Monday, December 3, 2018

AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF RENOWNED ARTISTS GATHER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO SALUTE THIS YEAR’S HONOREES AT “THE 41st ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS,” TO BE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26 ON CBS

AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF RENOWNED ARTISTS GATHER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO SALUTE THIS YEAR’S HONOREES AT “THE 41st ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS,” TO BE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26 ON CBS
2018 Kennedy Center Honorees
Standing, left to right: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire
Seated, left to right: Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass 

Following are honoree, presenter, performer and production credits for THE 41st ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 26 on the CBS Television Network. 

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 Seyfried (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)
PRODUCED BY:
White Cherry Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss
DIRECTOR:
Glenn Weiss
WRITER:
David Boone
SUPERVISING PRODUCER:
Rob Paine
COORDINATING PRODUCER:
Sarah Levine Hall
PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
Steve Bass
LIGHTING DESIGNER:
Bob Dickinson
MUSIC DIRECTOR:
Rickey Minor
CONDUCTOR:
Patrick Vaccariello
RATING: To Be Announced
GENRE: Awards

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