Seiji Ozawa. Carole King. Cicely Tyson. Rita Moreno. George Lucas.
These are the five legendary talents who are being feted at the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors to be broadcast on Tuesday, December 29th (CBS, 9/8C).
Follow the jump to check out the program for the evening.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF RENOWNED ARTISTS
GATHER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO SALUTE THIS YEAR’S
HONOREES AT “THE 38TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS,” TO BE BROADCAST TUESDAY, DEC. 29 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
Following are presenter, performer and production credits for THE 38TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 29 on the CBS Television Network.
ON AIR: 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT
ORIGINATION: Filmed in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015
HOST: Stephen Colbert Host of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
ATTENDED BY: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry
HONOREE: Rita Moreno Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning actress and singer
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/PERFORMERS: Gina Rodriguez (Spoken Tribute), Golden Globe Award-winning actress; Rosie Perez (Performs “Fever”), Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated actress; Lin-Manuel Miranda (Spoken Tribute), Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning actor and singer; Karen Olivo (Performs “America”), Tony Award-winning actress and singer
HONOREE: Seiji Ozawa, Grammy Award and Emmy Award-winning conductor
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/PERFORMERS: Itzhak Perlman (Spoken Tribute), Conductor and violinist, Awarded the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom; Renée Fleming (Spoken Tribute), Opera singer; Yo-Yo Ma (Performs Tchaikovsky: “Andante Cantabile”), Grammy Award-winning cellist
HONOREE: George Lucas, Renowned Filmmaker, Awarded a National Medal of Arts
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/PERFORMERS: Carrie Fisher (Spoken Tribute), Actress, novelist and screenwriter; Mellody Hobson (Spoken Tribute), Wife of George Lucas; Steven Spielberg (Spoken Tribute), Academy Award-winning director and producer; Martin Scorsese (Spoken Tribute), Academy Award, Emmy Award and Grammy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter
C-3PO, R2-D2 and Stormtroopers (Special Guests)
Kennedy Center Honors Orchestra (Performs “Indiana Jones/Star Wars”)
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE EAGLES BY: Miranda Lambert (Performs “Desperado”), Country musical artist
HONOREE: Cicely Tyso,n Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/PERFORMERS: Tyler Perry (Spoken Tribute), Actor, filmmaker, writer and producer; Viola Davis (Spoken Tribute), Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning actress; Kerry Washington (Spoken Tribute), Emmy Award-nominated actress; Terence Blanchard (Performs “My Funny Valentine”), Grammy Award-winning musician; CeCe Winans (Performs “Blessed Assurance”), Grammy Award-winning gospel singer
HONOREE: Carole King, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame
TRIBUTE PRESENTERS/PERFORMERS: John Kerry (Spoken Tribute), United States Secretary of State; Chilina Kennedy (Performs Duet of “So Far Away”), Broadway actress and singer; Scott J. Campbell (Performs Duet of “So Far Away”), Broadway actor and singer; Paul Anthony Stewart (Spoken Tribute), Broadway actor and singer; Janelle Monáe (Performs “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and “One Fine Day”), Musician and actress; James Taylor (Performs “Up on the Roof”), Grammy Award and Emmy Award-winning musician, Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame; Sara Bareilles (Performs “You’ve Got a Friend”), Singer-songwriter; Aretha Franklin (Performs “Natural Woman”), Grammy Award-winning singer, Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Tribute Cast (Performs “I Feel the Earth Move”)
PRODUCED BY: White Cherry Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss
DIRECTOR: Glenn Weiss
WRITER: Dave Boone
SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Rob Paine
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Steve Bass
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bob Dickinson
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Rickey Minor
CONDUCTOR: Chris Walden
RATING: To Be Announced
GENRE: AWARDS
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