Go Inside the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors With Meryl Streep, Brandon Victor Dixon, Misty Copeland, and More | Playbill

Go Inside the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors With Meryl Streep, Brandon Victor Dixon, Misty Copeland, and More

Go Inside the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors With Meryl Streep, Brandon Victor Dixon, Misty Copeland, and More

The annual celebration aired December 26 on CBS.
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Honorees

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Meryl Streep_HR — Meryl Streep

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_02_HR — Norman Lear, Gloria Estefa, LL COOL J, Lionel Richie, Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein, Minority Leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Chairman and CEO, CBS Corporation Leslie Moonves, and Julie Chen

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Secada_HR — Jon Secada

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Becky G _HR — Becky G

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Secada_HR — Jon Secada

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet! _HR — Cast of On Your Feet!

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet! _HR — Cast of On Your Feet!

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet!_HR — Cast of On Your Feet!

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_ On Your Feet!_HR — Cast of On Your Feet!

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rachel Bloom_HR — Rachel Bloom

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet!_HR — Cast of On Your Feet!

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Emily Estefan_HR — Emily Estefan

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_DJ Z-TRIP_Busta Rhymes_HR — DJ Z-TRIP and Busta Rhymes

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland_HR — Robert Fairchild and Misty Copeland

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rebecca Luker _HR — Rebecca Luker

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40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland _HR — Misty Copeland and Robert Fairchild

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40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland _HR — Robert Fairchild and Misty Copeland

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Misty Copeland_Robert Fairchild_Rebecca Luker_HR — Misty Copeland, Robert Fairchild, and Rebecca Luker

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Anthony Anderson_HR — Anthony Anderson

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_HR — 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Batiste_HR — Jon Batiste

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40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Batiste_Brandon Victor Dixon _HR — Jon Batiste and Brandon Victor Dixon

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stella Abrera_Brandon Victor Dixon_Jon Batiste_HR — Stella Abrera, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Jon Batiste

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stella Abrera_Brandon Victor Dixon_Jon Batiste _HR — Stella Abrera, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Jon Batiste

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Alicia Graf Mack_Linda Celeste Sims_Matthew Rushing_HR — Alicia Graf Mack, Linda Celeste Sims, and Matthew Rushing

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40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jacqueline Bolier_Lindsey Croop_HR — Jacqueline Bolier and Lindsey Croop

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stevie Wonder _HR — Stevie Wonder

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Queen Latifa_HR — Queen Latifa

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Queen Latifa_HR. — Queen Latifa

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rita Moreno _HR — Rita Moreno

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Nicole Richie _HR — Nicole Richie

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Meryl Streep_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_02_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Secada_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Becky G _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Secada_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet! _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet! _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet!_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_ On Your Feet!_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rachel Bloom_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_On Your Feet!_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Emily Estefan_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_DJ Z-TRIP_Busta Rhymes_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rebecca Luker _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Robert Fairchild_Misty Copeland _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Misty Copeland_Robert Fairchild_Rebecca Luker_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Anthony Anderson_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Cast_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Batiste_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jon Batiste_Brandon Victor Dixon _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stella Abrera_Brandon Victor Dixon_Jon Batiste_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stella Abrera_Brandon Victor Dixon_Jon Batiste _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Alicia Graf Mack_Linda Celeste Sims_Matthew Rushing_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Jacqueline Bolier_Lindsey Croop_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Stevie Wonder _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Queen Latifa_HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Queen Latifa_HR.

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Rita Moreno _HR

40th_Annual_Kennedy_Center_Honors_2017_Nicole Richie _HR