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The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]
The Kennedy Center production ran from 1–8 February 2023 in Washington, D.C., with Stephanie J. Block starring as Norma, Derek Klena as Joe, Nathan Gunn as Max and Auli'i Cravalho as Betty. The show ran as a limited engagement as part of the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage series. [77]
A production for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., presented as part of a summer-long celebration of Sondheim musicals, opened May 17, 2002, for a limited run of 17 performances. Directed by Sean Mathias, the cast included John Barrowman as Robert, Emily Skinner , Walter Charles , Alice Ripley , and Lynn Redgrave .
2024 Kennedy Center. Directed by Neil Patrick Harris, who previously played Jon in the London premiere, starring Brandon Uranowitz as Jon, Denée Benton as Susan and Grey Henson as Michael, running from January 26 through February 4 as part of the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage series. Unlike most productions, the show includes an ...
The musical is scheduled to premiere at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as part of the Broadway Center Stage series from January 31 until February 9, 2025. The production is set to be directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli .
In June 1980, the musical premiered in out-of-town tryouts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is located in Washington, D.C. [4] The musical opened on Broadway on August 25, 1980, at the Winter Garden Theatre, [5] and then moved to the Majestic and finally to the St. James, closing on January 8, 1989, after 3,486 performances and 6 previews.
A new Off-Broadway production was staged as the annual gala performance of New York City Center's upcoming 2024-25 season. The show began performances on October 30 2024 and closed on November 10 2024.
Bright Star is a musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.It is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 1945–46 with flashbacks to 1923. . The musical is inspired by their Grammy-winning collaboration on the 2013 bluegrass album Love Has Come for You [1] and, in turn, the folk tale of the Iron Mountain B