Biography | Lionel Richie — The Opera House That Gave Him the Kennedy Center Honors
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Biography | Lionel Richie — The Opera House That Gave Him the Kennedy Center Honors
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The Kennedy Center Honors are a Sunday night in the Opera House, with the honorees in the box and the tributes on the stage.
On 3 December 2017 that box held Lionel Richie of Tuskegee, Gloria Estefan, LL Cool J, Norman Lear, and Carmen de Lavallade.
The State Department dinner had been the night before. A U.S. State Department photographer made the portrait of Richie on 2 December that is the cover here.
Stevie Wonder sang Hello as the surprise. The evening ended with the room on its feet for All Night Long.
Luke Bryan handled two of the country-leaning tributes, Penny Lover and the Commodores song Sail On.
CBS broadcast the taped show on 26 December.
The building stands at 2700 F Street NW, on the Potomac. Edward Durell Stone designed it. It opened in 1971.
The Honors are the country's official bow to a living career in the performing arts.
Richie was still recording and touring. American Idol was still a year away.
Stand on the river terrace and the marble box is above you. That is the public side of the night.
Photo: U.S. State Department, public domain, 2 December 2017, via Wikimedia Commons
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