{"product_id":"the-nations-stage-the-john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-arts-19712011-9781451629446","title":"The Nation's Stage: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  1971-2011","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a connection  hard to explain logically but easy to feel  between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. The age of Pericles was also the age of Phidias. The age of Lorenzo de Medici was also the age of Leonardo da Vinci. The age of Elizabeth was also the age of Shakespeare  and the new frontier for which I campaign in public life can also be a new frontier for American art. John F. Kennedy  When the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in our nations capital on September 8  1971  its mission was to be the national center for the performing arts. Forty years later the Center has succeeded in that mission and continues to celebrate itcountless times overin every state and country around the world  and in the hearts and minds of millions of audience members  performers  and artists. In The Nations Stage  that history comes alive through a stirring historical and pictorial narrative.  An incubator and springboard for some of the most memorable and important theater  dance  opera  and musical productions of the past four decades  the Center has hosted plays by Tennessee Williams  Arthur Miller  Tom Stoppard  and August Wilson  as well as theater for young people with Debbie Allen; dance by Antony Tudor  Agnes de Mille  Mark Morris  and Jerome Robbins; orchestral scores by Leonard Bernstein  Aaron Copland  Dmitri Shostakovich  and John Cage; and breathtaking performances from the worlds most notable actors  musicians  and dancers.  Every year  millions of Americans and people from around the globe gather at the Center to enjoy the arts. This book  an introduction to the Centers accomplishments and abilities and a commemorative artifact for those who have enjoyed those gifts over the years  is a historical narrative with hundreds of colorful archival photos that allow past audiences to relive the most magical moments at the Center. Those whove never been inside receive a backstage pass to all the glamour and wonder this national treasure has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45817885589557,"sku":"ByrdShop_1451629443","price":1146.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781451629446.jpg?v=1785215320","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-nations-stage-the-john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-arts-19712011-9781451629446","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}