The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., launched its year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth with Bernstein on Broadway, a September 22 concert of songs from his musicals including West Side Story, On the Town, Candide, and Wonderful Town.
Flip through photos of the concert below:
The Kennedy Center concert featured multiple Broadway stars, including Laura Osnes (Bandstand, Cinderella), Santino Fontana (Cinderella), Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Matthew Hydzik (the Kennedy Center production of Side Show), and Mikaela Bennett (The Golden Apple at Encores!), plus Max Clayton, Kim Fauré, Keven Quillon, Shina Ann Morris, Brandon Rubendall, Samantha Sturm, Erica Sweany, and Anthony Wayne.
Santino Fontana, Norm Lewis, and Laura Osnes have been special guest performers on Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are available for Broadway on the Danube River with Michael Feinstein for November 3–13, 2017, also featuring Rachel Bay Jones, Julia Murney, Christopher Fitzgerald, Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, Brandon Uranowitz, and Seth Rudetsky, as well as other exciting talent to be announced.
Tickets are also now on sale for Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas July 2018 cruise to Iceland, accompanied by Judy Kuhn, Christine Ebersole, Rob McClure, Jarrod Spector, Carmen Cusack, and Sierra Boggess. Visit PlaybillTravel.com for booking and information.
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