Vanessa Williams, Andrew Rannells, other theater royalty dazzle at Kennedy Center '50 Years of Broadway'

WASHINGTON, D.C. – If Broadway is the apex, then the Kennedy Center is its vital launching pad.

The storied Washington arts venue in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary is renowned for its symphony concerts and specialty events, with its signature Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize topping the roll call.

But it's also long been a bastion for theater – both emergent and familiar –and that grand reminiscence was celebrated with much eyebrow-raising belting and variety on Friday, the first of the two-night "50 Years of Broadway at the Kennedy Center" event.

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Between the top-flight cast of theater royalty, including Tony winners Stephanie J. Block ("The Cher Show," "Falsettos"); Gavin Creel ("Hello, Dolly!" "Hair"); Beth Leavel ("The Prom," "The Drowsy Chaperone"); Frances Ruffelle ("Les Miserables," "The Wild Party"); LaChanze ("The Color Purple," "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical"); and host James Monroe Iglehart ("Aladdin," "Hamilton") and the striking five-song tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim, the evening would have flourished.

The company of "50 Years of Broadway at The Kennedy Center" on Feb. 11. 2022.

Add in the ovation-worthy talents of of Norm Lewis ("Chicken and Biscuits," "The Phantom of the Opera"); Vanessa Williams ("Into the Woods," "Kiss of the Spider Woman"); Andrew Rannells ("The Book of Mormon," "Hamilton"); Andrea McArdle ("Starlight Express," "Beauty and the Beast"); Sierra Boggess ("The Phantom of the Opera," "The Little Mermaid"); Tony Yazbeck ("On the Town," "Finding Neverland") and Betsy Wolfe ("Waitress," "The Last Five Years") and the show’s 27 performances thoroughly awed.

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