Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald hosts The Kennedy Center at 50, which premieres on PBS stations around the country October 1 at 9 PM ET; check local listings. The evening, filmed September 14 in the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, will also be available at PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
Tony nominee Joshua Bergasse directed and choreographed the evening; conductors were JoAnn Falletta, Steven Reineke, and Thomas Wilkins.
The concert event, titled 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, featured the talents of Tony winner Kelli O'Hara, Tony nominees Joshua Henry, Renée Fleming, and Tony Yazbeck, the cast of David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori’s Soft Power, Darren Criss, Common, DJ Jahi Sundance, D Smoke, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Ray Chen, Robert Glasper, Bettye LaVette, Gaby Moreno, Kelly Marie Tran, Zhu Wang, Mo Willems, Herman Cornejo, Ben Folds, Randall Goosby, Christian McBride, Keb’ Mo’, Rachael Price, Punch Brothers, and Cassandra Trenary.
The celebration, which echoed An American Pageant for the Arts—the 1962 fundraising telecast for the National Cultural Center hosted by Leonard Bernstein—also featured special guest Caroline Kennedy and the National Symphony Orchestra.
Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, Shaina Taub, and more are starring in the Terrence McNally-Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty musical.
The murder mystery, a work of historical fiction, will debut on The Network next year.
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson will host the six-hour event supporting the Entertainment Community Fund.
Annie Tippe will direct the Britta Johnson musical.
The hit jukebox musical, starring Maya Boyd in the title role, recently welcomed a host of new faces to the Stephen Sondheim.
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson will host the six-hour event supporting the Entertainment Community Fund.
The NBC broadcast will also feature the Radio City Rockettes, Lea Salonga, Idina Menzel, and Ariana Madix.
This year's holiday concert will feature Celia Rose Gooding, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Elizabeth Teeter, and more.
The recording also includes excerpts from
the original Broadway cast album.
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