Photo Flash: Sutton Foster, Patina Miller and More Perform at 36th Annual KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, Airing Tonight
By: BWW Special Coverage Dec. 29, 2013
Opera singer Martina Arroyo, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer Herbie Hancock, pianist, singer and songwriter Billy Joel, actress Shirley MacLaine and musician and songwriter Carlos Santana received honors at THE 36TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast tonight, Dec. 29 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Below, check out performances by Broadway vets Patina Miller, Sutton Foster and more as they pay tribute to this year's honorees!
The annual Honors Gala has become the highlight of the Washington cultural year, and its broadcast on CBS is a high point of the television season. On Sunday, December 8, in a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy CenterOpera House stage, produced by George Stevens, Jr. and Michael Stevens, the 2013 Honorees were saluted by great performers from New York, Hollywood, and the arts capitals of the world. Seated with the President of the United States and Mrs. Obama, the Honorees accepted the thanks of their peers through performances and tributes.
The President and Mrs. Obama received the Honorees and members of the Artists Committee who nominated them, along with the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees at the White House prior to the gala performance. The 2013 Kennedy Center Honors Gala concluded with a supper dance in the Grand Foyer.
The Kennedy Center Honors medallions was presented on Saturday, December 7, the night before the gala, at a State Department dinner hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry.Photo Credit: John Paul Filo/Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS
Pianist, singer and songwriter Billy Joel
Actress Shirley MacLaine
Opera singer Martina Arroyo
Musician and songwriter Carlos Santana
Musician and songwriter Carlos Santana, President and Mrs. Obama
Pictured L-R: Anna Kendrick, Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, and Karen Olivo
Pictured L-R: Anna Kendrick, Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, and Karen Olivo
Pictured L-R: Sutton Foster, Karen Olivo, Anna Kendrick, and Patina Miller
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Pictured L-R: Ryan Speedo Green, Chantelle Grant, Joseph Calleja; Sondra Radvanovsky, Robert Kerr, and Yuriy Yurchuk
Steven Winwood
Pictured L-R: Juanes, Fher Olvera, and Tom Morello.
Pictured L-R: Juanes, Fher Olvera, and Tom Morello.
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