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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Summer Films at the REACH | FREE! Every Friday Evening by The Kennedy Center

The Summer Film Series schedule is as follows: Friday, May 30, 2025: THE BOURNE IDENTITY Friday, June 6, 2025: WONKA Friday, June 13, 2025: BLACK PANTHER Friday, June 20, 2025: BELFAST Pres…

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Monday, May 26, 2025

Assol Garcia - Millennium Stage (May 28, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb In collaboration with the Cabo Verde Embassy Assol Garcia, one of today’s most prominent voices in traditional music from Cabo Verd…

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NSO Youth Senior Recital II - Millennium Stage (May 29, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Join in an evening of performances by graduating seniors of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship program as they take the s…

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accio piano trio - Millennium Stage (May 30, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb In collaboration with the Embassy of Austria Founded in 2013 at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, the accio piano trio has been makin…

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Mourning [A] BLKstar - Millennium Stage (May 31, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Founded in Cleveland, Ohio, Mourning [A] BLKstar is an Afrofuturist collective dedicated to sharing songs and stories of America’s cu…

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Porgy and Bess - Show Sizzle | May 23 - 31, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/porgy-and-bess Gershwin’s “Great American Opera” marries jazz, blues, and gospel. It’s “summertime, and the livin’ is easy” …

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5 Questions with Francesca Zambello on Porgy and Bess by The Kennedy Center

Get the inside scoop on Washington National Opera’s Porgy and Bess with director Francesca Zambello, who returns to this iconic work 20 years after first staging it at WNO. 🎭 Porgy an…

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Honors Recital- Millennium Stage (May 24, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb The Kennedy Center is proud to be a managing partner of the the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. We are proud to present The Duke Ell…

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Bill and the Belles - "Happy Again (I'll Never Be)" (Live) | Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

East Tennessee’s own Bill and the Belles perform their bittersweet original “Happy Again (I'll Never Be)” live on the Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center. Featured on their deadpan…

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

5 Questions with Alyson Cambridge of Porgy and Bess by The Kennedy Center

Go behind the scenes for a quick Q&A with internationally acclaimed soprano Alyson Cambridge, who returns to Washington National Opera’s Porgy and Bess—this time in the title role of Bes…

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Porgy and Bess | May 23 - 31, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

It’s “summertime, and the livin’ is easy” in Catfish Row, a working-class fishing town in South Carolina. When a murder shakes the community and tempts Bess to return to her drug-fil…

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Porgy and Bess | May 23 - 31, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2024-2025/porgy-and-bess/ It’s “summertime, and the livin’ is easy” in Catfish Row, a working-class fishing town in South Carolina. When a mu…

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Announcing the 2025-2026 Performances for Young Audiences Season | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Find your joy! The Kennedy Center’s 2025–2026 Performances for Young Audiences season invites kids—and kids at heart—on unforgettable journeys through theater, music, and dance. Fro…

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Richard Strauss – Ein Heldenleben: “The Hero’s Field of Battle” | Noseda Conducts the NSO by The Kennedy Center

Enter the fray with “Des Helden Walstatt” (The Hero’s Field of Battle) from Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, performed live by the National Symphony Orchestra under Gianandrea Nose…

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Announcing the 2025-2026 Theater Season | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

🎭 Introducing the Kennedy Center’s 2025–2026 Theater Season! Get ready for a spectacular lineup that blends beloved classics with bold new productions. From the laugh-out-loud hijinks…

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The Outsiders | July 28–August 16, 2026 by The Kennedy Center

The winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, is The Outsiders. Adapted from S. E. Hinton’s seminal novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film, this thrilling new mus…

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Announcing the 2025-2026 Dance Season | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

The best of dance is yours! The Kennedy Center’s 2025–2026 Dance season features a bold and diverse lineup that spans timeless classics and fresh, groundbreaking work from across the glo…

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Champions of Magic: Holiday Spectacular | November 18-23, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

Celebrate the season with Champions Of Magic and their all-new Holiday Spectacular featuring dazzling illusions, breathtaking, grand-scale magic, and festive surprises for the whole family. …

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Shamrock Tenors: Christmas in Belfast | November 25-30, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

Get ready for the festive season with Irish PBS favorites, the Shamrock Tenors, and their all-new show Christmas in Belfast. Described as “one of Northern Ireland’s greatest ever exports…

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Mrs. Doubtfire | July 14–August 2, 2026 by The Kennedy Center

Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to the Kennedy Center in this internationally acclaimed hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manc…

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Chicago | March 31-April 5, 2026 by The Kennedy Center

Chicago is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most…

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Monty Python's Spamalot | December 16, 2025–January 4, 2026 by The Kennedy Center

Direct from Broadway, the New York Times Critic’s Pick is touring the country! The musical that “sets musical theater back a thousand years” is returning to the Kennedy Center. Everyt…

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Moulin Rouge! | June 16-July 15, 2026 by The Kennedy Center

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the show that delighted and amazed Kennedy Center audiences, is back. Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! …

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Back to the Future | July 7-19, 2025 by The Kennedy Center

Great Scott! Back to the Future, the acclaimed Broadway musical based on the classic movie of the same name, comes speeding back to the Kennedy Center. When Marty McFly finds himself transp…

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Charles Strouse Sings "Tomorrow" | A Tribute to the Legendary Broadway Composer by The Kennedy Center

In loving memory of Charles Strouse (1928–2025), we honor the extraordinary legacy of the Tony Award®–winning composer whose music shaped generations. Best known for his iconic scores f…

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Backstage with Brian Stack | 2025 Mark Twain Prize for Conan O'Brien by The Kennedy Center

Watch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025. https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Behind the curtain: c…

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Sweet Heaven Kings - "You Waited" (Live) | Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Experience a powerful, spirit-filled performance by Sweet Heaven Kings, Anacostia’s own gospel brass ensemble, as they deliver a moving rendition of Travis Greene’s “You Waited” live…

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Backstage with Will Forte | 2025 Mark Twain Prize for Conan O'Brien by The Kennedy Center

Watch the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Conan O'Brien premiering on NETFLIX, Sunday, May 4, 2025. https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Behind the curtain: c…

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NSO Youth Fellows Senior Recital I - Millennium Stage (May 22, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Join in an evening of performances by graduating seniors of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship program as they take the s…

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Qi Yu - Millennium Stage (May 21, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Qi Yu is a Guzheng (Chinese zither) player based in the DMV area. Born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China, she began playing the Guzhe…

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Passion & Power: A Musical Journey Through Life - Millennium Stage (May 23, 2025) by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb This concert takes the audience on an emotional ride through love, ambition, heartbreak, and resilience. Each song represents a differe…

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