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This past weekend, entertainment notables took part in the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony.
Featuring presentations and performances, the ceremony paid tribute to this year’s honorees: Reba McEntire, Cher, Wayne Shorter, Philip Glass and the “Hamilton” creators.
CBS will be airing the event as a two-hour broadcast on Wednesday, December 26. The show will run from 8-10PM ET/PT.
Ahead of the special, CBS shared a breakdown of this year’s program.
ON AIR:
8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT
ORIGINATION:
Filmed in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 2
HOST REMARKS:
Gloria Estefan
Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress
HONOREE:
Reba McEntire
Multiple GRAMMY Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning country music entertainer
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/
PERFORMERS:
Bobby Bones (Spoken Tribute)
Radio personality, author, comedian and musician
Kelly Clarkson (Performs “Fancy”)
Multiple GRAMMY Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning singer and songwriter
Lady Antebellum (Performs “Is There Life Out There”/“The Greatest Man I Never Knew”)
Multiple GRAMMY Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning country music group
Melissa Peterman (Spoken Tribute)
Actress, television host and comedian
Kristin Chenoweth (Performs “Doin’ What Comes Naturally”)
Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress and singer
Brooks & Dunn (Performs “Why Haven’t I Heard From You”)
Multiple GRAMMY Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning country music duo
HONOREE:
Wayne Shorter
Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning jazz saxophonist and composer
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/
PERFORMERS:
Jason Moran (Spoken Tribute)
GRAMMY Award-nominated jazz pianist and composer
Wayne Shorter Tribute Jazz Band (Performs “Over Shadow Hill Way”/“Joy Ryder”)
Musicians: Alex Acuña, Brian Blade, Tineke Postma
Terri Lyne Carrington, Alphonso Johnson, Joe Lovano, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez Tineke Postma
Herbie Hancock (Performs “Footprints”/“Endangered Species”/“Elegant People”)
2013 Kennedy Center Honoree and multiple GRAMMY Award-winning pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
Esperanza Spalding (Performs “Elegant People”/“Endangered Species”)
Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning jazz bassist and singer
Bernie Williams (Spoken Tribute)
Latin GRAMMY Award-nominated musician
Renée Fleming (Performs “Aurora Leigh”)
Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning opera singer
HONOREES:
“Hamilton” Co-Creators Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail,
Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire
Multiple Tony Award and GRAMMY Award-winning musical about the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/
PERFORMERS:
Anthony Ramos (Spoken Tribute)
GRAMMY Award-winning actor
Renée Elise Goldsberry (Performs “Schuyler Sisters”)
GRAMMY Award and Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter
Jasmine Cephas Jones (Performs “Schuyler Sisters”)
GRAMMY Award-winning stage and screen actress
Phillipa Soo (Performs “Schuyler Sisters”)
GRAMMY Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress and singer
Christopher Jackson (Performs “One Last Time” with Voices of America Youth Choir)
GRAMMY Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, singer and musician
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Performs “One Last Time” with Voices of America Youth Choir)
Emmy Award, GRAMMY Award and Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, playwright, singer and actor
HONOREE:
Philip Glass
Golden Globe Award-winning and GRAMMY Award, Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated composer
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/
PERFORMERS:
Paul Simon (Spoken Tribute)
Multiple GRAMMY Award and Emmy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actor
Jon Batiste (Performs “Opening” from “Glassworks”)
Musician and bandleader for THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT
Philip Glass Ensemble with the Washington Chorus (Performs “The Grid” from “Koyaaniquatsi”)
Anjelique Kidjo (Spoken Tribute)
GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter, actress and activist
Annie Clark (St. Vincent) (Performs “Osamu’s Theme”)
GRAMMY Award-winning musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
Jennifer Koh (Performs “Osamu’s Theme”/”Knee Play 5”)
GRAMMY Award-nominated accomplished violinist
S. Epatha Merkerson (Performs “Knee Play 5” from “Einstein on the Beach”)
Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning, and Tony Award- nominated, film, stage and television actress
HONOREE:
Cher
Emmy Award, GRAMMY Award and Academy Award-winning singer and actress
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/
PERFORMERS:
Whoopi Goldberg (Spoken Tribute)
Emmy Award, GRAMMY Award, Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actress, comedian, author and television host
Little Big Town (Performs “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves”/“I Found Someone”/”Baby Don’t Go”)
GRAMMY Award-winning country music group
Amanda Seyfreid (Spoken Tribute)
Actress, model and singer-songwriter
Adam Lambert (Performs “Believe”)
GRAMMY Award-nominated singer, songwriter and actor
Cyndi Lauper (Performs “(If I Could) Turn Back Time”)
Emmy Award, GRAMMY Award and Tony Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist
Finale Tribute Performance (Performance of “I Got You Babe” by Adam Lambert and Cyndi Lauper)