An Extraordinary Group Of Renowned Artists Salute This Year’s Honorees In “The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors,” Sunday, June 6 On CBS [VIDEO]

Since opening in 1971, the Kennedy Center has continued its efforts to fulfill his vision-presenting the greatest performers and performances from across America and around the world, nurturing new works and young artists, and serving the nation as a leader in arts education.

Following are honoree, presenter, performer, and production credits for THE 43RD ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Sunday, June 6 on the CBS Television Network.

ON AIR: 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT

HOST: Gloria Estefan, Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress

HONOREE: Debbie Allen, Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director and producer

PRESENTERS:
Paula Abdul (Dancer, Choreographer, Singer, Songwriter)
Phylicia Rashad (Actress, Director, Sister of Debbie Allen)
Shonda Rhimes (Television Producer, Screenwriter)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Actress)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS:
Ariana DeBose (Performs “I’m A Brass Band,” “Something Better Than This,” “Fame”), Tony Award-nominated actress, singer, and dancer.

Anika Noni Rose (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”), Tony Award-winning and GRAMMY® Award-nominated actress and singer.

Vanessa Hudgens (Performs “Fame”), Actress, singer, and producer

Vivian Nixon (Performs “I’m A Brass Band,” “Something Better Than This,” “Fame”), Dancer and actress, daughter of Debbie Allen.

Tiler Peck (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”), New York City Ballet dancer, actress, choreographer, and designer.

Desmond Richardson (Performs “Out Here On My Own,” “Fame”), Dancer and co-founder/co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

Debbie Allen Dance Academy

HONOREE: Joan Baez, GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and multiple GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, musician and activist

PRESENTERS:
Jackson Browne (Singer, Songwriter)
Phoebe Bridgers (Singer, Songwriter, Producer)
Tom Morello (Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Actor, Activist)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS:

Sturgill Simpson (Performs “House of the Rising Sun”), GRAMMY® Award-winning country music singer, songwriter and actor.

Rhiannon Giddens (Performs “Silver Dagger” with Dirk Powell), GRAMMY® Award-winning and CMA Award-nominated country, blues and old-time music musician.

Emmylou Harris (Performs “Diamonds & Rust,” “God is God,” “We Shall Overcome”), Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz bassist and singer.

Mary Chapin Carpenter (Performs “Diamonds & Rust,” “God is God,” “We Shall Overcome”), Latin GRAMMY® Award-nominated musician.

HONOREE: Garth Brooks, Multiple GRAMMY® Award, ACM Award and CMA Award-winning country music entertainer.

PRESENTERS:
Bradley Cooper (Actor, Filmmaker)
Jason Aldean (Singer, Songwriter, Producer)
John Travolta (Actor, Singer)
Wayne Gretzky (Professional ice hockey player)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS:

Kelly Clarkson (Performs “The Dance”), Multiple GRAMMY® Award, ACM Award, and CMA Award-winning singer and songwriter.

James Taylor (Performs “The River”), 2016 Kennedy Center Honoree, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Gladys Knight (Performs “We Shall Be Free”), GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and author.

Jimmie Allen (Performs “The Thunder Rolls,” “Friends in Low Places”), ACM Award-winning and CMA-nominated country music singer and songwriter.

HONOREE: Dick Van Dyke, Emmy Award, GRAMMY® Award, and Tony Award-winning actor, comedian, writer, singer, and dancer.

PRESENTERS:

Julie Andrews (Actress, Singer, Dancer, Author)
Bryan Cranston (Actor, Producer, Director, Screenwriter)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Director, Producer, Playwright)
Chita Rivera (Actress, Singer, Dancer)
Steve Martin (Actor, Comedian, Writer, Producer, Musician)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS:

Derek Hough (Performs “Step In Time,” “Put On A Happy Face”), Emmy Award-winning dancer, choreographer, actor and singer.

Laura Osnes (Performs “Step In Time,” “Put On A Happy Face,” “Jolly Holiday”), Tony Award-nominated actress and singer.

Aaron Tveit (Performs “Step In Time,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), Tony Award and GRAMMY® Award-nominated actor and singer.

Pentatonix (Performs “Step In Time,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), GRAMMY® Award-winning a cappella group,

HONOREE: Midori, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist.

PRESENTERS:

Gustavo Dudamel (Conductor, Violinist)
John Lithgow (Actor, Poet, Author, Singer)
Bette Midler (Actress, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Comedian)

TRIBUTE PERFORMERS:

Yo-Yo Ma (Performs J.S. Bach’s “Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1), Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning cellist.

Gil Shaham (Performs “Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, II. Largo”), GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist.

Adele Anthony (Performs J.S. Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, II. Largo”), Violinist.

Hilary Hahn (Performs Bernstein’s “Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’) III: Eryximachus”), Violinist.

Randall Goosby (Performs Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24,” “The Body Electric”), Violinist.

Students of Midori and Friends

PRODUCED BY: White Cherry Entertainment

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss

DIRECTOR: Glenn Weiss

WRITER: David Boone

SUPERVISING PRODUCERS: Rob Paine & Sarah Levine Hall

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Steve Bass

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bob Dickinson

CHOREOGRAPHER: Sergio Trujillo

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Rickey Minor

CONDUCTOR: Maestro Thomas Wilkins of National Symphony Orchestra

RATING: To Be Announced