David Sedaris, NO SUCH THING AS A FISH, and More Fill Kennedy Center's Comedy Lineup
by Julie Musbach - June 05, 2019 Today the Kennedy Center announces programming added to its comedy repertoire for the 2019-2020 season....
LA Jangle-Pop Band Army Navy Return With First Single In Five Years
by Abigail Charpentier - November 21, 2019 Los Angeles-based indie-pop band Army Navy are back with a brand new single titled “Seismic,” a youthful blast of romantic and wistful indie-pop falling in line with the band's sound found across three full-length albums, numerous EPs & singles and feature films such as Nick and Norah's Infinite Pla...
Audra McDonald, Joshua Henry, Kelli O'Hara & More to Take Part in Kennedy Center's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 25, 2021 The Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, to be held on September 14 in the Concert Hall, will now be broadcast across the nation on October 1 at 9 p.m. ET as THE KENNEDY CENTER at 50 on PBS....
Kennedy Center Launches COUCH CONCERTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2020 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a free, live digital performance initiative, Couch Concerts, to help inspire, uplift, heal, and bring the performing arts from the homes of artists into homes across the country and around the world during these difficult times....
Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2021 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, ...
Kennedy Center Employee Files Lawsuit For $1 Million Over Signed HAMILTON Poster
by Stephi Wild - June 26, 2019 According to The Hill, an employee sued the Kennedy Center for $1 million over a signed Hamilton poster....
Photo Coverage: Sasson Gabay, Chilina Kennedy & More Get Ready to Launch THE BAND'S VISIT National Tour!
by Monroe George - June 11, 2019 The award-winning Israeli film actor Sasson Gabay will reprise the role of 'Tewfiq' in the upcoming North American tour of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT, the role he created in the 2007 film of the same name and most recently played on Broadway.Joining him for the tou...
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
Kennedy Center Will Stop Paying National Symphony Orchestra Members With Just a Week's Notice
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2020 The National Symphony Orchestra has laid off nearly 100 members with only a week's notice, according to The Washington Free Beacon....
HARMAN Professional Solutions Celebrates The Grand Opening Of The REACH At The Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2019 HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, is proud to celebrate the grand opening of The REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ...
Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators Debut 'Shadow Life' Off Forthcoming 'Living The Dream Tour,' Live Concert Due Out September 20
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 19, 2019 SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS have released the new performance clip for “Shadow Life” off their forthcoming live concert album and DVD titled the LIVING THE DREAM TOUR. Watch the group perform “Shadow Life” off LIVING THE DREAM TOUR which will be released worldwide on September...
The Second Annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival Will Take Place International Women's Day Weekend
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 14, 2020 The Kennedy Center, BONDVISION Media, and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! collaborate to co-produce the second annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival (BGR!FEST), an immersive multi-day live experience curated to celebrate the cultural contributions of Black women artists, thought leaders, and creatives. The festival, ...
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
VIDEO: See a Preview of the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors!
by Sarah Leiber - December 13, 2019 In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage on Dec. 8, the 2019, this year's Kennedy Center Honorees, R&B collective Earth, Wind & Fire, actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt, children's television program 'Sesame Street' and conductor and musical visionary Michael Til...
Singer-Songwriter Liz Kennedy Releases New Single
Attention' Ahead Of Upcoming Summer Performances
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2019 On the third single from her critically acclaimed full album 'Hike Up Your Socks,' Liz Kennedy presents a light-hearted jazzy track in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits....
The Kennedy Center Paid $50 Million for 112 Performances of HAMILTON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 08, 2020 The Washington Post has reported that The Kennedy Center paid the Hamilton tour producer $50.4 million for 112 performances. The contract was nearly five times the $10.9 million the Kennedy Center paid for The Book of Mormon in 2015. ...
National Symphony Orchestra Musicians To Receive Pay Cuts But Will Not Be Furloughed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 07, 2020 The New York Times has reported that The National Symphony Orchestra's musicians will be receiving pay cuts, but will not be furloughed, under a new deal between their union and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....
VIDEO: Jason Moran and Rico McFarland Kick Off Kennedy Center COUCH CONCERTS!
by A.A. Cristi - April 10, 2020 Watch today's Kennedy Center Couch Concert featuring a live performance from Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran and guitarist Rico McFarland!...
Season-Long Dutch Focus to Feature at the Kennedy Center
by Julie Musbach - September 30, 2019 Throughout the 2019-2020 season, Kennedy Center Performances for Young Audiences will present five award-winning music, theater, and dance companies from the Netherlands in collaboration with Dutch Performing Arts....
Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, SESAME STREET, Michael Tilson Thomas and Earth, Wind & Fire Earn Kennedy Center Honors
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2019 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the selection of five Honorees who will receive the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements....
Kennedy Center and Washington National Opera Announce Rescheduled Performances and Cancellations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2020 Kennedy Center performances of Once on This Island, Soundtrack '63, and Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess have been canceled, due to COVID-19....
Kerry Kennedy Named Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, ABC Entertainment
by TV News Desk - August 10, 2021 Kennedy joined ABC in 2002 as program attorney and quickly rose through the ranks within the department, being named vice president of Business Affairs, ABC Entertainment, in 2006....
Stephanie J. Block, LaChanze, Andrew Rannells, Norm Lewis & More Join 50 YEARS OF BROADWAY AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 05, 2022 The Kennedy Center announced a star-studded lineup of Broadway and Kennedy Center favorites coming together for two performances only on February 11 and 12, 2022 in the Kennedy Center Opera House to celebrate 50 Years of Broadway at the Kennedy Center....
Michael Tilson Thomas Celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors in Tribute Performance by Alumni of New World Symphony
by Abigail Charpentier - December 12, 2019 This past Sunday, newly awarded Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) was celebrated in a special tribute presentation at the 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala. The tribute included a performance by more than 40 alumni of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), ...
Photo Coverage: Curtain Call And Press Night Of The Troubies' A CHRISTMAS CAROLE KING
by Lily Lim - December 16, 2019 TROUBADOUR THEATER COMPANY continues its 25th Silver anniversary season (bringing Los Angeles audiences a quarter century of mayhem!), with their 18th annual holiday offering, A CHRISTMAS Carole King, with musical direction by Derrick Finely choreography by Matt Walker, Suzanne Jolie Narbonne and Lu... |