Noseda’s leadership has inspired and reinvigorated the National Symphony Orchestra, which makes its home at the Kennedy Center. The renewed artistic recognition has led to invitations to leading international concert halls, digital streaming, and a record label distributed by LSO Live.

Top musicians, actors, and other artists perform tributes to the Kennedy Center Honorees.

Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Eureka Day comes to the Kennedy Center in an exclusive engagement direct from Broadway! Jonathan Spector’s play, directed by Tony Award® winner Anna D. Shapiro, is set in a private California elementary school reeling from an …

Situated on the south end of the Kennedy Center Campus, the REACH is a premier Washington, DC event venue. To host a wedding at the Kennedy Center, we require all couples to work with a professional wedding planning company.

The Kennedy Center Honors provide recognition to living individuals who throughout their lifetimes have made significant contributions to American culture through the performing arts. The primary criterion is excellence, and artistic achievement in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures, and television is considered.

As a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy Center receives an annual federal appropriation for capital repairs and maintenance of its facilities. The Kennedy Center has education and outreach programs in all 50 states and 29 countries.

Michael Fatica is thrilled to return to the Kennedy Center after appearing in Guys and Dolls this past fall. He has been seen on Broadway in Frozen (u/s Olaf/Weselton), The Cher Show (Phil Spector, u/s Sonny Bono), Newsies , Matilda , Groundhog Day , A Bronx Tale and the 2016 revival of She Loves Me (The Busboy).

Since its pre-Broadway run at the Kennedy Center in 1986, Les Misérables has changed the world of musical theater. Now, Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Boublil & Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning phenomenon returns …

Although Kennedy Center audiences saw Simon’s Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2016, Romeo and Juliet marks both his WNO and opera directorial debut.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has always been a treasured part of the Kennedy Center experience since we opened our doors in 1971. The company is a powerful incubator of pure talent, and you’ll watch as Ailey’s newest dancers showcase their skills amidst the virtuosity of the most tenured artists.