Kennedy Center

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The Kennedy Center illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter, left, and Internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, right, pose for a photo at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. This year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of JFK's birth, leaders of the performing arts behemoth are trying to put the Kennedy back into the Kennedy Center, reemphasizing its role as a "living memorial" to the slain 35th president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. This year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of JFK's birth, leaders of the performing arts behemoth are trying to put the Kennedy back into the Kennedy Center, reemphasizing its role as a "living memorial" to the slain 35th president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

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A poster hangs outside the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. This year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of JFK's birth, leaders of the performing arts behemoth are trying to put the Kennedy back into the Kennedy Center, reemphasizing its role as a "living memorial" to the slain 35th president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The chandelier, which plays an important part in the "The Phantom of the Opera," is rigged as part of the touring production at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (Cheryl Danehart)

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Joshua Bell said the centerpiece of Tuesday's program at the Kennedy Center is the Brahms Sonata No. 1. "This is a pretty serious work, and it may be the greatest sonata written for these two instruments."

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Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites," currently running at the Kennedy Center, is set during the French Revolution, when Carmelite nuns were guillotined for refusing to renounce their faith. (Washington National Opera)

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Actress Victoria Clark will star in a new production of "Gigi" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)

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Krystina Alabado, as the Mistress, sings "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" in the Kennedy Center production of "Evita." (Photograph by Richard Termine)

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This undated handout photo provided by the Kennedy Center shows, from left, Bert LaBonté, Sean O’Shea, Guy Edmonds in Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of “Rupert.” The Kennedy Center is hosting an international theater festival for the next three weeks, including the U.S. premiere of an Australian play about Rupert Murdoch and a dozen other productions. (AP Photo/Jeff Busby)

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This undated handout photo provided by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company shows an exhibit of puppet designs for the Kennedy Center. The company is collaborating on a new production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in a project reuniting the team behind the popular play “War Horse.” The Kennedy Center is hosting an international theater festival for the next three weeks, including the U.S. premiere of an Australian play about Rupert Murdoch and a dozen other productions. (AP Photo/Handspring Puppet Company)