There are guest lists—and then there are guest lists that make you wish you’d been
at the party as, if nothing else, a scanning device that could zoom in on any conversation.
We managed to procure the list of attendees for the very private, very exclusive Kennedy
Center Honors brunch hosted by George and Liz Stevens on Sunday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. George is the producer of the honors program
at the Kennedy Center. This party is a regular fixture of the weekend, and is a chance
for the attendees to have at least one event and meal that’s not black-tie, and also
enjoy Champagne and Bloody Marys and a splendid buffet. Much like a White House dinner,
it’s an intersection of power, talent, celebrity, and money, and the guest list is
fun to dissect and analyze.
Therefore, in alphabetical order, here are some of the folks who were there.
Jane Alexander and Edwin Sherin
Debbie Allen and Norman Nixon
Rob Ashford and Kevin Ryan
Jeff Beck and Paul Loasby
Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez Torres
Theodore Bikel and Merima Kljuco
James and Marjorie Billington
Jack Black and Tanya Haden
Harolyn Blackwell and Peter Greer
Leslie and Yvonne Briscusse
Nancy Brinker
Tom and Meredith Brokaw
Joseph and Hilary Califano
Tracy Chapman and Ameta Chapman
Glenn Close and David Shaw
William Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen
Sen. Kent Conrad and Lucy Calautti
Angel Corella and Matthew Bledsoe
Greg Craig and Derry Noyes
Jacques D’Amboise
Gordon and Judi Davidson
Carmen DeLavallade
Representative John and Debbie Dingell
James Dixon and Tanja Dixon
Ken and Jackie Duberstein
Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson
Aretha Franklin and Richard Gibbs
Morgan Freeman and Fred Specktor
Julius Genachowski and Rachel Goslins
John and Shirley Gibb
Montego Glover and Lisa Goldberg
Marcelo Gomes and Scott Schlexer
Denyce Graves and Robert Montgomery
Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell
Davd and Jordyn Grohl
Buddy Guy
David Hallberg and Colleen Hallberg
Herbie and Gigi Hancock
Jane Harman and Gordon Zacks
Beth Hart and Scott Guetzkow
Taylor and Allison Hawkins
Dustin and Lisa Hoffman
Attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone
A.E. Hotchner and Virginia Kiser
William “Bill” Irwin and Martha Roth
Valerie Jarrett and Barbara Bowman
John Paul Jones and Maureen Baldwin
Julie Kent and Jennifer Cox
Senator Amy Klobuchar and John Bessler
Rocco Landesman
Jamie Laredo and Sharon Robinson
Michele Lee and Fred Rappaport
David and Regina Letterman
Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Hornor
Natalia Makarova and Edward Karkar
Representative Edward Markey and Susan Blumenthal
Rob Marshall and John DeLuca
Kathleen Marshall
Senator Claire McCaskill and Joseph Shepard
Nate Mendel and Kate Jackson
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Allyson Tucker Mitchell
Les Moonves and Julie Chen
Jason Moran and Alicia Hall-Moran
Admiral Mike Mullen
Mark O’Connor and Sadie deWall
Jimmy Page
Veronica Part and Clinton Luckett
Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild
Representative Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi
Itzhak and Toby Perlman
Robert Plant and Patricia “Patty” Jean Griffin
Bonnie Raitt and Kathy Kane
Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie and Susan Ritchie
Ray and Anna Romano
David and Alice Rubenstein
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts
Health and Human Services secretary Nancy Sibelius and Gary Sibelius
Which DC A-Listers and Visiting Celebrities Attended Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors Brunch?
A list of some of those who attended George and Liz Stevens’s exclusive fete at the Mandarin Oriental.
There are guest lists—and then there are guest lists that make you wish you’d been
at the party as, if nothing else, a scanning device that could zoom in on any conversation.
We managed to procure the list of attendees for the very private, very exclusive Kennedy
Center Honors brunch hosted by
George and Liz Stevens on Sunday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. George is the producer of the honors program
at the Kennedy Center. This party is a regular fixture of the weekend, and is a chance
for the attendees to have at least one event and meal that’s not black-tie, and also
enjoy Champagne and Bloody Marys and a splendid buffet. Much like a White House dinner,
it’s an intersection of power, talent, celebrity, and money, and the guest list is
fun to dissect and analyze.
Therefore, in alphabetical order, here are some of the folks who were there.
Jane Alexander and Edwin Sherin
Debbie Allen and Norman Nixon
Rob Ashford and Kevin Ryan
Jeff Beck and Paul Loasby
Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez Torres
Theodore Bikel and Merima Kljuco
James and Marjorie Billington
Jack Black and Tanya Haden
Harolyn Blackwell and Peter Greer
Leslie and Yvonne Briscusse
Nancy Brinker
Tom and Meredith Brokaw
Joseph and Hilary Califano
Tracy Chapman and Ameta Chapman
Glenn Close and David Shaw
William Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen
Sen. Kent Conrad and Lucy Calautti
Angel Corella and Matthew Bledsoe
Greg Craig and Derry Noyes
Jacques D’Amboise
Gordon and Judi Davidson
Carmen DeLavallade
Representative John and Debbie Dingell
James Dixon and Tanja Dixon
Ken and Jackie Duberstein
Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson
Aretha Franklin and Richard Gibbs
Morgan Freeman and Fred Specktor
Julius Genachowski and Rachel Goslins
John and Shirley Gibb
Montego Glover and Lisa Goldberg
Marcelo Gomes and Scott Schlexer
Denyce Graves and Robert Montgomery
Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell
Davd and Jordyn Grohl
Buddy Guy
David Hallberg and Colleen Hallberg
Herbie and Gigi Hancock
Jane Harman and Gordon Zacks
Beth Hart and Scott Guetzkow
Taylor and Allison Hawkins
Dustin and Lisa Hoffman
Attorney general Eric Holder and Sharon Malone
A.E. Hotchner and Virginia Kiser
William “Bill” Irwin and Martha Roth
Valerie Jarrett and Barbara Bowman
John Paul Jones and Maureen Baldwin
Julie Kent and Jennifer Cox
Senator Amy Klobuchar and John Bessler
Rocco Landesman
Jamie Laredo and Sharon Robinson
Michele Lee and Fred Rappaport
David and Regina Letterman
Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Hornor
Natalia Makarova and Edward Karkar
Representative Edward Markey and Susan Blumenthal
Rob Marshall and John DeLuca
Kathleen Marshall
Senator Claire McCaskill and Joseph Shepard
Nate Mendel and Kate Jackson
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Allyson Tucker Mitchell
Les Moonves and Julie Chen
Jason Moran and Alicia Hall-Moran
Admiral Mike Mullen
Mark O’Connor and Sadie deWall
Jimmy Page
Veronica Part and Clinton Luckett
Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild
Representative Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi
Itzhak and Toby Perlman
Robert Plant and Patricia “Patty” Jean Griffin
Bonnie Raitt and Kathy Kane
Robert “Kid Rock” Ritchie and Susan Ritchie
Ray and Anna Romano
David and Alice Rubenstein
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts
Health and Human Services secretary Nancy Sibelius and Gary Sibelius
Chris and Cara Shiflett
John Silva and Shana Weiss
Gaby Skolnek
Pat Smear and Rebecca Gibb
Edward and Linda Villella
Ambassador Peter Westmacott and Lady Westmacott
Ann Wilson
Lynn Wilson
Nancy Wilson and Geoffrey Bywater
Damian Woetzel and M. Heather Watts
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