Washington hosts Hollywood elite for Kennedy Honors
By Joel Rothstein
Reuters
Sunday, December 3, 2006; 12:12 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – "Washington's elite mingled with artistic icons at the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday….
The Kennedy Center Honors weekend was to conclude on Sunday with Bush hosting an afternoon reception at the White House followed by an evening performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The show will be broadcast on the CBS television network on December 26."
From "Today in History,"
by The Associated Press:
On this date (Dec. 3):
In 1925,
"Concerto in F,"
by George Gershwin,
had its world premiere
at New York's Carnegie Hall,
with Gershwin himself
at the piano.
In 1947,
the Tennessee Williams play
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
opened on Broadway.
In 1953,
the musical "Kismet"
opened on Broadway.
In 1960,
the musical "Camelot"
opened on Broadway.
Related material:
Yesterday's entries–
Monroe and the Kennedys,
Part II.
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