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2024 Metropolitan Opera House: Michael Bublé: Carrie Underwood: Cynthia Erivo: Cast members from Suffs the Musical [1] 2023 Metropolitan Opera House: Justin Timberlake: Adam Sandler: John Legend: Cast members from A Beautiful Noise (Musical) [2] 2022 Metropolitan Opera House: Bruno Mars: Miranda Lambert: John Mulaney: Cast members from MJ: The ...
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Opened on September 8, 1971, the center hosts many different genres of performance art, such as theater, dance, classical music, jazz, pop, psychedelic, and folk music.
In December 2022, President Biden hosted delegations from 49 African nations at the Convention Center for the United States–Africa Leaders Summit 2022. [15] From July 9 to 11, 2024, the center hosted the 2024 Washington summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. [16]
Washington Improv Theater (WIT) is an improvisational comedy theater company in Washington, D.C., specializing in long-form improv. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was founded in 1986 by Carole Douglis. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Its shows are based at Studio Theatre on the 14th Street corridor, [ needs update ] although its teams also use several other venues.
Jam Theatricals and Nederlander National Markets LLC merged in 2019, and the Nederlander family resumed management of the theater. [12] In May 2024, it was announced that the D.C. government was in talks to buy the venue and renovate it. The government is then planning on leasing the theater for 99 years To the company that currently owns it. [13]
[39] [37] The three-stage theater complex is now the second-largest performing arts center in Washington, DC, after the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It is the largest regional theater in D.C. [5] [39] Arena Stage re-opened in October 2010 with Oklahoma!. [13] [2] The capacity of its three theaters follows:
The Washington Area Theatre Community Honors, better known as the WATCH Awards, are theater awards recognizing excellence in Community theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 2000. During the COVID pandemic, the WATCH Awards were put on hold. [1] They are set to return in 2022. [2] [needs update]
Hexagon Theater performers on stage in 2000 Hexagon is a non-profit organization billing itself as " Washington's only original political, satirical, musical, comedy revue." Since 1955, it has produced an annual show that parodies local, national and international political and social issues.