Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Erivo

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Next week, ring in the New Year with powerhouse performers, enchanting ensembles and celebrations of art and culture. Take a look at what’s coming up!

NEXT at the Kennedy Center - Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration - Sunday, December 31 at 8 PM

Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, invites you to ring in the New Year with her magnificent friends Ben Platt and Joaquina Kalukango as they bring their powerful voices and favorite songs to the Kennedy Center stage.

Celtic Woman: 20th Anniversary Concert - Monday, January 1 at 12:30 PM

Celebrate 20 years of spectacular Irish music with a new concert filmed at the Helix in Dublin. With fan favorites, new arrangements and stirring originals, this emotional evening features a stellar lineup of eight world-class Celtic Women. Tune in to find out how you can see them live when they bring their 20th Anniversary Tour to Georgia in March.

Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn - Monday, January 1 at 2:30 PM

Join the legendary superstar for a magical concert taped in October 2012. Includes nine songs that Barbra had never performed on stage and features guests trumpeter Chris Botti, singing group Il Volo and Streisand’s son, actor-director Jason Gould.

Great Performances - Andrea Bocelli: Believe - Monday, January 1 at 4:30 PM & 10:30 PM

Enjoy the songs of the internationally beloved tenor’s 2020 album recorded on location in Malta. Selections performed include “Gratia Plena,” a duet with Cecilia Bartoli and new interpretations of “Ave Maria” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Find out how you can experience Andrea Bocelli live in February.

The Jazz Music Awards - Monday, January 1 at 7 PM

The Jazz Music Awards celebrates the best in Jazz including traditional, contemporary, vocal, instrumental and experimental. It is the first global, full-scale, music award show dedicated to Jazz and the artists who create it. Multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, NEA Jazz Master and Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater and widely acclaimed stage and screen actor, Peabody Award winner, and Tony Award nominee Delroy Lindo host the program.

Great Performances - From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2024 - Monday, January 1 at 9 PM

Celebrate the New Year with waltzes by Strauss and more performed from Vienna’s Musikverein by the famed orchestra led by guest conductor Christian Thielemann. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville returns to host. 

Finding Your Roots: Born to Sing - Tuesday, January 2 at 8 PM

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, revealing their hidden connections to history and to music.

American Masters - HOPPER: An American Love Story - Tuesday, January 2 at 9 PM

Discover the secrets behind Edward Hopper’s most iconic and enigmatic works. Meet the man behind the brush, and see how his marriage to fellow artist Josephine Nivison Hopper shaped his art and career.