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Stokes Mitchell Narrates Rip Van Winkle Concert at the Kennedy Center, Nov. 20

By: Nov. 16, 2005
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Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will narrate the classic Washington Irving tale of the title in Rip Van Winkle and Other Musical Tales, an hour-long program at the Kennedy Center that mingles the spoken word and music (played by the National Symphony Orchestra) in bringing beloved works to life. The concert, which will be performed at 1 PM and 3 PM, will be presented at the famed Washington, D.C. performing arts center on November 20th.

The concert, which is part of the NSO Family Series, will feature the NSO with Leonard Slatkin as conductor. In addition to Rip Van Winkle (by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Del Tredici), the shows will include the overture to Candide (by Bernstein), "Huckleberry Finn" from Grofé's Mississippi Suite, Down a Country Lane (by Copland), "Jubilee" from Gould's Spirituals for Orchestra and the E.T. theme (by John Williams). Stokes Mitchell will also sing "The Impossible Dream," which he performed as Don Quixote in the Man of La Mancha revival.

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Stokes Mitchell made his Broadway debut in the musical Mail in 1988. Ten years later, he skyrocketed to fame as the martyred pianist Coalhouse in Ragtime. He was nominated for a Best Actor Tony, but won for his work in the 1999 Kiss Me Kate revival. He also received a Tony nomination for his last Broadway outing in Man of La Mancha. Other Broadway credits include Oh, Kay!, Kiss of the Spiderwoman and August Wilson's drama King Hedley II; he also appeared in Do Re Mi and Carnival at Encores! He is best-known to TV audiences for having starred on "Trapper John, M.D.," and he has also been seen on "Frasier" and in "Roots." Stokes Mitchell appeared at Carnegie Hall this year in a concert version of South Pacific.

For tickets, which range from $15 to $18, and for more information, visit www.kennedy-center.org.








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