The past year has been a rough one for theatres and theatrical productions including The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

When theatres open once again, The Kennedy Center will celebrate 50 years of music and theater.  Among the planned productions are new commissions, artists-in-residence, and celebrity events.  The new commissions include works by Huang Ruo, David Henry Hwang, Ike Holter, Hansol Jung, Brian Quijada, Martyna Majok, Molly Smith Metzler, Marco Ramirez, and Kirsten Greenidge.

The celebratory season will conclude with “The Mass” by Leonard Bernstein and performed by the National Symphony Orchestra.  Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis originally commission Bernstein to create the work for the opening of the Center.