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And for Crazy for You, onstage at the Opera House beginning May 16, is a joyous mix of songs from George and Ira Gershwin’s Girl Crazy and from their other shows, too. Which tunes come from what show? Peter Filichia charts a Gershwin hit parade. their kids, too.” Jimmy Anderson, Nurseryman GfiOtgia-RlCifiC Cover photograph by Carla Porch 5 Carol Evans President and Publisher Neil O. Rice Senior V. P., Production Clifford S. Tinder V. P., Executive Editor Denise Favorule Advertising Director Bruce J. MacKenzie V.P., Arts Marketing Group Bruce Appel Controller Robert Sandla Editor in Chief Alex Stark Art Director Cori Ellison Senior Editor, Music Karen Flicker Senior Editor Paul Brockmann Production Director ' tfave your next Maude Popkin Production Manager Bill Marin Production Coordinator Eileen McMahon Arts Marketing Manager Grand Performance Elyssa Rubin Assistant Controller Michael Kass Assistant Art Director at Kennedy Center. 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Advertising Offices— Washington, D.C.: The Kennedy Center, Washington, D .C , 20566, (202) 416-7940. New York: 144 East 44th Street, New York, N.Y., 10017, (212) 687-9275. Chicago: 500 North HestaurantHssociatesZaterers Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, (312) 565-0890,685-3911. CMasters of the Fine Art of Party Giving HECHT’S EDUCATION rowing up during the ’50s in North Carolina, Flavius Hall Jr. received no formal arts education The Kennedy Center's G in six years of elementary school. Yet Hall, now an Instructional Support Team member for the Prince Mercedes-Benz automobiles share far more than the silver star Education Department is William County, Virginia, public school system, vivid­ adorning the hood. They share over 100 years of automotive engineer­ helping to make good ly recalls one teacher using a well-known song as a powerful teaching tool. ing. You can get a closer look at our 1995 line at your Mercedes-Benz teachers better by “First we learned to sing ‘This Land Is Your Land,’ and to play it on a plastic flute. Then she pulled down dealer. Good genes do make a difference. LK) Mercedes-Benz showing them how to use a map, and showed us where the Gulf Stream waters, the arts in their the New York islands, and the redwood forest were lo­ cated. We broke up into groups, chose specific geo­ classrooms. In the process, graphic areas, and wrote reports about them. We even if's helping to ensure the came up with additional verses to the song!” The teacher’s unconventional approach, Hall says, artistic literacy of a new offered “a historical aspect and a whole lot of fun. And generation of students. it made you proud that you were an American.” Ten years ago, just out of graduate school, Hall was looking to take courses in the Washington area that would combine his love for the visual arts with useful PAMELA SOMMERS takes us teaching strategies, and he heard about the Kennedy into the classroom. Center’s Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers program. Based on the premise that all teach­ ers can make use of the arts in their classrooms, this se­ ries of participatory workshops led by artists and arts educators provides hands-on expe­ rience with teaching an art form, or with using the arts to teach other curriculums. Workshops tar­ get teachers of all grade levels who serve students with a broad range of backgrounds and needs. The program offered just the / sort of practical guidance Hall needed. Before long he was hooked, earning graduate and » in-service credits, even occasion­ Art smart: Participants in the ally rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Kennedy Center's Professional “These courses have opened my mind as to how I Development Opportunities for can integrate visual art, music, dance, theater, and po­ Teachers program etry into the curriculum,” he says, “how I can use many Speak to your Mercedes dealer about a test drive today The authorized Mercedes-Benz dealers of Washington. We’re with you every mile. P e y ^ f o ^ n w n c j ©1995 Authorized Mercedes-Benz Dealers W o n d e i ' s PERFORMING WONDERS of these teaching techniques in dealing The Kennedy Center’s local profes­ with assessments, portfolios, disabled stu­ sional development programs have pro­ A Penny bought the whole airline. dents, gifted students . . . and there’s just vided the model for a national project, the excitement of going to the Kennedy called Kennedy Center Performing Arts Center.” Centers and Schools: Partners in Educa­ For some teachers, it is not just the tion. Currently, communities in 35 states wealth of workshops—some 30 to 40 are participate in the program and have creat­ offered each year on evenings and week­ ed more than 600 new professional devel­ ends—or the Center’s star-studded am­ opment initiatives for teachers. biance that inspires. “After you’ve been The most affecting testimony comes attending the courses for a while, you start from teachers who have applied the prin­ seeing the same faces,” says Charlene Sell- ciples they absorbed in Kennedy Center ner, a 20-year veteran of the Prince workshops—and have been astounded by •George’s County, Maryland, public their students’ progress. schools. “It’s great—you hear what pri­ Teacher Kathleen Dockeray offered a vate schools and other public school sys­ most telling anecdote at a Program dinner tems are doing. You share stories.” held by the Professional Development The Kennedy Center considers educat­ Program: ing teachers an essential component in ful­ “One of my students, Fred, is reading filling its mission, mandated by Congress, below grade level and had been placed in to serve as a national leader in arts educa­ the ‘alternate’ resource reading group tion. “Teachers are the dynamic figures in since kindergarten. By the time he arrived students’ experiences in school,” says Amy in fourth grade, his self-esteem was low, to Nordin, the program’s manager in the the point where he was not coming to Kennedy Center’s Education Depart­ school without a great deal of effort on ment. “Our long-term goals in arts edu­ the part of his mother. cation can only be achieved by improving “I attended a workshop, ‘Making Mu­ teachers’ knowledge and critical acumen, sical Instruments of Diverse Cultures,’ and their ability to teach about and and the next day my class made musical through the arts. 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Working in partner­ one day of school. In addition, he was ship with the school systems, the the star of our schoolwide talent show. Kennedy Center makes every effort to en­ Had I not attended this workshop, sure that its offerings are practical and Fred’s talents might have gone un­ pertinent to teachers’ current profession­ noticed. I plan on participating in as The largest employee buyout ever! al development needs and are led by in­ many workshops at the Kennedy Center Never underestimate the power of a Penny. structors who meet the Center’s stringent as possible. I owe it to Fred, and to other criteria. Once selected, each instructor students like him.” enters a collaborative relationship with For further information about the Pro­ Center personnel—an extensive planning fessional Development Opportunities for UJJ United Airlines process before each course is unveiled, Teachers program, call Amy Nordin at and an evaluation afterward. (202) 416-8838. ■ 10 Angels in America has received more Parking Your Car media attention, and won more awards, than any other play in recent Since 1994. memory. As Angels alights at the Kennedy Center, efore Angels in America opened on Broadway, one of its It’s so easy to enjoy great evenings producers asked playwright Tony Kushner to consider ROBERT SANDLA Bdeleting the play’s subtide. He didn’t want to risk alienat­ ing potential theatergoers. No deal, Kushner responded; this is measures the my play, and caveat emptor: Angels in America is “A Gay Fan­ at the Old Ebbitt Grill. tasia on National Themes.” wingspan of this That’s a hefty agenda even for the two sprawling, serious, hi­ two-part theatrical larious plays that make up Angels—not to mention authorial honesty of a high order. 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Angels whizzes through theatrical styles another with the entirely factual “This is MICHEL CHARD like a hot-shot dramaturg with coffee my ex-lover’s lover’s Mormon mother.” nerves—now it’s Brecht! now it’s a lec­ Some of the people in Angels meet ture! now it’s full-out farce!—and tackles their radically changing circumstances the hot topics du jour, the play partakes of with aplomb; the centers of other lives A S y m p h o n y o f a venerable narrative tradition: it bears cannot hold. Harper sees “beautiful sys­ S t a r C u is in e witness. Beneath the anxiety: quintessen­ tems dying, old fixed orders spiraling tial American optimism. apart. . .’’As her marriage crumbles, she B y The plays chart the parallel break-ups escapes into Valium-induced hallucina­ of two relationships: a married Mormon tion. Others run for the hills when trouble Michael Richard couple and a “married” gay male couple. comes. Louis dumps Prior at the first Increasingly drawn to men, lawyer Joe Pitt glimpse of the first Kaposi’s sarcoma le­ B e f o r e o r A f t e r t h e S h o w abandons his wife, Harper, unmooring sion. her tenuous connection to reality. The Yet Kushner also revels in what he ■ Pre-Theater Specials loudly liberal Louis Ironson abandons his terms “the weird interconnectedness of ■ Private Dining Rooms lover, Prior Walter, when Prior finds he life.” Consider one intricate scene: An in­ has AIDS. Worlds collide when Louis and tensely secular Jewish homosexual man ClTRONELLE Playwright Tony Kushner Joe embark on an affair. Around this cen­ with New Deal Pinko parents says Kad- A t T h e L a t h a m H o t e l tral quartet swirl other personalities, real dish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, over 3000 M S t r e e t , N W whiz-bang technicians spend millions to and imagined: Joe’s stern Mormon mom; the body of Roy Cohn, coached by the W a s h in g t o n , D .C . make the fake seem real, Angels dazzles a sarcastic but sympathetic male nurse; ghost of Ethel Rosenberg, while attended 202-625-2150 with the power of the spoken word. Ethel Rosenberg, the alleged Soviet spy by a former drag queen nurse who is pil­ When Angels in America lands at the who was executed for treason in 1953; fering Cohn’s hoard of AZT, the anti-viral V a l e t P a r k in g Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater for and Roy Cohn, the arch-conservative who drug used against AIDS. The scene is M in u t e s f r o m t h e K e n n e d y C e n t e r a 10-week run beginning May 2—Millen­ died of complications from AIDS in 1986. bizarre and logical, funny and touching. nium Approaches plays May 2-June 8, and These satellite characters embody big be­ “Only connect” was E. M. Forster’s Perestroika follows June 9-July 9—it will lief systems—Mormonism, capitalism, succinct foreword to Howards End. Kush­ be a homecoming of sorts: The Kennedy Communism, Judaism—that may or may ner knows that audiences interested in Angels may already share some of its con­ Center played a vital role in helping A n­ not be coming apart. The only structure 11 1 M [ 1 1C1 I Hissmf gels take flight, through the Kennedy Cen­ of the play, in fact, derives from relation­ cerns—that it could be seen as preaching ter Fund for New American Plays. The ships between characters, a strategy which to the converted. But preaching to the Fund supports promising playwrights and speaks volumes about Kushner’s view of a converted is what successful churches do helps fund the development and presenta­ country destabilized by diversity: In order every Sunday. The show’s pack of tion of new works at the country’s leading to write about America, Kushner writes awards—the Pulitzer, the Tonys, the regional theaters. about Americans. Drama Desks, and so on—demonstrate Since its founding in 1985, the Fund Along the way we meet sober pioneers that Angels reaches out to any audience has supported 49 productions at 36 the­ in a Conestoga wagon, flamboyant gay with imagination and heart. Just when we aters, including three Pulitzer Prize win­ men, circumspect gay men, an Eskimo, an have come to care about Prior, we see him ners: Robert Schenkkan’s The Kentucky Orthodox Jewish rabbi, and the world’s in a doctor’s office, flecked with cancer le­ Pre-Theatre Cycle, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi oldest living Bolshevik. Their interactions sions and stretched naked on an examina­ Chronicles, and Angels in America. The are surprising, but somehow inevitable. tion table’s icy slab of steel. He natters on ------* * ------Kennedy Center Fund for New American Of course Mother Pitt finds herself talking nervously about his health, his relation­ Plays is a project of the John F. Kennedy to a mystical homeless woman in the ships, his death. Lit by the harsh glare of Fresh Center for the Performing Arts with sup­ South Bronx. Of course Prior Walter and an overhead spotlight, the scene looks like port from American Express Company, in his pal Belize tiptoe into Joe’s office like real life. It feels like a nightmare. Thirteen S e afo o d cooperation with the President’s Commit­ Laverne and Shirley. O f course Harper years into the AIDS epidemic, too many ------tee on the Arts and the Humanities. Pitt gnaws down a tree in Brooklyn’s Americans feel the shock of recognition. Angels in America merges the epic Prospect Park (“I thought I was a beaver. It’s unfair to call Kushner a creature of Open till 11PM with the everyday; Kushner’s canvas is al­ After that, the rest was easy”). Kushner the Zeitgeist; it makes him sound like a ternately vast and utterly specific—Walt may be proposing cultural shift as the new paint-by-numbers playwright, cobbling Whitman meets Neil Simon. And though cultural norm: One character introduces together catharses from Oprah and the 2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW continued on page 26 202.296.7700 14 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN, Chairman ______LAW RENCE J. W ILKER, President______

CONCERT HALL

Monday Evening, May 15,1995, at 7:00

The National Endowment for the Humanities presents The Twenty-fourth Annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

Welcome Lawrence J. Wilker President, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Opening Remarks Sheldon Hackney Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

The 1995 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities "The Architecture of Community" Vincent Scully

Reception Following

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to host the National Endowment for the Humanities for this event.

The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in this auditorium. The Filene Memorial Organ in the Concert Hall contributed by Mrs. Jouett Shouse. Baldwin is the official piano and electronic organ of the Kennedy Center.

17 Meet the Lecturer The historian Vincent prey. "My instinct—and I am a profoundly r \ • v ! ; \ Scully believes that conservative person—my instinct is still to try architecture is a to save everything," he says. He is an ardent $ : £Ji­ "means of construct­ defender of a humane architecture that will ing relationships over revive communities and of urban law that time" and the key to "makes environments possible for people to BRIGHTEN understanding cul­ live together." He deplores the destruction of ture. The author of 17 American cities, which, he says, became "ter­ books, numerous ar­ rible deserts . . . for the free passage of the SOMEONE'S LIFE ticles, and a television automobile." When their environment is series on ancient and erased, people are "emotionally dis­ Before or After the Theatre modern architecture, Scully advocates build­ enfranchised from the American dream," he TEACH 3124-28 M Street. Georgetown ing civilized, livable communities to nourish maintains. His final class at Yale made the front­ Open 11 a.m. to 3 a.m./Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. the human spirit. Scully is Sterling Professor of page of the New York Times. Maya Lin, a former AN 3 3 8 -3 8 3 0 the History of Art Emeritus at Yale. From 1947 student who designed the Vietnam War to 1991 his classes in architecture and art his­ Memorial, summed up the tributes of visiting ADULT tory were among the university's most architects: "He gave you the feeling that ar­ popular, inspiring generations of architects, chitects should make a positive difference in historians, and city planners. Renowned for his people's lives." Scully has continued to teach a lt'S Time To Call passionate lectures and for using two slide course at Yale and at the University of Miami -TO READ AND WRITE projectors to juxtapose striking images, he has since his retirement. This year he is Mellon LEGG aimed to teach his students "above all things, Professor at the California Institute of Technol­ MASON to see." In The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: ogy. Scully has received four honorary doc­ -TO SPEAK ENGLISH Greek Sacred Architecture (1979), Scully explains torates and was twice recognized by Time Investments the power of architecture to civilize; in Pueblo: magazine as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Mountain, Village, Dance (1989), to mediate be­ American College Teachers. He received the Alexandria Annapolis Bethesda (703) 684-0520 (410)268-4700 (301) 897-9600 tween human beings and the natural world. American 1994 Academy in Rome Award, has # Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade held Mellon lectureships at the National Gal­ Frederick Gaithersburg Greenbelt (1991) summarizes his views on the relation of lery of Art, and served as a consultant for Become (301) 663-8833 (301) 840-0890 (301) 982-0070 structures to environment and on our architec­ downtown development in Anchorage. He McLean Washington tural capital—the Greek temple, the Gothic received the 1994 Lucy G. Moses Preservation a (703) 821-9100 (202) 452-4000 cathedral, Renaissance Italian towns, Palladian Leadership Award of the New York villas—that prefaces the modern age. Born in Landmarks Conservancy and the New York volunteer 1920 in New Haven, Scully embodies that city, Public Library's Literary Lions Award in 1992. from the wood-shingled neighborhood he A trustee of the National Trust for Historic tutor grew up in and immortalized in The Shingle Preservation since 1991, he is an honorary Style: Architectural Theory and Design from member of the American Institute of Ar­ Richardson to the Origins of Wright (1955) to his chitects. His other books include The Architec­ i t * years at Yale. He entered the college on scholar­ ture of the American Summer: The Flowering of the ship at the age of 16, and after Marine Corps Shingle Style (1989), The Villas of Palladio (1986), For information service in World War II, he returned to Yale to Louis I. Kahn (1962), American Architecture and earn his M.A. in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1949. A Urbanism (1969), Modern Architecture: The Ar­ about training workshops champion of historic preservation, Scully chitecture of Democracy (1961, rev. 1974), and STAFF FOR THE CONCERT HALL fought to save New Haven Green and its neigh­ French Royal Gardens: The Designs of Andre Le call the Mary Jo F o r d ...... Theater Manager borhoods in the sixties, when the nineteenth- Notre (1992). Monica Ballenger...... Head Usher Carol O rth ...... Head Treasurer century city hall, post office, and public library Literacy Council Deborah Glover ...... Box Office Treasurer he had used as a boy became redevelopment Robert P. Tillett of Robert F. Lewis Photograph by Don Perdue Paul Farabee, Jr. Ervin Webb, Jr. Northern Virginia Patrick Boyland Donald E. Tillett ...... Stage Crews

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19 This glimpse of Vincent Scully as a young and charismatic lecturer at Yale in the late fifties was The Man Scully that the change is a manifestation of growth. written by a student of his, David McCullough. It was McCullough's first professional article, on Some of Scully's success in a field traditionally "Vince needs those lectures. He needs that his way to becoming the noted biographer of Truman and the voice of "The American Experience" dominated by academic tedium may be traced audience in front of him to help him generate on public television. The article appeared in Architectural Forum in September 1959 and is adapted to his background. Vincent Scully was born in new ideas." And Scully seems continuously here with the magazine's permission. New Haven in 1920, the only child of Mary restless for new ideas, the way some men are Catherine McCormick and Vincent Joseph restless for a new car or a new job. "Architectural Spellbinder"______Scully, a local Chevrolet dealer and long-time president of the New Haven Board of Alder­ The Creative Scholar By DAVID McCULLOUGH The voice, now strong, slightly theatrical, un­ men. A spindly "townie" fresh out of New The fact that what Scully says about the work leashes what one friend called "a musical Haven's Hillhouse High, Scully went to Yale of Eero Saarinen this year may differ from what Vincent Joseph Scully Jr. has been called "a sort avalanche of picture-making words." Quickly, on a scholarship in 1936. Except for the war he said last year, for example, has given rise to of Billy Graham of architecture." Architect surely, he translates visual images into verbal years, and one year of study in Rome and the criticism that he is too inconsistent to be Louis Kahn says: "If the students don't get it images, never "talking down," never making a another in Greece, he has been at Yale ever taken seriously. Professor Charles Seymour Jr., from Scully, they'll never get it." Architect conscious effort to instruct. "I'm not really in­ since. He graduated in 1940 with a B.A. in chairman of Yale's History of Art Department, Philip Johnson concluded a guest lecture last terested in individual psyches," he says. "I'm English. After an abortive attempt to enlist in answers the charge this way: "Scully is never winter with the cry: "Hurrah for History! interested in the subject." the Royal Canadian Air Force (blocked by his content to dig back just for the sake of ac­ Thank God for Hadrian, for Bernini, for Le The slides flick by. Ideas are thrown out at a parents) he wound up in the U.S. Army Air cumulating facts. He's looking for the truth and Corbusier, and for Vince Scully!" As one of his brisk clip. Now and then, like a veteran show­ Forces instead, but washed out within a few he always relates his findings to the mid-twen- colleagues sums it up: "Vince in many ways man, he alters the pace. He becomes almost months ("I was a real lousy flyer"). From there tieth-century condition. In this sense he is a can do for architecture what Leonard Bernstein relaxed, lyrical, quotes passages from his he went into the Marine Corps, received his creative scholar; and like all creative people he does for music." "bibles" (Pindar, Aeschylus, Finnegans Wake, second lieutenant's commission, and after ac­ does tend to ride enthusiasms." The wiry young man about whom these The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and tively serving in both Europe and the Pacific, Because Scully adheres to no set dogma, encomiums flow is so far relatively unknown Pilgrim's Progress). Or he rambles off on some came out with the rank of major. preaches no packaged set of values, most of his outside of New Haven, where he is one of the of his heroes (Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Le It was then, at 25, that Vince Scully returned colleagues feel that he achieves the ultimate most popular, most frequently quoted teachers Corbusier). Or becomes uproariously funny to Yale and fell with an almost crazed intensity goal of education: to open the students' eyes at the university. Nearly nine hundred stu­ (though he will berate an audience if it laughs into art and architecture. "When the war was without simultaneously putting blinders on dents turn out for the courses he lectures on. at the wrong time). All the while he roams back over I wanted to do something specific," he them. "You inhibit the student, you freeze his Overflow audiences usually fill the balcony and forth with his long wooden pointer, which recalls, "to pour myself into something real, not point of view when you are afraid for him," stairs and doorways at his lectures on seems to act as a lightning rod, picking up anything so allusive as literature. Art seemed says Scully. "After all he is not here to be in­ American architecture, his most popular. Vin­ aesthetic charges from the picture and exciting solid." In the years following he acquired an doctrinated, protected, or made happy. He's cent Scully is only 38, but many of his admirers the man at the other end. M.A. (1947), and a Ph.D. (1949). here to be taught to see—and to believe that are ready to assert that he is the most influential Most of Scully's lectures are threaded with At home or strolling about Yale's Art Gal­ anything is possible." architectural scholar of his time. variations of his favorite themes: that architec­ lery, Scully looks not unlike the under­ As one student has expressed it: "You go The qualities of a great leader are often dif­ ture is a man-created world within the world; graduates who idolize him. His pants are through three stages with Scully. First, you ficult to pin down. Partly, at least, Vincent that there are two kinds of architecture, one always a little too short. His shoes are seldom think he's the most exciting teacher you've ever Scully's phenomenal success stems from his which "serves as a backdrop for human life," shined. His Ivy League jackets are more likely heard and you religiously troop with the mob explosive vitality. Once, lecturing on Frank another which "reaches into the unsayable na­ flecked with cigarette ashes. But there is noth­ to all his lectures. Then, when you learn a few Lloyd Wright, he became so vibrant over his ture of man"; that always great architecture ing of the pipe-smoking, drop-by-my-study- realities about building, you think he's all wet. own phrases that he lost his balance and fell (he gives scale to the land, and vice versa; and that for-some-sherry look about him. He is too And finally, usually senior year, you come back says "jumped") off the speaker's stand. Partly the greatest architecture, like other arts, expres­ vivacious, too aggressive-Iooking to be con­ to Scully—and you realize just how damn good it stems from his openly cavalier spirit. A few ses basic truths for all time. sidered professorial. In fact, as one former stu­ he really is." years back he broke his wrist dueling at an His approach is via the emotions, never in­ dent describes him, "with his nearly pointed On the teaching of architecture, Scully has undergraduate orgy. But above all, Scully's ductive. As one architect has put it: "He uses ears, his mischievous smiles, and those stormy said: "It suffers from an inadequate expression great success seems to arise from an unembar­ his vast knowledge only as a vehicle with Gaelic frowns he looks more like a man-sized of architecture's real potential. It labors under rassed, contagious passion for architecture, a which to dredge up feeling. His attitude is not leprechaun." He smokes, almost continuously, an outworn materialistic determinism, a thin passion that can move even engineers to stand­ philosophical; it's religious." And it is precisely lumpy cigarettes which he rolls himself from a sort of functional determinism. . . . They [the ing ovations. this attitude which leads ultimately, in nearly pack of Bugler tobacco. Going to and from students] want to become architects, I believe, Scully's lecture courses, not including grad­ every Scully lecture, to those movingly rev­ work, he drives a stubby Citroen 2CV with the because they think it offers them a way to be uate seminars, are: the history of American erent moments he has become most noted for. recklessness of a hot-rodder or (an analogy he creative without stepping outside society. But architecture; Art 12, a basic survey course in After the audience has been bombarded would prefer) like Fangio at Le Mans. what they need is a more humanistic educa­ which he delivers a section of about eight with several slides showing the shoddier of Yet overriding all Scully's colorful per­ tion. And because they are not adequately civ­ weeks; and history of Greek art and architec­ New York's modern skyscrapers, a mag­ sonality quirks is his abiding, serious dedica­ ilized men, they can't comprehend the ture, his current "love." His manner of teaching nificent shot of the Seagram building flashes tion. For every lecture he puts in an average of alternatives." is much the same for each. As the last seats fill, on. Scully pauses, probably for the first time six hours' preparation pouring over stacks of he comes into the lecture hall with a curious since the lecture began. He lets the picture take slides, scribbling notes across big sheets of yel­ Onward and Upward lunging stride, makes a few introductory over for as long as 30 seconds. Then, breaking low legal paper. The slides he uses are never Where Vince Scully will go from here is dif­ remarks in a tense, rather nondescript voice. the hush, he quietly says: "Here gentlemen, the same from year to year, nor are his lectures. ficult to predict. Chances are he will stay at Then the lights go out as a huge slide is pro­ you see something grave and silent. Standing Unlike some spellbinders, he does not simply Yale. ("They're good to me here; they let me do jected on a wall-sized screen. At this point, there in the disaster that Park Avenue has be­ give his audience a playback of last year's suc­ what I please.") Chances are that he will con­ standing alone in the dark with a 10-ft. pointer, come, it looks as though it had just wandered cess. "I change my lectures because I change," centrate on developing his perceptions and his silhouette suddenly diminished beneath in from some higher and more integrated he says. Professor Frank Edward Brown, Yale proliferating in scholarship. This fall he will the immense screen, Scully takes command. civilization." Latin scholar and one of Scully's friends, feels publish his book, The Earth, the Temple, and the 20 21 Gods, written last year in Greece. It tells how the that he will become increasingly important not Greek temple got its form out of its placement, only for students of architecture and students National Council on the Humanities as man-made object, in a specific sacred in general, but for architects as well; for ul­ landscape. This is his most ambitious and im­ timately it will be he and others like him who Chairman Mikiso Hane portant work to date. Two earlier books—The will create in this country a cultural climate Sheldon Hackney Galesburg, Illinois Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island more receptive to good architecture. His poten­ (with Antoinette F. Downing), 1952, and The tial is great, but the pattern is refreshingly un­ Vice Chairman Charles P. Henry Shingle Style, 1955—were well received. Both predictable. Jon N. Moline Washington, D.C. won prizes as the outstanding scholarly works Seguin, Texas of their years. [Reprinted with permission from Henry H. Higuera It seems inevitable that his influence will Architectural Forum 111 (September 1959).] Bruce D. Benson Annapolis, Maryland expand beyond the Yale campus. It also follows Denver, Colorado Thomas C. Holt Paul A. Cantor Chicago, Illinois Charlottesville, Virginia Martha C. Howell Bruce Cole New York, New York Bloomington, Indiana Who's Who Alicia Juarrero The National Endowment for the Humanities As the national center for the performing arts, Helen Gray Crawford Washington, D.C. supports exemplary work to advance and dis­ the John F. Kennedy Center for the Perform­ New Orleans, Louisiana seminate knowledge in all the disciplines of the ing Arts, James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Nicolas Kanellos humanities. Endowment support is intended Lawrence J. Wilker, President, is a living John H. D'Arms Houston, Texas to complement and assist private and local ef­ presidential memorial mandated by Congress Ann Arbor, Michigan forts and to serve as a catalyst to increase non- to present and produce the finest performing Alan C. Kors federal support for projects of high quality. arts from this country and abroad. Since it Margaret P. Duckett Wallingford, Pennsylvania Although the activities funded by the Endow­ opened in 1971 the Center has come to symbol­ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ment vary greatly in cost, the numbers of ize our nation's regard for the performing arts Bev Lindsey people involved, and in their specific intents and to serve as a dynamic national resource Billie Davis Gaines Little Rock, Arkansas and benefits, they all have in common two contributing to the cultural enrichment of the Atlanta, Georgia requirements for funding: significance to learn­ United States. The Kennedy Center is the Robert I. Rotberg ing in the humanities and excellence in concep- nation's foremost educator in the performing Darryl J. Gless Cambridge, Massachusetts tion. In the most general terms, NEH- arts, seeding innovative national programs Chapel Hill, North Carolina supported projects aid scholarship and re­ that reach teachers and students from pre­ John R. Searle search in the humanities, help improve kindergarten through college in most of the 50 Ramon A. Gutierrez Berkeley, California humanities education, and foster in the states. Through its producing efforts, commis­ San Diego, California American people a greater curiosity about and sioning programs, competitions, and appren­ Peter Shaw understanding of the humanities. ticeship and training programs, the Kennedy Joseph H. Hagan New York, New York Center stimulates the creation of new arts and Worcester, Massachusetts The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, es­ the development of new artists. The Center also Harold K. Skramstad, Jr. tablished by the Endowment in 1972, is the recognizes American accomplishment in the Theodore S. Hamerow Dearborn, Michigan highest honor the federal government bestows performing arts by bringing the finest perform­ Madison, Wisconsin for distinguished intellectual achievement in ing arts programs from all over the country to Kenny J. Williams the humanities. The lecture, traditionally its stages in the nation's capital. Hundreds of Durham, North Carolina delivered each spring, provides the oppor­ talented Washington-area artists perform at tunity for an outstanding thinker to present in the Kennedy Center each year as well, and the a public forum matters of broad concern in the Center is the home of the National Symphony humanities. The lecturer is chosen each year by Orchestra, the American Film Institute, and the the National Council on the Humanities. Washington Opera. The Kennedy Center also Acknowledgments Former lecturers include Lionel Trilling, Erik has the nation's largest half-price ticket pro­ Eriksen, Robert Penn Warren, Paul Freund, gram, made available each year to more than Demonstrating a shared commitment to excellence and achievement in education, scholarship, John Hope Franklin, Saul Bellow, C. Vann 100,000 eligible students, senior citizens, per­ and public programs, the following donors join the National Endowment for the Humanities in Woodward, Edward Shils, Barbara Tuchman, sons with permanent disabilities, enlisted presenting the twenty-fourth annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The Endowment Gerald Holton, Emily Townsend Vermeule, military personnel, and others on fixed low gratefully acknowledges their generous support. Jaroslav Pelikan, Sidney Hook, Cleanth incomes. Presenting more performing arts than Brooks, Leszek Kolakowski, Forrest any other single institution in the United States, The Coca-Cola Foundation National Trust for Historic Preservation McDonald, Robert Nisbet, Walker Percy, Ber­ the Kennedy Center is the largest cultural The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Philip F. Schoch Trust nard Lewis, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Bernard facility of its kind, housing six theaters of vary­ The Gelb Foundation Spillis Candela and Partners, Incorporated Knox, Robert Conquest, and Gwendolyn ing sizes, designed to offer exceptionally fine Thomas Jefferson Center for the William D. Rollnick and Brooks. acoustics, sight lines, and technical capacities, Protection of Free Expression Nancy Ellison Rollnick Foundation with performances and other events offered The John F. Kennedy Center every day of the year. for the Performing Arts 22 23 Performance h i g h l i g h t s * * •>< * he clouds of anticipation finally ment, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in * * -U 1 7 $ 9 * part May 2, when Tony Kushner’s D major, Op. 61. Also on the.program h Tmuch-heralded Angels in America are pieces by Ravel and Britten. May (fie&taurant- * descends onto the Eisenhower Theater 11, 12, 13, and 16, pianist Jean-Yves * stage for a nine-week run. An ambi­ Thibaudet brings his technical bril­ urveyors of worthy provisions * tious and controversial epic that deals liance to bear on the Saint Saens Piano -fc -tc -ft with themes of sexuality, religion, eth­ Concerto No. 5, with Jiri Belohlavek and spirits. Offering agreeable evening meals at the podium. 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Yet part of Kushner’s gift formed in the national touring production lies in plucking voices, thoughts, faces, that arrives at the Kennedy Center this feelings out of the imagination to synthe­ month. Just as the show forces us to re­ size where we are right now. Angels artic­ examine concepts of minority versus Where ulates the country’s growing strain of mainstream theater, its production history millennial anxiety, that vague, uneasy reveals American culture’s process of de­ Great sense of dread that something’s coming... centralization. Both The Kentucky Cycle and it ain’t going to be good. (Millennial and Angels won the Pulitzer before open­ anxiety is nothing new. It happens every ing on Broadway, and last year’s Pulitzer Theatre thousand years or so.) 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Then Kushner con­ • An invitation to the Kennedy Center Honors Gala, way that spring, having already picked up fronts us with the question: What next? plus much more! the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ac­ Part two of Angels, Perestroika, proposes claim was nearly a foregone conclusion, al­ answers on the personal and political Call Helen H a m m in the Kennedy Center Circles Office though the New York media machine fronts. For if an angel can land in a con­ at (202) 416-8068 for more information. propelled the play to a peak of public temporary American home, surely salva­ awareness. Now, in a full circle, the play is tion is not as remote as it seems. i i i i i i iiiiiii linn again being produced by enterprising the­ aters all over the country, and being per­ Robert Sa.nd.la is Stagebill’s editor in chief. The Kennedy Center m e JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 26 WE GOT RHYTHM ♦ “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”—This was the only song by the DANDY n their 1930 musical Girl Crazy, George and Ira Gersh­ Gershwins ever to be nominated for an Restaurant Cruise Ship Oscar. And it lost—to “Sweet Leilani” Gourmet Dining, Dancing and an unparalleled win made the world swoon and sigh and shout with such from Waikiki Wedding. view of our Nation's Majestic Washington Crazy for You, on Isongs as “I Got Rhythm,” “Embraceable You,” “Bidin’ Monuments. My Time,” “But Not for Me,” and “Could You Use Me?” ♦ “Slap That Bass”—Astaire and Dudley Five course dinner includes entree selections of stage in the Opera And the show introduced two leading ladies nobody had Dickerson performed this in an ocean shrimp, haddock, cornish game hen, chicken, House beginning ever heard of: Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman. They be­ liner’s engine room, in rhythm to the pasta, vegetarian and prime rib. came stars overnight. Who could ask for anything more? boiler noise. The Dandy departs daily from beautiful, historic May 16, is a joyous The creators of the 1992 musical Crazy for You asked Old Town Alexandria, offering brunch, lunch, midday, midnight-dance, or dinner-dance cruises mix of songs from for more—and got it. Crazy for You, playing in the Six other songs come from other Gersh­ for two, a small group, or as many as 200, for any Kennedy Center Opera House May 16 through June 18, win stage musicals: occasion. Welcome aboard the Dandy. George and Ira snatched its story and settings, situations and characters Year-Round Climate-Controlled. Private from Girl Crazy, and made them even better. Crazy for You ♦ “Someone to Watch Over Me”—In Charters Available on the Dandy up to (200) or Gershwin's Girl is replete with great Gershwin tunes, some known, some Oh, Kay (1926), Gertrude Lawrence, the Marianne up to (48). Crazy, and from “new,” some recently rediscovered. If you’ve wondered playing a duke’s sister who pretends to which Gershwin songs in Crazy for You come from Girl be a housemaid, sang this to a rag doll. their other shows, Crazy and which come from other sources, here’s the * scorecard. too. Which tunes ♦ “Tonight’s the Night”—The song was written for Show Girl (1929), though come from what Six songs in Crazy for You come from the Gershwins’ it went unused—and was unknown Zero Prince Street • Old Town Alexandria, Virginia movies, three from A Damsel in Distress (1937): until it was found in a Secaucus, New Reservations: (703) 683-6076 show? 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Northern Italian Cuisine asks, Who could ask for anything Fresh Seafood-Homemade Pasta more? + “Naughty Baby”—For the British show Primrose (1924), Ira took some Before & After Theater Three others come from Shall We lyric help from Englishman Desmond Dinner, only $17.95— Dance? (1937): Carter. Before 7pm. After 1 Opm. Except Holidays Valet Parking, Near Kennedy Center & Metro Lucky guy: Kirby Ward and ♦ “Shall We Dance?”—It’s such a good tide and idea for a + Entrance to Nevada, or “I’ll Build a friends in Crazy tor You song, no wonder Rodgers and Hammerstein borrowed Stairway to Paradise”—In the 1922 2514 L S t N.W., atPa.& 25th St. it 14 years later for The King and I. edition of The George White Scandals, 202-333-1485 this song was introduced by George White himself, along with seven cast- mates and Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra.

Peter Filichia is the New Jersey theater critic for The Star-Ledger.

28 Donors The John F. Kennedy Center National Performing Arts Fund Endowment for the Kennedy Center and National Symphony Orchestra for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and National Symphony Orchestra thank the following individuals, foundations, and corporations who have given to the National Performing Arts Funa. The fund will provide a permanent base of financial security BOARD OF TRUSTEES to help ensure that the Center and the Orchestra can continue to serve as invaluable resources to the Washington community ana the nation. Honorary Chairs D IST IN G U ISH E D B E N E FA C T O R O F T H E P E R FO R M IN G A RTS______Mrs. Hillary Clinton Mrs. Ronald Reagan Mrs. Gerald R. Ford AT&T* Mr.f and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger Mrs. George Bush Mrs. Jimmy Carter Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Lee D. Butlerf Mars Family and The Mars Foundation Officers The Eugene B. Casey Foundation National Endowment for the Arts James D. Wolfensohn, Alma Gildenhorn, Jean Kennedy Smith, Henry Strong, Digital Eauipment Corporation* Northern Telecom Limited* Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Assistant Treasurer The Freed Foundation Estate of George Martin Roth James H. Evans, Lawrence J. Wilker, Charlotte Woolard, William Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Freeman The Hon. and Mrs. Leonard L. Silverstein Vice Chairman President Assistant Secretary General Counsel General Motors Foundation* The Hon. Roger L. Stevens* Paul G. Stern, Treasurer Patti H. Gerber Dr. and Mrs. Kenii Tanaka and Family Armand Hammert and Occidental Petroleum Mr. and Mrs. Cnarles Walgreen III Members Appointed by the President of the United States Hechinger Foundation Women’s Committee for the Mrs. Bennett Archambault James H. Evans James A. McClure Jay Stein The Kennedy Family National Symphony Orchestra* Anita Arnold Mrs. Max M. Fisher Frank H. Pearl Roger L. Stevens The Kiplinger Foundation Robert B. Barnett Craig L. Fuller Ronald O. Perelman Lew R. Wasserman Stuart A. Bernstein Mary Galvin Alma Johnson Powell Jerry Weintraub BENEFACTOR OF THE PERFORMING ARTS Mrs. William Cafritz Alma Gildenhorn Mrs. Abraham A. Ribicoff Thomas E. Wheeler Ambassador Foundation Cissy Patterson Trust Phyllis C. Draper Lionel Hampton Joy A. Silverman James D. Wolfensohn Diane and Norman Bernstein Rosewood Hotels /Crescent Endowment Fund Kenneth M. Duberstein Donald M. Koll Joshua I. Smith Cannon Associates* Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strong A. James and Alice B. Clark Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund* Members Ex Officio Designated by Act of Congress Mrs. Marion T. Dimickf Edie and Lew Wasserman Donna E. Shalala, Senator Mark O. Hatfield Marion Barry, Mayor, J. Carter Brown, International Business Machines Corporation* Secretary of Health and Senator Max Baucus District of Columbia Chairman o f the GUARANTOR OF THE PERFORMING ARTS Human Services Senator John H. Chafee I. Michael Heyman, Commission of Fine Arts Allied Signal Inc. Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard W. Riley, Senator Bob Dole Secretary, Roger Kennedy, Director, The Alvord Foundation Family Dina Merrill Secretary of Education Rep. Joseph M. McDade Smithsonian Institution National Park Service Bell A tlantic Charitable Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett James and Theodore Pedas Joseph Duffey, Director, Rep. Charles Wilson James H. Billington, Carol Hill Lowe, Director, Mrs. Maxine H. Bishopt Foundation* Mrs. Charles Emory Phillips U.S. Information Agency Rep. Sidney R. Yates Librarian of Congress D.C. Department of Dorothy Jordan Chadwick Fund* Japan Automobile Manufacturers’ Potomac Electric Power Company Senator Edward M. Rep. Norman Y. Mineta Recreation and Parks Melvin S. and Ryna G. Cohen Association, Inc. His Majesty, Sultan Qaboos Kennedy Rep. Bud Shuster Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Davidson The Japan Electrical Bin Said of Oman The Federation 01 Bankers Manufacturers’ Association Mrs. Martha S. Sagon Founding Chairman Associations of Japan The Japan Iron & Steel Federation Arnoldf and Marie Schwartz Roger L. Stevens The Federation of Electric Power Ina ana Jack Kay Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Com panies Mrs. Mossette Keyzer-Andr6 Hattie M. Strong Foundation Honorary Trustees Mrs. J. Clifford Folger The Hon. Robert E.f and Mr.f and Mrs. Lloyd Symington Juliet and Lee Folger Mrs. Rose Bent6 Lee The Washington Post Company Mrs. J. Clifford Folger Philip F. Anschutz Melvin R. Laird Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Mrs. Demarest Lloydf John C. Whitehead Henry Strong Dennis Stanfill Leonard L. Silverstein Mrs. George A. Garrettf Mrs. J. Willard Marriott Otto A. Zipf Mrs. J. Willard Marriott PACESETTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS Abramson Family Foundation Giant Food Inc. McDermott Will and Emery THE KENNEDY CENTER COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS BOARD Mr. Philip F. Anschutz The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation* Togo D. West, Jr., Chairman The April Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Goldsten Judith and Gerald Millerf Bender Foundation, Inc. Philip L. Graham Fund Mr. and Mrs.t Mandell J. Ourisman William F. McSweeny, Vice-Chairman Stuart and Wilma Bernstein Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Dolores and Sydney M. Polakoff Ann Jordan, Vice-Chairman Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge III Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Haft and Family The Mariorie Mernweather Post The William Bingham Foundation Sidney and Jane Harman Foundation of D.C. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Geoffrey Edwards Bette Bao Lord Andrea Roane Sidney J. Brown HJ. Heinz II Charitable and Family Trust in memory of Mrs. Post Susan Au Allen John W. Hechinger, Sr. Marlene A. Malek Sharon Percy Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz David and Suzanne Hillman The Rales Family Pedro Aviles Harriet Hightower Gilbert D. Mead Carol L. Schwartz CBS Inc.* The Hon. and Mrs. Hadlai A. Hull Henry S. and Anne S. Reich Family Eleanor Merrill Victor Shargai Clark-Winchcole Foundation Japan Federation of Construction Foundation, Inc. Max N. Berry Maria C. Ibanez in tribute to Laura E. Phillips Contractors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal Elizabeth (Betti) Brown Sheila Johnson Michael X. Morrell Alec Simpson Manny and Ruthy Cohenf Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Rubin Peggy Cooper Cafritz Evan J. Kemp, Jr. Steven Newsome Norma Davis Smith The Family of Williamt and Rosalie Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Earle M. Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II Armando C. Chapelli, Jr. David L. Kim Eliot Pfanstiehl Paul Stern Communications Industry Association Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan and Estate of Damaris Ames Schmitt James Lake Anthony T. Podesta of Japan Ms. Joan Kaplan Gindes Martin and Marjorie Schwartzberg Melvin S. Cohen Henry Strong Mrs. Raymond E. Cox Rose and Garfield Kass Foundation Mrs. Jouett Shouse Carol Thompson Cole Jennifer Lawson Alma Powell Riley Temple Dentsu Inc. Hans A. and Elizabeth R. Klagsbrunnf Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Slavin Thomas R. Donahue Liz Lerman Rose Powhatan Douglas H. Wheeler Joanna and John Driges Ticket Fund Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Sloanf Franchelle Stewart Dorn Abel Lopez The Hon. and Mrs. Robert W. Duemling Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kline The Smith-Kogod Family Electronic Industries Assoc, of Japan Alex Paul Kotarides and Charles and Rnoda Steiner Estrin Family Foundation Stephen George Yeonas Time Incorporated Foundation, Inc.* THE KENNEDY CENTER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Ewing Mr. Samuel Lehrman and The Jacob Nickt and Felisa Vanoff* Robert E. Gable, President Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon W. Fantle and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Rene G. Varlayt and Family Kenneth and Bonnie Feld Thelma Z. and Melvin Lenkin Marvin F. Weissberg Chesley Pruet, Chairman of the Executive Committee Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Annette and Theodore Lerner Stanley Woodward Anne S. Batchelder Billie J. Cherry Julie Finley Dina Merrill Faye Sarkowsky Melvin and Estelle Gelman Foundation Pauline Marshallf Mrs. Jack Wrathcr, Jr.t Marcy Benson Herbert F. Collins Jane P. Fitzpatrick Marilyn Miglin Emily Malino Scheuer Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Gewirz MCA Foundation The Xerox Foundation* Jane S. Boyer W. Michael Conley Richard Fuisz Milliccnt S. Monks Arlene Schnitzer FELLOW OF THE PERFORMING ARTS Bristol-Myers Company Marilyn and William Lane * Gift earmarked for working capital Joan S. Bradley Lady P. Dodge Linda A. Gaddy H.E. Monroe, Jr. Warren L. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Brown Noel Levine t Deceased Joan H. Budd Melvyn J. Estrin James Gordon John Pappajohn Lillian Vernon The Hon. and Mrs. Charles A. Camalier, Jr. Mrs. Charles H. Maddoxt Evelyn Y. Davis Metropolitan Life Foundation Giving Key: Abbey J. Butler Mollie Faison Susan Keenan Sally W. Pillsbury Nancy Jessup Wells Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation Muir Cornelius Moore, Inc. Distinguished Benefactor—$1,000,000and above Sidney Chan Jack F. Fegcly Marlene A. Malek Marcia Price C. Howard Wilkins Friends Assisting the National Symphony Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Ruoff Benefactor —$500,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder Guarantor —S250,000+ Mr.^nd^rs. Austin H. Kiplinger The Washington Post Pacesetter —J 100,000+ Mrs. Elizabeth L. Klee Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wolfensohn Fellow— 550,000* 30 31 Roger L. Stevens Society Michele Lee and Fred Rappoport Ms. Evelyn Stefansson Nef Mr. Bruce W. Sanford The Roger L. Stevens Society is composed of individuals who have demonstrated concern for the long-term well-being of the Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Uebhaber Charlotte and Jack Owen Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sarkowsky Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra by notifying the Center of their bequest intention or other planned gift of Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Padwe The Hon. and Mrs. James H. Scheuer $5,000 or more. Mr. and Mrs. Frederic V. Malek Mr. and Mrs. John Pappajohn Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Small Janet K. Adams Kurt R. Latzko Mrs. Charles Emory Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Marriott The Phillipps-Murray Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Claude D. Baldwin The Hon. Robert E. Leet and Martha L. Phillips Mrs. Virginia C. Mars The Hon. and Mrs. George S. Pillsbury Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strong Mary Evelyn Bane Mrs. Rose Bentl Lee Dr. Kazuko K. Price Mars Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pillsbury Mr. Warren L. Swanson Mrs. Peter Belin Marc E. Leland Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Ruoff United Arts Organization of Greater Daniel J. and Ruth F. Boorstin Mrs. J. Noel Macy Gwendolyn C. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marsiglia Mr. and Mrs. John Price Mrs. Leon Brown Jack Marks Mrs. Stanley J. Samoff J. Knox McConnell Prince Charitable Trusts Washington Michael J. Brown Mrs. J. Willard Marriott Elizabeth Sauer Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley The Hon. and Mrs. William Webster The Hon. and Mrs. Philip W. Buchen Mrs. Virginia C. Mars Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II Mia Atlantic Arts Foundation Mrs. Henry Reich Nancy Jessup Wells John Chapman Chester Daniel iC Mayers The Hon. and Mrs. James H. Scheuer Mrs. Marilyn Miglin Mr. and Mrs. Juan J. Roca Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Westreich Walter J. Coady, Jr. and Theresa M. Coady The Hon. and Mrs. Alonzo L. McDonald Eva S. Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. John Worthington Robert D. Davis, Jr. and Henry J. Schalizki Patricia Morton Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Slakoff Mrs. Robert A. G. Monks Billy Rose Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lee Fried Mrs. Sonia K. Harding Mulroney Mrs. Marian M. Spong Mr. H. E. Monroe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Zlotnick Patti H. Gerber Mr. William Nicoson Ms. Pauline F. Stabler Mrs. Elisha Hanson Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strong PRODUCERS* CIRCLE June and John Hechinger Mr. and Mrs. George W. Norton Shirley ChristianTnorpe Mary K. Abercrombie Dr. and Mrs. Richard Haas Mr. Walter I. Pozen Anne B. Keiser Eileen O’Brien Eric Weinmann Mr. Shahid Ahmad Mrs. H.J. Heinz III Mr. and Mrs. William Wood Prince Mrs. Elizabeth L. Klee Mrs. Jefferson Patterson Lydia J. Wright Anonymous Mr. Barclay Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rafshoon Dr.and Mrs. Ross C. Kory The Hon. Charles H. Percy Karyl Lynnn ZieZietz Mrs. John W. Auchincloss David and Suzanne Hillman Mr. Raymond Ranelli Mrs. Claude D. Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hunter. Jr. Mr. ana Mrs. Harry E. Rhoads, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence N. Brandt The Hon. and Mrs. Paul R. Ignatius Mrs. Abraham A. Ribicoff The Annual Fund Robert B. Barnett and Rita Braver Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Izzo Dr. Annette U. Rickel Mrs. Peter Belin Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. The Hon. Thomas M. Roberts s appreciation to the following donors whose annual contributions Ms. Beth M. Benko Mr. and Mrs. Joel Kanter The Hon. and Mrs. William P. Rogers ;s, education programs, and public service activities. Listed below Marcy and Bruce Benson Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Sant ______t gifts of $1,000 or more to the Kennedy Center and/or National Symphony Orchestra Annual Funds were Susan and Allen Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kay Mrs. Stanley J. Samoff received and recorded between December 1,1993, and February 10,1995. Donors who give to both the Kennedy Center and the The Hon. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II The Hon. and Mrs. Harold Brown Dr. Elise M. Kirk Ms. Mary Nell Schad National Symphony Orchestra are listed at the combined level of their contributions. The Hon. Warren E. Burger Lawrence Kirstein and Martha Bramhall Arlene and Harold Schnitzer LAUREATES* CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. William N. Cafritz Mr. Allen D. Kohl Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Sharp John and Rosemarie Cannaday Helen Sperry Lea Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Shatz Mrs. Martha A. Carr The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Arman and Fera Simone Ambassador Foundation National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Mr. Sidney Y. Chan Mr. and Mrs. Noel Levine Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Smith The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Program The Hon. and Mrs. John E. Chapoton Dr. John W. Little Mr. Joshua I. Smith Mr. and Mrs. A. James Clark Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lubner Mr. William B. Snyder Dorothy Jordan Chadwick Fund National Endowment for the Arts Mrs. James H. Qement Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lynn Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens Clark-Winchcole Foundation The Pew Charitable Trusts Judith and Richard Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. Macklin Dr. and Mrs. Naor U. Stoehr Mr. and Mrs. W. Michael Conley Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber Vada and Bill Tie fel NormaLee and Morton Funger Dr. and Mrs. Kenji Tanaka and Family Mrs. Joseph B. Danzansky Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Marquardt Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Towers U.S. Department of Education Mrs. B. Jackson Dameille Joan and David Maxwell JudyTycher Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth M. Elickcr Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Mayers United Way of the National Capital Area Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation U.S. Department of the Interior Mr. and Mrs. Marvin R. Engel J. Kevin and Kristen McManon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Upton Mrs. Israel S. Feld Dr. and Mrs. Gerald McNichols Lillian Vemon Ron and Cindy Haan Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund David and Elaine Finkel Ms. Suzanne Farrell Mejia Mr. James J. Verrant John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Wasserman Foundation Mrs. Nancy Folger Thomas M. Moore Jacqueline Mars Vogel Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Francis Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation Mr. James D. Walker The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wolfensohn Virginia McGehee Friend Burton B. Moyer, Jr. Mr. Ernesto E. Wamholtz Women’s Committee for the National Craie and Karen Fuller Shelley and Tommy Mulitz and Anthony and Beatrice Welters Don and Jane Stern Lebell Mr. Benno M. Gerson Morty Gudelsky Mr. Henry J. Werronen Gilbert and Jaylee Mead Symphony Orchestra Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Pat Munroe Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. White Joseph and Alma Gildenhom Mr. and Mrs. William A. Nitze The Hon. and Mrs. Richard E. Wiley TRUSTEES CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gindes Mr. Gerson Nordlinger, Jr. The Hon. C. Howard Wilkins A. Lorraine and Sigmund Goldblatt Toby and Bernard Nussbaum Mark and Catherine Winkler Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Shoichi Asaji Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kravis Mrs. Katharine M. Graham The John & Bebe Petrou Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Jack Massey The Hon. and Mrs. Sidney N. Graybeal Dr. Frederick W. Plugge IV Betty Rhoads Wright Mr. Raymond G. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearl Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert C. Greenway Mr. Anthony T. Podesta Magenta Yglesias Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Pruet Ms. Betsy Sley Grossman Mrs. Mildred Poretsky Mr. and Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller Erwin Gudelsky Mrs. Colin Powell Wolfgang and Anne Eisenhower Flottl The Hon. and Mrs. Leonard L. Silverstein Fourth Freedom Forum, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Weiss GOLDEN CIRCLE The Philip L. Graham Fund Loulyfran Wolfson Foundation (Lynn Wolfson) Mr. and Mrs. William S. Abell Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bryan, Jr. Mr. Remmel T. Dickinson Mr. Harold L Abroms The Hon. and Mrs. Philip W. Buchen Ms. Andrea Digiulian Mr. David H. Koch Otto A. Zipf Mr. and Mrs. Irving Adler Mr. Alejandro Bulgheroni Ms. Jeane Dixon Mr. and Mrs. James Adler Dr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Burg William E. Dodd, Jr. Mr. Niranjan Ajwani Mr. Alejandro Burillo Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donatelli DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE Terry Albertson and Kathleen Blackburn Karen and Edward Burka Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Douglas Robert N. Alfandre Ella Poe Burling Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.Downey D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John R. Alison Ms. Adrian Burns The Drescher Foundation J. Paul Getty Trust Estate of Eleanor Patterson Ms. Carolyn Alper Mrs. Arthur F. Burns Lt. Gen and Mrs. Hans H. Driessnack Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Andringa Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. Burns Dr. and Mrs. James S. Dryden, Jr. Jule Gordon Trust Esther Simon Charitable Trust Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Boyd L Burris Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Duberstcin The Florence Gould Foundation United States Information Agency Mr. Charles A Ansbachcr James E. Cafritz John and Yvette Dubinsky Mrs. Bluma Appel Mr. Mehmet Gun Calika Frank Duckworth Alexandra Armstrong Mary Ann and Charles Carlson The Hon. and Mrs. Robert Duemling Ms. Gale H. Arnold Dr. and Mrs. Ernesto V. Castro Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dunnan MAESTRO’S CIRCLE Herbert and Dorothy Ascherman Mr. and Mrs. Aldus H. Chapin Mrs. Marge H. Durham Allie and Ellen Ash Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Chase Carl W. Duyck Anonym ous Mr. and Mrs. Mandell Ourisman Norman and Rosita Winston Evelyn and Stanley Asrael Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chod Charles L. Eichenlaub, Jr. Foundation Elizabeth and Smith Bagley Walter J. and Theresa M. Coady, Jr. Dr. Sanford H. Eisenberg Mr. Philip F. Anschutz Mrs. Charles E. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. William OTBailey Matthew and Sharon Coffey Lionel C. and Elizabeth P.S. Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brinker Jay and Cindy Stein Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wohlstetter The Hon. and Mrs. Charles F. Baird Don V. Cogman Dr. Mark Epstein Jamie and Joseph Baldinger Mrs. Arline Cohen Countess Alain d'Eudeville The Hechinger Foundation Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Tompkins Jennie Zoline Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Ball Marlyn S. Cohen Mrs. Lynn M. Ewing, Jr. The Kiplinger Foundation Dr. Charls Walker Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Barth Martin and Nancy Y. Cohen Mr. Ross N. Faires Mrs. Louis E Baskin Marcus Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon W. Fantle Mr. ana Mrs. Paul Mellon Estate of Wilma Warburg Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Beck David and Margaret Cole Mrs. George R. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. Eliezer Benbassat Robert H. and Monica M. Cole Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Craig F. Feied CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Benjamin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Myer Feldman Richard Ben-Veniste Mr. Jorge Colon-Nevares Ms. Mimi A. Feller Alvord Foundation Diane and Martin A. Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Irving D. Berger Ruth A. Compton Dr. and Mrs. James J. Ferguson, Jr. Melvin and Ryna Cohen Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Fowler Carole and Maurice Berk Mr. Antonio Concina Dr. and Mrs. Bernard B. Fink American Federation of Musicians Ruth Milestone Berk Mr. and Mrs. Clement E. Conger Jess and Mildred Fisher Anonymous The Hon. and Mrs. William T. Eric Friedheim Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Berlinsky John Jay Hopkins Foundation Mary Jane Fisher Mrs. Clifton Batchelder Coleman, Jr. Dr. Richard C. Fuisz Mrs. Wolford Berman Mrs. Tatiana B. Copeland Barry M. and Colleen Fitzpatrick Mr. Herbert F. Collins Mr. Robert E. Gable Jason and Rita Berman Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coupard Mr. John J. Rake Grace and Morton Bender Caryl and George Bernstein Mr. Thomas Curley Mrs. Abe Fortas Sondra D. and Howard M. Bender — Mr. Barry Diller Linda A. Gaddy Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Philip Currie Mr. F. David Fowler The Bender Foundation The Hon. Lady P. Dodge Melvin and Estelle Gelman Foundation Lisbeth Tarlow Bernstein Polly Kraft and Lloyd Cutler Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay E. Fox Mr. Richard D. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. DavidD'Alessio The Freedom Forum The Diane and Norman Bernstein Phyllis C. Draper Mrs. Charles C. Glover III Stuart and Wilma Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Daly 111 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frocmming Foundation Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Mr. James Gordon Ms. Sarah Jones Beshar James Deering Danielson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Keith P. Funger Dr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Bever Inc. Ted and Dina Merrill Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge III Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Davidson Harry and Velma Galblum Mr. Richard A. Herman The Hon. and Mrs. Livingston L Biddle, Jr. Nancy J. Davis Mrs. Bernard M. Gann Gladys Boester and Antonieta Morrison The Charles Engelhard Foundation The Hon. and Mrs. William M cG Blair, Jr. Mrs. Pam Gamer Mrs. Charles C. Boyer Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn J. Estrin Ms. Marife Hernandez The Hon. and Mrs. Wynton M. Blount Hy Garfinkel Mrs. Joan S. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. James Evans The Hon. and Mrs. Hadlai A. Hull Mr. and Mrs. George C. Boddiger Mrs. Doyce Hancock Deas Dr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Gaull Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bransilver Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Deckelbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Geist Janet Huidekoper Brown and Mrs. Mollie Faison International Humanities, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Brillembourg Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Deckelbaum Michael and Susan Gelman Michael F. Brewer Mr. Jack F. Feeely Janice and Roger Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Perry W. Britton Mrs. Audrey Z. del Rosario Myron D. Gerber The Hon. Abbey Butler Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Feld Mr. and Mrs. James F. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Broner Ms. Sukhbans K Dhillon Ms. Patti H. Gerber The Butz Foundation Mrs. William T. Finley, Jr. Mr. Peter G. Kelly Ms. Colleen B. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. DiBona Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Gerber Mr. Henry H. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gcwirz The Hon. and Mrs. Charles A. Camalier Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick Mrs. Elizabeth L. Klee 33 Ms. Christina Ginsburg Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Ms. Louise T. Blouin MacBain The Hon. and Mrs. Robert H. Bill and Marian Stanley The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Mr. and Mrs. Louis Glickfield Hudson Mr. Fredric H. Mack Phinny Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stein Aaron and Paula Goldman Barbara and Allan R. Hurwitz Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Malarkey Ms. Diane J. Plotts Dr. and Mrs. Paul G. Stern Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Dato’ Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim John and Nancy Mannes Howard and Gerry Polinger Eugene P. Stichman The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Leadership thanks the 1994 -1995 contributors: Goldman Mr. John Peters Irelan Eugene and Anne Marie Marans Mrs. Edith C. Poor Mrs. Harry F. Stiles Susan Sachs Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Fred Israel Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mars Mr. and Mrs. William J. Poorvu Mr. Lee J. Stillwell Colonel and Mrs. Julius Shirley and Marshall Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Martyak Mrs. John A. Pope Mr. Richard Stokes CORPORATE 100 CLUB Goldstein Princess Esra Yegane Jah Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Mathias Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Porter Drs. William and Nancy Stone Michael B. and Jinny M. Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Jeffries Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. McBride Mr. Chalmers W. Poston Anthony C. Stout AlliedSignal Inc. Lincoln-Mercury Goldstein Bruce and Georgia Johnson Ms. Teresa N. McBride Mr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Preston Dr. and Mrs. Barry S. Strauch Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Mr. Khaled Juflali The Hon. Linda McCausland Dr. KazukoK Price. M.D. Betty B. Straus Alumax Inc. Matsushita Electric Corporation GoUobin Mr. and Mrs. B. Franklin Kahn Mr. Douglas H. McCorkindale Albert and Betryce Prosterman Mrs. Lewis L Strauss Mr. Jose Antonio U. Gonzalez Ambassador and Mrs. Max M. Robert M. McGee Mrs. Stanley J. Rakusin Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Strauss American Express Company* of America Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gordon Kampelman Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Me Luca s. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Rales Hattie M. Strong Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Gordon S. Kann Sons Company Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Rales Kathy Swayze The American Trucking Associations Mercedes-Benz of North America Ellen R. Gordon and Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Melrod Sylvia and Coleman Raphael Jonathan Sweat Melvin J. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Edward H Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Mendel Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Raven Carl L and Jean S. Sylvester, Jr. Arthur Andersen/Andersen Consulting Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.* The Hon. and Mrs. William F. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Raver Mr. Yoshio Tanaka Gorog Mr. and Mrs. Peter E Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. William D. Merritt Vivien G. and Lipman Redman Francine and Stanley Temko The Ashland Inc. Foundation Metropolitan Life Foundation Dr s. Ronald E. and Barbara A Daniel Karasik Mr. John Merryman Mr. and Mrs. Gant Redmon Audrey M. Thacker Got* Rose and Garfield Kass Senator and Mrs. Howard M. Mr. Michael L Retzer John V. and Eunice W. Thomas Baxter International Inc. Miles Inc. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harry E Gould, Jr. Foundation Metzenbaum Edward and Nancy Rice Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Tom ares Mr. and Mrs. Roll Graage Ms. Alyce Katayama Mrs. A. E. Middelthon Mr. and Mrs. Ezra E. Rickard Edwin Tornberg and Ina Smith BellSouth Corporation* Mobil Foundation, Inc.* John E. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon T. Katz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L Milan Mrs. Eugene H. Rietzke Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Green Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Allen Z. Miller Mrs. Carlyn Ring Trowbridge Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Newman’s Own, Inc. Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Ash ok and Tuti Kaveeshwar Mr. and Mrs. G. William Miller Mr. and Mrs. Saul Ritzenberg Mr. Robert W. Truland, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hermen Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L Kay Mr. and Mrs. Garfield L Miller Mr. A. Willis Robertson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Tuegel CBS Foundation Inc.* The Olayan Group Greenberg Ms. Anne Keiser III Ms. Marilyn J. Robinson Dr. and Mrs. Terry J. Turkat Mr. and Mrs. Sanford The Hon. and Mrs. Henry L Mr. and Mrs. Jesse I. Miller, Jr. Mr. Rafael A. Roca Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norton Cannon Associates Parsons & Whittemore Greenberg Kimelman Mr. and Mrs. Russell Minkoff Senator and Mrs. John D. Tyler Anthony John Grey Mr. Donald Kirach Mr. Khaled Miqdadi Rockefeller IV Mr. Irshad Ullah-Khan The Coca-Cola Company* Pfizer Inc Mr. and Mrs. Priya Darshan Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Klauck Patricia J. Mitchell Mr. James E Rogers, Jr. Mrs. Wynant D. Vanderpool, Jr. Gupta Mr. and Mrs. Bert W. Klein Dr. W. Raymond Mize. Jr. Mr. William T. Rooker, Jr. Mrs. Marilyn Voigt Deloitte & Touche Philip Morris Companies Inc.* Sanford L and Brenda Frederick and Sydene Kober Mr. Lalit Kumar Modi Bert and Linda Rosecan Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Wallshein Guritzky Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kogod Mr. Laurence Moh Mrs. Jackie Rosenfeld, O.B.E. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Walsh DuPont Company Potomac Electric Power Company Magaret Hare Dr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Mr. and Mrs. E. James Morton Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Ward J. ha and Nicki Harris Korengold Mr. and Mrs. James S. Dr. and Mrs. A. Roy Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. George E. Warner Enron Corporation The Procter & Gamble Fund Foundation Mr. Mario Kornfilt Mulholland.Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Russell Mr. Albert Warren Mrs. Milton Harris Elizabeth Kossow Ms. Brigitte Muller Mr. and Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. David N. Webster Exxon Corporation* Pulsar International Mr. and Mrs. Fred C Hart Bernard and Sherley Koteen NSO Matinee Luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. 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Leser Gwen and Carl Oppenheim Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Siegel Ms. Diane Wolf Mr. and Mrs. D. Jeffrey Mr. Jay Leung Mr. Charles L. Overby Gerald R. and Ellen V. Sigal Mr. and Mrs. Erving Wolf Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies United Airlines Hirschberg Dr. and Mrs. Alec Levin Mr. John N. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Mr. Henry Ho Mrs. Mireille Levy Mr. Henry A. Panasci, Jr. Sigmund Woodcock Contribution Fund The Walt Disney Company Cheray and Luther Hodges Delmar and Joan Lewis Mrs. Sybil T. Patten Mr. and Mrs. Spyros Skouras Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodfield Mrs. Walter J. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Leroy L Lewis, Jr. Mrs. Jefferson Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sloss Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wouk KPMG Peat Marwick James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. Mrs. Margo Hogan Mrs. Ronald Linclau Muriel Miller Pear Mr. Herbert N. Slotnick Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wright Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Roxana and Robert Lorton The Hon. and Mrs. Charles Percy Mr. Robert E Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Landfield & Becker The Xerox Corporation* HoUaday Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Lubar Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Perman Mr. and Mrs. George A. Snell Yeonas Joe and Nancy Hollingsworth Mr. John F. Lumb Ms. Susie Perrine Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Yin Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lundgren Mrs. Elizabeth Beveridge Perugi Dick and Cathy Soderquist Joseph and Lucille Young Housholder Dr. Steven Lunzer Edwin L Phelps and Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Mr. George J. Zahringer III CORPORATE DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Houts Mrs. Mary Keough Lyman Linda S. McFarlin Sonne nreich Dr. OmarZawiwj Mr. Peter Hsu Lady Roslyn M. Lyons Patti and Jerry Sowalsky Judy and Leo Zickler Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zirkin AT&T News Corporation PATRONS’ CIRCLE CSR Limited and CSR America, Inc. The Riggs National Bank June and Peter Davis Mn. Elizabeth Hunter Dn. F. Millar and E. Shelton Dr. and Mn, Moises N. Steren Estee Lauder Companies of Washington, DC Mr. and Mn. Donald de Latld Mr. and Mn. David D. Johnson Ruthanne and Robert Miller Mr. Guy T. Steuart II Arthur F. A Isadora Dellheim Mr. William G. Johnson Dr. and Mn. W. Tabb Moore Mr. George M. Storti Lufthansa German Airlines SALLIE MAE Mr. and Mu. Jonathan Adler Foundation, Inc. Ms. Cynthia Jones Dr. David Morowitz Dr. and Mn. Kaj Strand Mn. Ethel R. Aken Richard DeRosa RADM and Mn. Fnnk C- Jones Mr. and Mn. Irving L Morton, Jr. Mr. Harris M. Sullivan MCI Foundation Donald R. Allen , Mr. Thomas Dever Ms. Lisa Jorgenson Dr. F.K. Mostofi Mr. and Mn. Robert 0. Swanson Mr. David A. Andelnun Mn. Bertha T. Donahue Mr. and Mn. Mark Kahan RADMandMn. Douglas F.Mow George and Linda Swenson Virginia Lyon Anderson John and Donna Donaldson Mr. and Mn. Leon Kaplan Mr. and Mn. Roeer hi Mudd The Hon. and Mn. James W. Mr. Richard S. Andrews Mr. J. Fred Dual Dr. and Mn. Robert Kasper Mn. Embambi Mulenda Symington CORPORATE BENEFACTORS Anonymous Mr. and Mn. H. Stewart Dunn, Jr. Jeffrey H. and Sheri Kaufman Mn. Florine Mullins Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Tanous Ms. Judith C. Areen and Dr. James S. Eaton John A. Kelly and Gail Weiss Christine Nasbe Mn. Benjamin W. Thoron Mr. Richard Cooper Mr. and Mn. Robert L. Edwards Mr. and Mn. George Kettle Gaylord Neely John Edward Toole ARCO Foundation Forbes Inc. Shugoll Research Mrs. Salvador Assael Mr. Marvin Ellin Ambassador and Mn. Roger Kirk Dr. and Mn. Samir R. Neimat Mr. and Mn. Jerome Trautschold The Hon. Howard H. Baker, Jr. C Henry Engle ka and Mr. and Mn. Richard A. Kintein Mr. and Mn. P. David Pappert Mr. and Mrs. James Tsikerdanos Bell Atlantic Corporation Motorola Stagebill Mr. and Mn. Arnold R. Barnett Gary R. ftnder, M.D. Elvin C. Kock Mr. Jerome J. Parks Mr. and Mn. Stefan F. Tucker Drs. Rhoda and Jordan J. Baruch Mr. ana Mn. Richard England Mr. Michael A. Koeppen Mai. Gen. and Mn. John S. Patton Mr. and Mn. David W. Tuthill Burson-Marsteller Restaurant Associates Corp. The Travelers Foundation Mr. Thomas A. Baxter Colonel and Mn. Robert!). Ennis The Hon. Herbert H. Kohl Mr. and Mn. C. Wesley Peebles Mr. and Mn. J. Allen Tyler Ms. Miriam K. Bazelon Carol B. Epstein Mr. Ross C. Kory. Jr.. and Mr. and Mn. David Pensky Mr. Donald L. Usher The Dun & Bradstreet Rockwell International Drs. Casey Jason and Judith Beach Dr. and Mn. Stephen Epstein Ms. Laura H. Kory Carolyn Pratt Perry Ms. Kathy J. Usher Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Bechboefer Ms. Audrey L. Fain Rose and Harold Kramer Mr. Sam P.Peten Mr. Thomas Vagrin Corporation Miriam and Arthur Becker Dr. and Mn. Robert S. Feinberg The Hon. Melvin R. Laird Mr. and Mn. David G. Peterson Mr. and Mn. George E Viereck James and Linda Beers Mr. and Mn. L. B. Findly Mr. and Mn. Eugene Lambert C. Michael Polychrones Mr. Jeffrey Voss Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beggs Mr. and Mn. L. Richard Fischer Mr. and Mn. Leonard A. Lauder Mr. and Mn. Edward J. Pope Waletzky Charitable Lead Trust Mn. W. Tapley Bennett Ruth Fleischman Shelia Davis Lawrence and Mr. and Mn. Thomas G. Pownall Dr. Lucy R. Waletzky CORPORATE GUARANTORS Dr. Joseph Berkenbilt Ms. Carolyn Snell Fossen Ambassador M. Larry Mr. Richard Raeon Ms. Donna Walker Ann Lurie Berlin Mr. and Mn. P. Wesley Foam, Jr. Lawrence Mai. Gen. and Mn. James G. Mr. and Mn. James Wallace D’Arcy Masius Benton & McGraw-Hill Foundation, Inc.* Elaine and Richard Binder Mr. Alan D. Freas, Jr. Sheri A Layton Randolph Jean and Paul Wamke AirTouch Communications Cathleen P. Black and Miss R. Bernice Friedman Mr. Marc E. Leland Mr. Dennis R. Rankin Mr. Donald Watchko Foundation Bowles Merck & Co., Inc. Thomas E. Harvey Milton and Cynthia Friedman Mr. Daniel Levin Ms. Cynthia Raposo Dr. and Mn. Myron Weinberg Edith Black j . R. Bruce and Cynthia L. Gamble Arthur and Marylin Levitt The Hon. Matthew J. Rinaldo Mr. and Mn. Jerome M. Wenger Alcoa Foundation Discovery Communications, Inc. Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Walter A Bloedom Foundation Ms. Lois L Gardiner Mn. Harold A. Lewis Liz Robbins Mr. and Mn. Donald Whitcomb Mr. Robert Boardman Mr. and Mn. Arthur W. Gardner William R. and Nora Lichtenberg Captain and Mn. James C Mn. John K. White Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) The Dow Chemical Company Northrop Grumman Mr. and Mn. Richard Borwick Ms. Mary L. Gardner Foundation, Inc. Robertson Mn. AW. Whittaker Mr. and Mn. Norman Brody Olga M. Gazda Mn. Alexander Liggett Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Rossotti Ms. Gail Wilensky Binney & Smith, Inc. Ernst & Young NYNEX Corporation Mr. Roman Brooks Juay and Henry Geller Harry M. and JudieB. Linowes Estate of George Martin Roth Mr. Thomas D. williams Mn. Leon Brown Ma. Bonnie Gillespie Mr. and Mn. Peter K. Loeb Mr. and Mn. Miles L. Rubin The Hon. and Mn. Edwin D. The H & R Block Foundation Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, OFFITBANK Mr. Robert H. Brown Ms. CharlaT. Glass Mr. and Mn. Charles E. Long Mr. Darrell Webster Rumsey Williamson Mn. Martha Buchanan Mr. Michael L. Glassman The Hon. and Mn. Winston Lord Mr. Marco Rustici Mr. and Mn. Michael E. Winer The Boeing Company* Garrett & Dunner PaineWebber Group Inc. Dn. David Buck and Leon Sachs Burt and Judy Goldberg Mr. Mark Low ham Semilia and Jerry Sack Mn. Irving Bunevich Mr. and Mn. Irvin Gomprecht Michael and Sandylee Maccoby Mr. and Mn. Cameron Sanden. Jr. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. GenCorp Foundation, Inc. PepsiCo Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Callahan III John and Alice Goodman Mr. and Mn. Murdaugh Stuart Joyce and Beniamin Schlesinger The Hon. Alan William Wolff Janet Capazo Louis Gossett Jr. Madden Susan Schmalbach Burton C. Wood Champion International General Mills Foundation Price Waterhouse LLP The Hon. and Mn. Mortimer M. Grant and Virginia Green Miss Louise Maddox Mr. and Mn. Martin Schulman Mr. and Mn. Douglas S. Wood Caplin The Hon. and Mn. Stephen Mr. and Mn. Charles T. Manatt Catherine F. Scott The Hon. and Mn. Sidney R. Yates Corporation Halliburton Foundation, Inc. The Prudential Foundation Shirley Caplan Grossman Philip and Sandn Marcum Peggy and David Shiffrin Dr. Mitchell Zeitler Mr. and Mn. Ernesto D. Castro Mr. and Mn. W.B. Harman, Jr. Mr. and Mn. Set Mardirosian MrHarry M. Shooshan Chemical Banking Corporation The Humana Foundation Qantas Airways Judge Carolyn P. Chiechi Gnham and Joanne Z. Harrison The Marks Foundation, Inc. Ms. Kathryne C. Simons Dr. Purnell W. Cboppin Mr. and Mn. Arthur J. Hayea Mr. and Mn. William McC. Martin Louise M. Simons Giving Key: Ciba-Geigy Corporation ITT Corporation Raytheon Company Mr. C. Thomas Clagen. Jr. Louisa J. Hayward Mr. and Mn. John J. Mason Michael and Andrea Roane Skehan Laureates Circle —$250.000 + Miss Ruth Duvall dark Kathryn Heflin Miss Priscilla Mason Edward C. and Mary E Skidmore Trustees' Circle—SI00,000 + The Clark Construction Group Inc J Johnson & Higgins* Sara Lee Foundation* Ms. Nancy Cloae H. John Heinz Family Fund Mr. Winton E Matthews, Jr. Mr. Roy McLean Skipper Directors ’ Circle —$50,000 + Mr. Mannall Cohen, Jr. William G. and Mary Lee Herbster Ms. Esther B. Mazor Mr. Albert Sklar Maestro's Circle —$25,000 + The George Hyman J. Willard Marriott Foundation Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Mr. and Mn. Anthony C. Collins The Hon. and Mn. Sophocles A. Mr. and Mn. George McGovern Mr. and Mn. Curtis J. Smith Chairman's Circle —SI0,000* Mr. and Mn. David L. Connelly Hero Mr. and Mn. Thomas F. McLany III Mr. Stephen Smith Producers' Circle— $5,000 + Construction Company/ Kyotaru Co., Ltd. Inc. Fund* Paul and Annetta Himmelfarb Mr. James P. McMann Mr. Leonard A. Sotsky Golden Circle— $2,500 * Foundation TT»e Hon. and Mn. William F. Mr. and Mn. William Squire Patrons' Circle— $1,000 + OMNI Construction, Inc. Martin Marietta Corporation* United Technologies Robert B. A Rosalyn Hirsch McSweeny Sydney Staffin Coopers & Lybrand Corporation Barry M.Cuilen Foundation Susan and Jeffrey Menick Mr. Dennis Stanfill Massachusetts Mutual Life Ms. Catherine Cur Mr. and Mn. Lawrence P. Hughes Ms. Julienne M. Michel Mr. and Mn. George F. Steeg Cranberry Productions, Inc. Insurance Company 34 35 CORPORATE DONORS ARCO Chemical Company Giant Food, Inc. PNC Bank Corp. Abex Inc. The Gillette Company* Phillips Petroleum Foundation Alcatel N. V. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Reynolds Metals Company Facilities & Services Allen & Company Incorporated The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company The Ritz-Carlton THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER American Airlines Ilarrah’s Casino/Hotels Rhone-Poulenc S.A. FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS All the worlds American Association of Retired Persons The Hallmark Corporate Foundation Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide WASHINGTON, DC 20566-0001 American Cyanamid Company Harris Corporation* Saks Fifth Avenue Information: (202) 467-4600 (TT: 416-8524) BP America, Inc. The Hearst Corporation Salomon Brothers, Inc. Emergencies: (202) 416-7900. BankAmerica Foundation Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. The Southern Company Customer Services: (202) 410-8480 a stage but The Bankers Trust Company Foundation Honeywell Inc. Sprint Foundation Banner Aerospace, Inc. International Paper Company Foundation State Farm Insurance Co. TICKET OFFICES: Central Ticket Office for all theaters in BoozrAllen & Hamilton Inc. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue Sun Company, Inc.* Hall of States. Hours 10 a.m. — 9 p.m. Mon.— Sat.; noon — 9 Bozell Worldwide Kellogg Company Tenneco Inc p.m. Sun. and holidays. 60 minutes free parking for ticket Brown-Forman Corporation The Kiplinger Foundation Textron Charitable Trust* buyers with validation from the ticket office. On the day of where can you Caterpillar Inc.* The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Inc. The Tobacco Institute, Inc. performance, tickets for Concert Hall performances are avail­ The Chubb Corporation Litton Industries, Inc. Turner Construction Company able one hour before curtain time from the Hall of Nations CIGNA Foundation* The May Department Stores Company Unilever United States, Inc.* ticket office. Cincinnati Financial Corporation McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. Union Carbide Corporation GROUP SALES, BENEFIT, DINNER — LUNCHEON/ grab a bite CITICORP McDonald’s Corporation The UPS Foundation THEATER ARRANGEMENTS: For information phone (202) Mrs. Ida L. Clement Mellon Bank Corporation Venable, Baetjer and Howard Foundation 416-8400 or toll-free (800) 444-1324. Comsat Corporation Molson Breweries U.S.A. Inc. Viacom Inc. INSTANT-CHARGE: (202) 467-4600. Most tickets can be Dayton Hudson Corporation Monsanto Company WPP Group, pic charged by phone. Hours: daily including Sundays and after the show? Deutsche Bank Morgan Guaranty Trust Company* The Warner-Lambert Foundation holidays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. American Express, Master­ Dow Coming Corporation Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. The Washington Post Company Card, and Visa cards are accepted. Instant-Charge sales are The Fairchild Corporation National Association of Home Builders Wells Rich Greene BDDP Inc. final and include a service charge. Customers must show credit Complete your evening Fayez Sarofim & Co. New York Life Foundation The Williams Companies card at ticket office when picking up tickets. fcirst National Bank of Maryland New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Young and Rubicam Advertising withatriptoGyde’s. First Virginia Banks, Inc. Norfolk Southern Foundation* PARKING Freddie Mac Foundation Parking is available in the Kennedy Center Garage (entrance Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide at the south side of the building). Additional parking is avail­ We serve all your favorites CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS able at the nearby Watergate (600 New Hampshire Avenue, until 1:00 a.m. every night. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Donaldson, Lufkin Sc Jenrene Lord Sc Taylor The Principal Financial Group N.W.) and Columbia Plaza (2400 Virginia Ave., N.W.) Alexander Sl Alexander Services, Inc. EG&G, Inc. Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Republic National Bank of New York garages. For evening and weekend performances, free shuttle American Home Products Corporation Eaton Corporation Marsh Sc McLennan Companies Revco D.S. Inc. service is available to and from Columbia Plaza garage. Angotti, Thomas, Hedge, Inc. The Equitable Foundation Martin Manulis Productions Rohm and Haas Company Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Ethyl Corporation Mead Corporation Foundation* Royal Bank of Canada PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION The AutoZone Faegre and Benson McGuire Woods Battle Sc Boothe Schlumberger Foundation, Inc. Metro: The Foggy Bottom-George Washington University BANC ONE CORPORATION Federal Express Corporation Melville Corporation Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. station (23rd and I Streets) is just a seven-minute walk via Bethlehem Steel Foundation Fluor Corporation* Minnesota Mining Sc Manufacturing Sealed Air Corporation New Hampshire Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Focused Image, Inc. Company The R. P. Simmons Family Foundation Metrobus: Routes 80,81 serve the Kennedy Center. The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Forest Gty Charitable Foundation Minolta Corporation Sonoco Foundation Call Metro Information (202) 637-7000 (TT 638-3780)______\*mc r m Burger King Corporation Freeport-McMoRan Inc.* Mitsui Petrochemicals (America) Ltd. Sony Corporation of America CPC International Inc.* Fulbright Sc Jaworski, L.L.P. Morrison Sc Foerster Sosland Foundation ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CPAL Guardian Life Insurance Co. of Morton International, Inc. State Street Bank and Trust Company The Kennedy Center issues a special identification card to as­ 3236 M Street NW 333-9180 Calgon Carbon Corporation America Mutual of New York Temps Sc Co., Inc. Cardinal Health, Inc. Fund The Hertz Corporation National Cable Television Association Towers Perrin sist persons with permanent disabilities in purchasing tickets Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation Hilton Hotels Corporation NatWest Bank Toyota by phone. Information regarding the issue of this card may Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Hunton Sc Williams The New Yorker Vista Chemical Company be obtained by writing Frienas of the Kennedy Center, Commerce Clearing House, Inc. International Flavors Sl Fragrances Inc. Nomura Securities International WGMS 103.5 FM Washington, DC 2056o-0001. Home and office numbers Consolidated Edison Company of IG A.IN C Owens Coming Wachovia Corporation should Be included on all requests. A special box is reserved New York, Inc. Impressions PPG Industries Foundation Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation in the Eisenhower Theater, the Opera House, and the Concert CONRAILINC. ITEL PACCAR Foundation Witco Corporation Hall, and special seats in the Terrace Theater for the use of Credit Union National Association, Inc. Knight-Ridder.Inc. Pentair, Inc. Woodward Sc Lothrop patrons in wheelchairs. Aisle seats in the orchestra may also Crown Cork Sc Seal Company, Inc. LEG ENT Corporation Philips Electronics North America Yamaichi International (America), Inc. be purchased by those patrons who are able to transfer from Cummins Engine Foundation Lincoln Property Company Corporation wheelchair to theater seat. Elevators within each theater Dai-ichi Life International (U.S.A.), Inc. Lockheed Corporation The Playboy Foundation *These companies provide employee serve the orchestra, box, and balcony levels. At each theater, matching gift programs. the head usher will arrange, upon request, for wheelchair intimate 1995 CORPORATE FUND LEADERSHIP patron to enter through a side entrance to avoid steps at the main entrance. Special restroom and telephone facilities for informal CHAIRMAN Harold Burson William C. Stccrc, Jr. wheelchair patrons are available on the orchestra level of William Murray Founder Chairman Chairman and CEO each theater. To reserve wheelchairs, call (202) 416-8340 (TT innovative Burson-Marsiellcr Pfizer Inc 416-8524). Chairman John L. Clendenin Alex Trotman matinee, before t after tneatre dkitog Philip Morris Companies Inc. Chairman and CEO Chairman of the Board Parking spaces for vehicles bearing handicapped parking BellSouth Corporation Ford Motor Company stickers or license plates are available in the Kennedy Center Alfred C. DeCrane Jr. Daniel P. Tully farage; ask garage personnel to direct you. Information: (202) VICE CHAIRMEN Chairman of the Board and CEO Chairman and CEO 16-/980, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5p.m. b ^ b d b m c d e Paul A. Allaire Texaco Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. At performances: A wireless, infrared listening enhancement Chairman and CEO system is available in all theaters. Headsets may be used with '~ * ~ A in me River inn Xerox Corporation Joseph T. Gorman Goro Watanabe or without a hearing aid and are distributed tree (subject to 924 TW entv Frfth Street. NW • (202) 358-8707 Chairman and CEO President and CEO availability) from a desk near the Grand Foyer end of the Hall of Rand V. Araskog TRW Inc. Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. States. Sign languaee-interpreted and audio-described perfor­ Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Maurice R. Greenberg Helge H. Wehmeier mances are listed in the Kennedy Center News Magazine. ITT Corporation Chairman President and CEO Edwin L. Artzt American International Group, Inc. Miles Inc. FREE TOURS are given by the Friends of the Kennedy Cen­ Chairman and CEO John R. Hall Robert E. Weissman ter, daily 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (202) 416-8340 (TT 416-8524) TTie Procter & Gamble Company Chairman and CEO President and CEO for information. John R. Barnett Ashland Inc. The Dun & Bradstrcet Corporation Preserve Your President and CEO RESTAURANTS Molson Breweries U.S.A. Inc. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. John F. Welch, Jr. Roof Terrace Restaurant serves lunch 11:30 a.m. — 3 p.m. on Fondest Memories Senior Partner Chairman and CEO matinee days only; dinner 5:30 p.m. — 9 p.m. Tues. — Sat. William C. Bauman Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. General Electric Company and other performance evenings. Hors d Oeuvrerie serves Director, Southern Region H^jime Maeda Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. cocktails and light fare, 5 p.m. until one-half hour after the Johnson & Higgins Managing Director Chairman arui CEO last performance curtain; Encore Cafe open daily 11 a.m. — 8 Charlotte Beers The Fuji Bank, Limited DuPont p.m. All are located on the Roof Terrace Level, Concert Hall Chairman and ChiefExecutive Lucio A. Noto John B. Yaslnsky side. Reservations accepted for Roof Terrace Restaurant (202) Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Chairman and Chief Executive Officer President and CEO 416-8555. Thomas D. Bell, Jr. Mobil Corporation GenCorp Bethesda’s Most Complete Custom Framers Vice Chairman Michael D. Rose FIRE NOTICE: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Chairman of the Board GIVING KEY: The red light nearest vour seat is the shortest route to the Henry W. Bloch The Promus Companies Incorporated 100 Club - S100,000 or more street. In the event of nre or other emergency please do NOT Chairman of the Board Distinguished Benefactors - $50,000 or more run — walk to the nearest exit and proceed to the Entrance H&R Block, Inc. Charles A. Sanders, M.D. Benefactors - S25,000 or more FRAME(^WORlD » Chairman Guarantors -HO,000 or more Plaza (east side of building). M. Anthony Burns Glaxo Inc. Donors - $5,000 or more The Kennedy Center is a no-smoking facility. Chairman, President, and CEO Contributors-$1,000 or more Ryder System, Inc. t Deceased E S ' Ave'(301) 656-9477 36 These days, people who smoke could use a little more room. For a great smoke, find a new hangout.

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