The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors—paying tribute to actor, dancer, and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, singer-songwriter and actor Gloria Estefan, recording artist LL Cool J, television writer and producer Norman Lear, and musician and record producer Lionel Richie—was broadcast December 26 on CBS.
Three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker was among the artists paying tribute to honoree de Lavallade. In the video above Luker performs a glorious version of the Show Boat ballad “Bill” while Misty Copeland and Tony nominee Robert Fairchild offered an emotional dance.
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Others who paid tribute to de Lavallade included Meryl Streep, Jon Batiste, Sheléa Frazier, Jacqueline Bolier, and the Howard University Gospel Choir. Watch Streep's appearance on the annual broadcast below:
