Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick, and the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb were amongst the 2023 Kennedy Center guest of honors at an event that happened on December 3. Currently, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Carrying out Arts has actually shared video from the program. The event in Washington, D.C., organized this year by 2017 guest of honor Gloria Estefan, honors outstanding life time payments to the arts. Those paying homage consisted of Missy Elliott, Chloe Bailey, and Gladys Knight, to a target market that counted the head of state and very first woman amongst its number. Completing this year’s honors course were Billy Crystal and diva Renée Fleming. Watch efficiencies and passages listed below.
Missy Elliott sang Queen Latifah’s applauds in a speech discussing her childhood years direct exposure to Latifah’s songs, prior to Rapsody covered “Just Another Day.…” “What Latifah has taught us,” Elliott claimed, “is unity, to believe in yourself, and to love a Black woman from infinity to infinity.” Watch the complete speech listed below.
Chloe Bailey, Cynthia Erivo, and Gladys Knight all sang tracks from Warwick’s fabled discography, while Saturday Evening Live’s Vanity Nwodim and 2020 guest of honor Debbie Allen offered speeches in the heart tale’s honor. Bailey carried out “Walk On By,” Erivo sang “Alfie,” and Knight chose “Say a Little Prayer.”
Gibb’s homage consisted of a Michael Bublé variation of “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” and Little Big Community’s handle “Lonely Days, Lonely Nights.” Ben Platt sang “Nights on Broadway” and Ariana DeBose carried out an assortment of the Bee Gees’ hits, such as “How Deep Is Your Love” and “Stayin’ Alive.”
Fleming, on the other hand, was recognized by Dove Cameron with a performance of the music number “The Light in the Piazza,” plus a joint efficiency of “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” from Slide Carousel, by Tituss Citizen, Christine Baranski, and the Festivity Choir.
“Receiving the Kennedy Center Honors is something that everyone hopes might happen one day. I’ve often thought about but never dreamed it could come true,” Gibb claimed in a previous declaration. In her declaration concerning getting the honor, Queen Latifah claimed, “When we started on this journey decades ago, we were often told ‘No’…. To now be recognized amongst so many multi-hyphenates feels unbelievable, not for just me and my team, but for our community.”
