On Sunday 5th December, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honours celebrated, among others the talents and contributions of one of our icons here at Dolores Delargo Towers, none other than composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, the genius behind
Hello, Dolly!,
La Cage Aux Folles,
Mame and
Mack and Mabel, among other camp classics.
Speaking of camp - the line-up of stars who turned out (or were wheeled out in some cases!) sounds tremendous!
Our divine mother Angela Lansbury introduced the tribute. Kelsey Grammer (as Zaza) led a chorus of dancing "girls" on
We Are What We Are from
La Cage.
The triumph of art over nature that is the wonderful Carol Channing then sang
Hello, Jerry (
Hello, Dolly) with lyrics especially adapted for the occasion.
The sexy Matthew Morrison of
Glee (who is apparently not gay -
as these pictures prove) performed
It's Today from
Mame, and two of our favourite showgirls, none other than Christine Baranski and Christine Ebersole, teamed up for
Bosom Buddies.
A host of Broadway stars did their turn - Laura Benanti sang the beautiful
Time Heals Everything from
Mack and Mabel, and returning to
Hello Dolly!, Sutton Foster performed
Before the Parade Passes By, and Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Bomer duetted on
It Only Takes a Moment.
Leading the finale, living legend Chita Rivera sang and danced to
I Don't Want to Know (from
Dear World) and the tribute concluded with two of Mr Herman's greatest songs,
I Am What I Am and
The Best of Times.
Now if
that isn't a celebration, then I don't know what is!!
The show is not going to be televised in the US until December 28th so there is no footage of this glittering gala available yet - and somehow I doubt it will even get a mention on telly here in the UK. But I'll be looking out for it!
PS Apparently also honoured on the night were Sir Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Merle Haggard and choreographer and director Bill T. Jones.
Kennedy Center Honours 2010
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Here it is!
