John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Memorial & Performance

2700 F Street, Northwest
Washington, DC
20566

Neighborhood: Waterfront

Nearest Train: Foggy Bottom-GWU

Phone: +1 202 467 4600
Fax: +1 202 416 8421
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The Kennedy Center is a must-see for any visitor. The center has seven theaters which include the Concert Hall, Eisenhower Theater, Family Theater, KC Jazz Club, Opera House, Terrace Theater and the Theater Lab, which show productions that include plays, operas, ballets, concerts and films. Among the center's highlights include the Shakespeare festival produced by the Shakespeare Theatre. Free tours introduce visitors to the Hall of States, Hall of Nations, the main theaters and gifts from many countries honoring the 35th president. Ticket prices for performances vary. Half-price tickets are available to students and seniors. Discounts are offered on group purchases. See website for ticketing, performance schedule, and events calendar.

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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Nov 21st, 2009 @1:30PM
Nov 21st, 2009 @7:30PM

Joshua Bell
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Nov 21st, 2009 @8:00PM Nov 22nd, 2009 @1:30PM

Lee Konitz
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Nov 21st, 2009 @7:30PM
Nov 21st, 2009 @9:30PM

August: Osage County
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Nov 24th, 2009 @7:30PM

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Nov 24th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 25th, 2009 @1:30PM Nov 25th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 27th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 28th, 2009 @1:30PM Nov 28th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 29th, 2009 @1:30PM Nov 29th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 1st, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 2nd, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 3rd, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 3rd, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 4th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 5th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 5th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 8th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 9th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 10th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 10th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 11th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 12th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 12th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 13th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 13th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 15th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 16th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 17th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 17th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 18th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 19th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 19th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 20th, 2009 @1:30PM

Nutcracker
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Nov 24th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 25th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 27th, 2009 @1:30PM Nov 27th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 28th, 2009 @1:30PM Nov 28th, 2009 @7:30PM Nov 29th, 2009 @1:30PM

National Symphony Orchestra
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Nov 27th, 2009 @8:00PM Dec 5th, 2009 @8:00PM Jan 9th, 2010 @8:00PM Jan 16th, 2010 @8:00PM Jan 23rd, 2010 @8:00PM Feb 18th, 2010 @7:00PM Feb 19th, 2010 @8:00PM Feb 20th, 2010 @8:00PM Mar 6th, 2010 @8:00PM Mar 27th, 2010 @8:00PM Apr 3rd, 2010 @8:00PM May 1st, 2010 @8:00PM May 22nd, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 5th, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 10th, 2010 @7:00PM Jun 11th, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 12th, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 17th, 2010 @7:00PM Jun 18th, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 19th, 2010 @8:00PM

Shirley Jones
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Nov 27th, 2009 @1:30PM

Sonny Rollins
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Dec 2nd, 2009 @TBA
Dec 2nd, 2009 @8:00PM

Happy Holidays from the Pops
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Dec 10th, 2009 @7:00PM Dec 11th, 2009 @8:00PM Dec 12th, 2009 @8:00PM Dec 13th, 2009 @7:00PM

Young Frankenstein
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Dec 15th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 16th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 17th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 18th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 19th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 19th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 20th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 20th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 22nd, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 23rd, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 25th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 26th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 26th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 27th, 2009 @1:30PM Dec 27th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 29th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 30th, 2009 @7:30PM Dec 31st, 2009 @8:30PM Jan 2nd, 2010 @7:30PM

Handels Messiah
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Dec 17th, 2009 @7:00PM Dec 18th, 2009 @8:00PM Dec 19th, 2009 @8:00PM Dec 20th, 2009 @1:00PM

Dianne Reeves
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Dec 18th, 2009 @7:30PM

John Pizzarelli
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Dec 31st, 2009 @7:30PM Jun 4th, 2010 @7:30PM

Mark O'Connor
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Jan 16th, 2010 @9:00PM

Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Jan 24th, 2010 @7:00PM

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
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Feb 2nd, 2010 @7:00PM Feb 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM Feb 4th, 2010 @7:30PM Feb 5th, 2010 @7:30PM Feb 6th, 2010 @1:30PM Feb 6th, 2010 @7:30PM Feb 7th, 2010 @1:30PM

Bill Conti
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Feb 11th, 2010 @7:00PM Feb 12th, 2010 @8:00PM Feb 13th, 2010 @8:00PM

Wynton Marsalis
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Mar 1st, 2010 @TBA
Mar 1st, 2010 @8:00PM

The Golden Age
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Mar 11th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 12th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 13th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 14th, 2010 @1:30PM Mar 14th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 16th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 17th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 18th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 19th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 20th, 2010 @1:30PM Mar 20th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 21st, 2010 @1:30PM Mar 21st, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 23rd, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 24th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 25th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 26th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 27th, 2010 @1:30PM Mar 27th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 28th, 2010 @1:30PM Mar 28th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 30th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 31st, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 1st, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 2nd, 2010 @1:30PM Apr 2nd, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 3rd, 2010 @1:30PM Apr 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 4th, 2010 @7:30PM

Porgy and Bess
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Mar 20th, 2010 @7:00PM Mar 21st, 2010 @2:00PM Mar 22nd, 2010 @7:00PM Mar 23rd, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 25th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 26th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 27th, 2010 @7:00PM Mar 31st, 2010 @7:30PM

La Traviata
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Mar 21st, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 23rd, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 24th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 25th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 26th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 27th, 2010 @2:00PM Mar 27th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 28th, 2010 @2:00PM Mar 28th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 30th, 2010 @7:30PM Mar 31st, 2010 @2:00PM Mar 31st, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 1st, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 2nd, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 3rd, 2010 @2:00PM Apr 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 4th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 6th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 8th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 9th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 10th, 2010 @2:00PM Apr 10th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 11th, 2010 @2:00PM Apr 11th, 2010 @7:30PM

Master Class
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Apr 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM

Michael Cavanaugh
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Apr 17th, 2010 @8:00PM

Gospel Across America
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Apr 18th, 2010 @6:00PM
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Mavis Staples
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Apr 23rd, 2010 @7:30PM

Le Nozze di Figaro
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Apr 26th, 2010 @7:00PM Apr 27th, 2010 @7:30PM Apr 29th, 2010 @7:30PM May 1st, 2010 @7:00PM May 2nd, 2010 @2:00PM May 4th, 2010 @7:30PM May 5th, 2010 @7:30PM May 7th, 2010 @7:30PM

The Marriage of Figaro
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Apr 26th, 2010 @7:00PM May 5th, 2010 @7:30PM

Stephen Sondheim
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May 6th, 2010 @7:00PM May 7th, 2010 @8:00PM May 8th, 2010 @8:00PM

Women in Jazz Festival
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May 20th, 2010 @7:00PM May 21st, 2010 @7:00PM May 22nd, 2010 @7:00PM

Hamlet
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May 22nd, 2010 @7:00PM May 24th, 2010 @7:00PM May 27th, 2010 @7:30PM May 30th, 2010 @2:00PM Jun 1st, 2010 @7:30PM Jun 4th, 2010 @7:30PM

Thurgood
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Jun 12th, 2010 @7:30PM

Classical Mystery Tour
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Jun 24th, 2010 @7:00PM Jun 25th, 2010 @8:00PM Jun 26th, 2010 @8:00PM

Yo Yo Ma
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Mary Poppins
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Jul 1st, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 2nd, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 3rd, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 4th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 6th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 7th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 8th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 9th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 10th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 10th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 11th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 11th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 13th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 14th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 15th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 16th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 17th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 17th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 18th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 18th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 20th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 21st, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 22nd, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 23rd, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 24th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 24th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 25th, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 25th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 27th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 28th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 29th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 30th, 2010 @7:30PM Jul 31st, 2010 @1:30PM Jul 31st, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 1st, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 1st, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 3rd, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 4th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 5th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 6th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 7th, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 7th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 8th, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 8th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 10th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 11th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 12th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 13th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 14th, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 14th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 15th, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 15th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 17th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 18th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 19th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 20th, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 21st, 2010 @1:30PM Aug 21st, 2010 @7:30PM Aug 22nd, 2010 @1:30PM

Spring Awakening is amazing!
This a review of the national tour of Spring Awakening that will be at the Kennedy Center July 7-Aug...
Reviewed by:KatieB from on Jul 06 2009

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Wonderful Experience
Contrary to other reviews, I had an excellent time visiting this blessing of a monument. First, it i...
Reviewed by:JAMES from on Jan 18 2006

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Unless seeing a show...don't waste your time!
I've been involved in taking 8th grader students on tours of Washington DC for years and the J.F...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jul 31 2004