shaham with the NSO
Xian Zhang conducts the NSO and violinist Gil Shaham, whom the New York Times calls “a highly physical player,” in a program that includes Prokofiev’s...
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Shear Brilliance
kennedy-center.org Of the many egregious acts perpetrated on the American public by the advertising and marketing industry the worst may be this: ''Let the Sun...
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Five first ladies of dance at the Kennedy Center
This is an evening-length event featuring solo performances from contemporary dancers Germaine Acogny, Kennedy Center Honoree Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller and Jawole...
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Elaine Paige and Linda Lavin cast in Kennedy Center’s Follies
The Kennedy Center just dropped an additional casting announcement for their upcoming spring revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Of course, the biggest news here is...
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Modern Love
Did you know William Shakespeare's Mercutio might be gay? ''Perhaps Mercutio is bisexual, who knows? He's a sexual provocateur, let's put it that way,'' says...
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Hair at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center lets the sun shine in on Hair, the 2009 Tony winner for Best Musical Revival, as it kicks off its national tour....
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Frock On
''It was getting a little tedious, frankly,'' says Bette Bourne. ''All these men kind of waving their dicks around, telling us what they'd read and...
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Angella Foster at the Kennedy Center
Angella Foster’s commissioned piece “Speechless” uses movement, text, live music and video projections to tell the stories of families who care for special needs children...
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Les Ballets Trockadero at The Kennedy Center
Les Ballet Trockadero is a playful, entertaining company of professional male dancers who perform — in tutus, tiaras and tights — ballet and modern dance...
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Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival
The 26th annual Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival helps kick off the center’s 2010-2011 season and comes as part of its Celebrate Mexico 2010,...
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These United States at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Jesse Elliott leads this alt-country/indie-rock band These United States. With roots in D.C. and Lexington, Ky, it’s said to be one of rock's best kept...
